Tag Archives: Tay Zonday

HIS MASTERS VOICE : Fun and Games In A New & Old World

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Dave

Its a love hate relationship. Our willingness to engage with mass media stories- otherwise known as corporate culture spinning- in a subtle, complicated and often critical manner that refuses to simply open wide and swallow whole. There is a healthy, … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Anthony Wolch, Chocolate Rain, Emily Bryson York, Eric Kohn, Gabe Zicherman, Henry Jenkins, Hollie Shaw National Post, Jay-Z, Jonathan McIntosh, Simon Houpt, Tay Zonday, Ted Williams, Ted Williams Golden Voice, Ted williams Kraft Food, Voltaire Candide | Leave a comment

CELEBRITY as COMMODITY FETISH: Recycle Those Tropes and Posers

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Dave

For better or worse….Celebrities are not diversions for our society anymore; they are the basis of our social and economic lives.The worship of celebrity, for many is a religion fabricated and patented piecemeal out of the hollowness of some foregone … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous | Tagged Alvin Toffler, Britney Spears, Carl Jung, Chris Crocker, Daniel Finkelstein, David Sarnoff, David Willets, Ellen Burstyn, Glenn Beck, Grace Kelly, Greta Garbo, Guillaume Reymond, Gwyneth Paltrow, Henry Jenkins, James Dean, James E. Combs, Jean Burgess, Jonathan McIntosh, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Buckley, Neil Cicerega, Pauline Kael, Pop Culture Hackers, Robert Fulford, Sigmund Freud, Susan Boyle, Tay Zonday, Tim Smith | Leave a comment

PARTICIPATORY CULTURE: New Constellation-Same Star System?

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Dave

It has not taken long to see the boundaries between television and the web to collapse, or or least for each to recognize a common interest. Perhaps a question of the money of established media chasing the ideas of the … Continue reading →