April 2011
21 posts
2 tags
3 tags
“Sorry, we cannot hold the entire Miles Davis and John Coltrane collections until...”
– Rhine Records Infects Retail with Humor
4 tags
“Brands aren’t simply created by marketers; they are “co-created” by marketers...”
– Gerald Zaltman - Harvard Business School
3 tags
Are changes to fashion education crippling... →
In an increasingly desperate attempt to hide the banality of current fashion thinking, some clueless designers, drafted in to revive old-established labels, actually sell exact copies of the original maestro’s most successful creations from the past, which is about as futile as car kits that clothe a modern machine in a pastiche of a roadster of 70 years ago. Pathetic in car kit sellers;...
3 tags
“It’s not music. It’s a disease”
– Famous quote by Mitch Miller, head of Columbia’s pop music division
5 tags
“When I was a boy… in front of every house in the summer evenings you would...”
– 1906 congressional testimony by John Philip Souza, composer of Stars and Stripes Forever
6 tags
“Like all good designs, it takes from the past, and bring it to the future”
– Sir Paul McCartney
3 tags
“The focus of the energy in a record store cannot be replicated on the web”
– Leny Kaye, Musician
5 tags
“Understanding the otaku-hood is one of the keys to understanding the culture of...”
– William Gibson
3 tags
“All streets lead to the culture emporium”
3 tags
“Einstein was cool, but he’s got nothing on Coltrane”
– Henry Rollins from the book Record Store Days
2 tags
“memorable experiences are the ultimate scarcity!”
5 tags
5 tags
Open Source Culture →
Copyright law’s grip on film, music and software barely touches the fashion industry … and fashion benefits in both innovation and sales, says Johanna Blakley.
3 tags
3 tags
Art can and do change the world →
At this year’s TED conference in Long Beach, CA, a young, semi-anonymous French artist took to the stage, posing a single question to the assorted audience of visionaries across science, business, design, technology, and entertainment: “Can art change the world?” JR’s message was heard around the world as the video spread like wildfire across Hulu, YouTube, and Vimeo in the coming days.
4 tags
Kicks + Dance + Tech →
5 tags
6-foot-long (5-meter) shoe helps Japan recover... →
