Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007
working on my day off
Thursday, March 22, 2007
yawn
I'm not ignoring you, I've just got nothing to tell you.
Jeff Buckley’s “Greatest Hits” will be out in May. Pete Doherty on the cover of Vogue Hommes. I'm taking a long weekend as of now. Have a good one kids.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
colbert nation
Friday, March 16, 2007
am i wrong?
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
quickie
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Monday, March 12, 2007
clap your hands if you're ready for a nap
Sunday, March 11, 2007
public service announcement
I saw The Pipettes last night. It was freakin fabulous! Adorable girls and SUCH an entertaining show. It really made me wanna stop eating, take singing lessons, choreograph dance routines and replace everyhing in my wardrobe with polka dots. It was THAT fun. I highly recommend you check them out if given the chance.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
boo on bono
This was in today's Popbitch. I thought is was interesting enough to share.
>> Re-branding Bono <<
Charity doesn't always begin at home
Vanity Fair have invited "pop-humanitarian" Bono to be guest editor of the July issue, to try and "rebrand Africa". Some magazines have been sharing some other facts about Bono:
* In the year since it was founded, his Red campaign (licensed to Gap, Motorola, Apple etc) has raised $18 million - but companies have spent $100 million to market it.
* Bono doesn't invest his own money in Red.
* Apple sells a Special Edition U2 iPod. Its profits are not donated to Red.
* U2 made $389m from the recent Vertigo tour. Its revenue was then funnelled through companies mostly registered in Ireland and structured to minimize taxes.
* U2 moved its music publishing company to the Netherlands from Ireland in June 2006, six months before Ireland ended a tax exemption on musicians' royalty income.
* Richard Murphy, adviser to lobbying group the Tax Justice Network, says "This is somebody who's exceptionally rich taking the opportunity to shift his tax burden to somebody else, but then asking governments around the world to spend that tax take in the way that he would like."
More on this:
http://tinyurl.com/2ssocz
http://adage.com/article?article_id=115287
>> Re-branding Bono <<
Charity doesn't always begin at home
Vanity Fair have invited "pop-humanitarian" Bono to be guest editor of the July issue, to try and "rebrand Africa". Some magazines have been sharing some other facts about Bono:
* In the year since it was founded, his Red campaign (licensed to Gap, Motorola, Apple etc) has raised $18 million - but companies have spent $100 million to market it.
* Bono doesn't invest his own money in Red.
* Apple sells a Special Edition U2 iPod. Its profits are not donated to Red.
* U2 made $389m from the recent Vertigo tour. Its revenue was then funnelled through companies mostly registered in Ireland and structured to minimize taxes.
* U2 moved its music publishing company to the Netherlands from Ireland in June 2006, six months before Ireland ended a tax exemption on musicians' royalty income.
* Richard Murphy, adviser to lobbying group the Tax Justice Network, says "This is somebody who's exceptionally rich taking the opportunity to shift his tax burden to somebody else, but then asking governments around the world to spend that tax take in the way that he would like."
http://tinyurl.com/2ssocz
http://adage.com/article?article_id=115287