News: 11-07-2008: A new web site to me, http://www.metaljazz.com/ The site provides an exciting review and interview with Greg Howe. Here's a couple of snippets for you... The review Howe comes on like a funkier Jeff Beck, shredding when he wants to kick up the energy but keeping both ears on melody and storytelling, his sound both slick and hard. The drums and bass of Gianluca Palmieri and... This...
On May 20, 2008, Democratic candidate for Sheriff of Hamilton County GregBeck spoke to donors and supporters at Bessie Smith Hall in downtown Chattanooga....
The Miami Dolphins have yet to make any significant cuts before training camp, but they soon will. In fact, at least 12 to 14 currently rostered players will be gone before Saturdays first day of practice. The Phins sit at 92 rostered players with 2 unsigned rookies. League rules only allow 80 to be on [...]
by GregBeck In a comprehensive 66-page opinion, a federal district judge today rejected Tiffany's claims that eBay infringed its trademarks by allowing the sale of counterfeit Tiffany's goods on its site. The court first held that eBay did not...
In honor of Sub Pop Record's 20th anniversary, Jim and Greg speak with co-founder Jonathan Poneman and play their favorite tracks from the venerated Seattle label. Then stay tuned for their reviews of the latest album from Beck and the debut...
On June 26, I attended a candidate forum presented by the Hamilton County Voters Council and Court Watch Partners, with additional sponsorship from the Chattanooga Neighborhood Association Council (CNAC). All four candidates who will...
When Gavin and I announced that we were going to create a 2nd Age of Conversation book and were looking for authors -- we had plenty of takers. 275 to be exact. Now, several months later, the submissions are in and we're knee deep in editing. It's funny how life can interfere with our plans. We had several authors who had to take a pass due to family, work or other obligations/situations. When the...
I'm really getting excited to see the second edition of the Age of Conversation . A few authors were unable to get their chapters to Aussie Gavin Heaton and American Drew McLellan , the book's editors, so there will be 237 chapters on the rough theme of "Why don't people get it?" The authors are: Adrian Ho , Aki Spicer , Alex Henault , Amy Jussel , Andrew Odom , Andy Nulman , Andy Sernovitz , Andy...
Gavin Heaton and Drew McLellan's brainchild, the Age of Conversation, is about to turn 2. The chapters are in and the editing is well under way of the 237 contributions to this years book. Think about it, 237 of the best marketing minds in the world have chipped in to this innovative publication about social media and modern marketing. This will be really worth reading. Meet the authors: Adrian Ho...
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I'm privileged to be joining 236 - yes, 236! - other authors by contributing to the second edition of The Age of Conversation. Here's a list of who else is contributing. Click on their names to check out their blogs...
This weekend, Pixar’s latest film “WALL-E” debuted at No. 1, earning $65 million at the box office. The film has been hailed by critics, scoring a whopping 97 percent “Fresh” rating on RottenTomatoes. The film portrays a lonely robot’s quest for love, as he is left to clean up a trashed earth. Meanwhile, the over-indulged humans [...]
Drew McLellan and Gavin Heaton have finalized the list of contributing authors for the 2008 edition of the Age of Conversation. Natural attrition pared down the original list of 275 to 237 finalists. And the list reads like a who’s who of the blogging, social media and online marketing realm. This means the book is one [...]
Drew and Gavin have completed the gargantuan task of pulling together all of the submissions for the sequel to The Age of Conversation. I am very excited to be part of this project, and I believe that it will be a great success. The following is a link-rich list of all of the 237 contributors, please [...]
Sub Pop’s Seattle office is plenty nondescript. It’s located above a restaurant in a swank part of the city. There’s no sign on the door. The concierge of my hotel didn’t even know where it was located, and it was directly across the street. But once inside — up a single elevator to the third floor [...]
