on sat night tara and i went and saw 16 candles. it was at a theater by my house. actually a theater where you can drink beer. i forgot though that the pitchers are tiny and cost 11 dollars. oh well, i really like that show. its boring here today and i have been reading about pink and christina. pink of course has a new album coming out, and just raised a stink about being introduced by ms agulara at some show. now whats funny is that pink is on arista records, owned by bmg. christina is on rca, also owned by bmg. why should they fight? the better question is why shouldnt they fight? no matter which side joe q public chooses, the labels are making money and all the sudden said public is paying attention to said artists. did you know that both britney spears and justince timber lake share the same home on jive records?? i dont pay much attention to this shit, but i do remember hearing over and over again how these two were writing revenge songs against each other.. again, no matter who wins these little media wars that are created, the labels (or whoever gets the money, certainly not artists but in this case who cares) win big time.. why dont i listen to the radio? this is why.. all this took me about 10 minutes to find. the music world sucks, and the public sucks worse for not caring about anything but which celebrity is dating which.. watch a news program or listen to a radio station for 30 minutes and you will see. damn
Posted by larry at November 10, 2003 11:38 AMLarry,
You need to cool down; I think that you are angry at something. Do not take out your frustrations on Pink. Look at the people that buy into this stuff. This is one of those things that is totally out of your hands. Marketing is a tool that is used in many ways. Is preying on people's ignorance and stupidity unethical? That is a question people have to answer for themselves. Bottom line is most people do not care. If people did care, we would not have Wal-Marts and Home Depots in every city in the country. People talk a great game, but their concerns only go as far as their wallets. Should people be more concerned about the war, education, AIDS, etc...? The simple answer is yes. But, we are stuck in a world of simple minded folks that are drunk on consumerism. I think that I am going to shut up; Patagonia is having a huge online sale.
good points steven. chomsky has said that "Marketing (or "manipulation and control" methods as he refers to them) constitutes over one-sixth of the United States' gross national product, according to Chomsky. And this figure does not include the entertainment, news or opinion media (the "manufacturing of consent" marketing segment)."
this itself isnt surprizing, but its the point that it doesnt "produce" anything. and thats a awful lot of money that goes nowhere..
Larry, you need to relax. Sit down, read a couple of US Weekly's, and you'll be fine. And it's Justin Timberlake, not Justince Timber lake!!! Get it right.
Posted by: Tara on November 10, 2003 03:02 PM