Debanter

Whatever happened to sending yourself flowers?

Want to hang with the cool people? Now you can just look like you do. From Mashable:

FakeYourSpace,
which is edgy, and may not be completely worksafe, launches this week.
The service has an extremely amusing aim: it allows unpopular people on
MySpace, Facebook and Consumating to “buy� hot friends. For just $.99 per month, you can buy a
good-looking friend who will leave 2 comments on your profile every
week.

You can choose from scores of semi-clad male or female friends,
and “buy them� twice to double the number of comments they leave.
Payments are made via Paypal, of course. Want to annoy your
ex-girlfriend or boyfriend? Just ask your hot new friend to flirt with
you in your MySpace comments. Alienated all your Facebook friends by
being nasty to them? No problem - just buy some new ones! And there’s
no risk of your real friends discovering the ruse, since all of
FakeYourSpace’s profiles are set to private.

Managing 40 fake friends who leave you two messages (you write, of course) per week would be a job unto itself…there’d be no time to, like actually make friends.

Yeeeeeeaah…they also mention Badder Adder, which I had no idea existed, but I’m pretty sure is to blame for the friend/message spam that has made me distance myself from Myspace. You know you’re an evil marketer when…

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9 posts in 4 days

I don’t want to jinx myself, but my new blogging system seems to be working out quite well. It’s nice to see the last four days of this month in the red…in a good way.

Organization has been the theme for me lately. New financial organization and wedding planning binders, courtesy of Target were also purchased and some semblance of order and forward thinking has been put into action. And don’t even get me started on the mini-binge at The Container Store.
That place should not be within walking distance…hence the financial organization binder.

It’s Thursday (barely), but already a good week for blogging…as well as just all around.

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“Too much information!”

The iTunes celeb playlists were a really big thing a while ago, and I suppose for some they still are. I’ve been using the software too long now — my eyes glaze over when I see them.

And sadly, this exact scenario probably exemplifies why.

Stereogum reports that Kevin Smith was asked to submit a favorite playlist, with some commentary on each song. But Kevin’s idea of commentary varied from Apple’s idea — as well as the idea of most all the notable names before him who posted a playlist for iTunes. From Silent Bob Speaks:

“This is a great playlist,� Darin from Apple wrote. “Too great,
actually. We don’t have the space for comments that run that long. Will
he be OK with us editing them (significantly) or would he prefer to do
that himself? Two sentences for each track is a good outline.�

Pam’s
follow-up email, while flattering, was little help: “My contact (at
Apple) said he’s never had this problem before. He shared that usually
he receives play lists that don’t include any comments. He said yours
is the best they’ve ever received and he wishes they could make it
work.�

But the idea of trimming down (significantly,
apparently) that Rorschach of the Soul known as the Celebrity Playlist
didn’t interest me. So with no hard feelings on either behalf, I
declined inclusion.

Number one, good for him. I really applaud that he amicably shrugged, declined and wasn’t too worried about the missed opportunity — yeah it would have been nice, and yeah that might have actually been a celebrity who’s music tastes I cared to know more about. But really…the creative mind of Mr. Kevin Smith is just not made for the hooky-ness that I can’t get past with those mixes. A cut up, editorialized version, when compared to the full length, in-all-it’s-glory run down on his blog would probably be like the difference between Jersey Girl and Clerks.

Number two, I don’t blame iTunes. I don’t know if enough of the audience on iTunes would have had the attention span to sit and scroll through his thoughts and reasoning there, which has a far different feel than scanning and contemplating the playlist on the web, on his personal blog. The traffic is undoubtedly smaller, but it’s more targeted and much more likely to consist of fans. Right move for both parties.

Number three, I think it’s pretty sad that most celebs just submit the music. What a waste! I know you’re busy, and I know it may seem trivial, but come on…we all have reasons why we love songs and for any playlist that has been carefully, thoughtfully, (painstakingly even) crafted…then again I’m sure a good percentage of participants go with what’s hot…or don’t even create it themselves at all (cynical, I know…but come on if not a good percentage there just HAS to be at least one or two of them…).

I encourage you to check out his playlist, in all it’s glory.

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Memory Lane

By next week Debanter will be all fresh and shiny, snuggled into a new home on Wordpress. In the meantime I’ve been going back through the ages months, categorizing all my posts. While tedious, and not something I would call "fun" exactly, it is interesting to see where I’ve been, what I’ve been thinking and compare that to where I stand now.

I expect there will be a roadbump or two as the transition happens, so in advance I apologize for hiccups.

Off to Demmx for the day - should be fun, lots of interesting speakers!

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Jokes Galore

I imagine Steph and I will have a LOT to laugh about by the end of the night with these new uber blond chums running the show next Monday.

New best friends Britney Spears and Paris Hilton are taking their act
onstage: The pair will co-host next week’s Billboard Music Awards in
Las Vegas, a source confirms to PEOPLE.

“There are no plans for either to perform, but they will host
the event together,” says a show source. “They’ll be fun onstage
together.”

I like how J. Harvey put it:

People sez that friendlies Britney and her whoreasaurus pal Paris will
be running the Billboard Music Awards this year. Have the producers
heard these two speak publicly before? When Britney isn’t snapping her
gum and crying fat tears, she’s blathering on about tigers and shit.
And as for Paris, chile don’t get me started. “I’m like not smart, like
you know.”

Fantastic. Must remember to bring a small notepad to scribble any choice quips/quotes/follies that happen along the way.

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