These six things have caught my eyes and ears this week or thereabouts.
Month: February 2022
The creative cost of cheap social media engagements
By the time it became my job to know and navigate social media and online communities, the burgeoning social media marketing industry (at that time an uncomfortable conglomeration of PR, advertising, content, marketing and customer service folk) was already talking extensively about what was then its greatest challenge: measurability and return on investment.
Friday Swipe: Eggleston’s America, blue jackdaws and Kurt Zouma
These six things have caught my eyes and ears this week or thereabouts.
Reimagining Grandstand
The BBC does a terrific line in iconic sports music. Sports Report, now a Saturday teatime mainstay on Radio 5 Live, has been introduced by the same cheerful tune since 1948. Football, skiing, cricket and snooker all have instantly recognisable themes when they appear on BBC television.
Friday Swipe: Danish drama, surreal plants and Aston Villa defender Tyrone Mings
These six things have caught my eyes and ears this week or thereabouts.
Spotify and the long lost experiences of music discovery
In 2000 I started earning my own money for the first time. Through some obscure connection of a family friend I landed a plum job as a porter at Bournemouth’s Durley Hall, a shit-to-middling seaside hotel where wedding receptions were hosted every Saturday and I nearly lost a finger.
Friday Swipe: New Mexico, new Rolo Tomassi and Corinthian-Casuals FC
These six things have caught my eyes and ears this week or thereabouts.
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My monthly Spotify playlist features twenty bangers old and new. Enjoy.