Sep 16
8 year-old scratch artist DJ Sara is . . . well, see for yourself. More videos after the break.
Sep 14
As you recall, we thought it was pretty funny / hypocritical that Southwest Airlines (with it’s television commercials of flight attendants in hot pants and all) decided to eject Kyla Ebbert over her hemline.
Well, seems that Southwest has decided to change its tune! SWA President Colleen Barrett apologized.
Wrapping Up the Skirt Issue
Colleen Barrett - President
Today, 08:38 PMRumor has it that this blog has been kind of busy with comments lately. Seriously, I know that many of you have posted some pretty passionate comments on the subject of Kyla Ebberts and “traveling attire” in general, and we have been listening. I thank each of you for sharing your thoughts, and I want you to know that we haven’t been skirting the issue.
This situation involved a judgment call for sure. These situations are subjective, and not everyone holds the same opinions. We serve more than 96 million Customers a year; and every now and then, we’ll have a situation that takes on a life of its own. This was the case here.
We always want to apologize if we offend any of our Customers, and we also support our Employees abilities to make decisions. We are apologizing to Kyla, in typical Southwest style.
Many, many of you on both sides of this issue have asked about a dress code. We do have a dress code for our Employees who use their travel benefits, but we do not have a dress code for our paying Customers. Our job is not to be the fashion police; our job is to take care of our Customers and ensure they have a safe flight.
We are proud of our past that included hot pants and we are proud of our future, and I want all of you to be part of that future.
All is right in the world now.
Sep 14
FlightAware, the leading provider of web services for the aviation industry released, ‘Squawks’ on Thursday. Squawks is a digg-ish service enabling the sharing of all things aviation — news, stories, pictures and videos. Users determine what stories are important.
Since Flight Aware’s founder, Daniel Baker, is a perennial ‘one of my favorite people’ award winner, we thought we should pass along the news.
Sep 11
It hasn’t been announced, the sales data doesn’t even show it yet, but Kanye West will win the sales battle with 50 Cent. Stronger is currently the US #1 and he’ll get another #1 for Good Life (you read it here first).
Unfortunately . . .
Sep 11
*** Note: After writing this blog, I discovered that MTV has chosen to only allow you to view its videos on their site. Apparently, the extra 1 / 100th of a penny they earn for each view is more important than the blogsphere being able to promote their content for free. How could a network so on the cutting edge get everything so wrong? I left the non-working videos in place.***
I’m old enough to remember a time when the word ‘bad‘ meant ‘not good‘ or ‘horrible‘. Pop culture thought it would be cute to blur the meaning. ‘Bad‘ came to mean ‘Good‘ and being a ‘goody, goody‘ or a ‘Good Girl‘ became an insult. Things have only gotten worse over the years, today ‘Hot‘, ‘Stoopid‘, ‘That’s What’s Up‘, ‘Bangin‘ and other words and phrases have taken bad’s place implying good.
Nothing personifies pop culture more than MTV which announced today the ratings for the 2007 VMA broadcast. As reported by PR newswire, MTV said the show’s ratings were “up 23% from last year” (2006 was one of the worst rated VMAs ever). Traffic to MTV.com was up as well, setting a record for the most visitors in a single day to the site.
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Sep 09
The chorus of Dude N Nem’s Watch My Feet is a speedy 150 BPM track (that’s beats per minute) breaking down to a traditional hip-hop tempo of 75 BPM during the verse. The verdict is still out on whether it will be a huge hit, but the song symbolizes something significant. A ghetto feel, no bling, no violence, no girls in bikinis – Watch My Feet is a clarion example of where hip-hop is headed — Faster and more fun.
We talked about the Soulja Boy phenomena a few weeks ago in the weeked RAP up — I mentioned that Soulja Boy danced more than any #1 selling rapper has since MC Hammer. For everything that Soulja Boy is not, he made a #1 hit out of the underground jookin, buckin, clown and battle dance resurgence in hip hop.
Sep 07
Kyla Ebbert (above) was removed from a Southwest Airlines flight because the outfit you see was deemed “inappropriate” by an airline manager. After a debate, she was allowed to reboard the flight, but only on the condition that she fly with a blanket over her legs for the entire flight. Look at how short that skirt is. The shame!
Below, is a nationally televised commercial from the very same Southwest Airlines that provides interesting insight on what an ‘appropriate’ hemline looks like (catch the last 2 seconds).
* Update: Southwest Apologizes
Sep 06
Sorry that I’ve been away a couple of days, work has kept me a busy boy. But hey, when you come across something this funny, you have to take a minute and share.
Watch this quicky before the Barney people demand its taken down! Whoever made this is a sick individual.
Sep 01
For the first time in the history of college football, a ranked Division 1-A team, #5 Michigan lost to a Division 1-AA school, Appalachian State. Widely considered to be a contender for the National Championship, (prior to tonight’s loss) Michigan actually paid Appalachian State $400,000 to come to Ann Arbor and hand them the most embarrassing loss in the history of college football.
The game was considered so lopsided that Vegas odds makers would not even take bets on Appalachian State. That Appalachian State would loose was considered a forgone conclusion and absolute certainty.
Underdogs rejoice!
How, you ask, could a tiny Division 1-AA school beat Michigan? Well, because they’re HOT, HOT, HOT! (the video is essential)
Aug 31
Britney Spears released a new single today, her first since her many public troubles began.
GIMME MORE
Love her or hater, she’s coming to a radio near you.
what do you think