ESCAPE! Videos #5

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https://youtu.be/uFyJwyeNkFU

Wow, here it is — it’s only ESCAPE! Videos #5, and we’re already starting to sag at the seams, eh? You know, it’s not that easy finding videos that hold together for most of the time — there are always those last-minute commercials and appeals to subscribe, but by and large, you’re left to your own devices, with the exception of the fact that youtube insists on feeding you things that are similar to what you’ve already found.

It’s doubly hard to get out from under that anticipation that I’m going to want the same exact thing over and over again, which is not at all my plan.

My plan is to find videos that you would never have found on your own, for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is, who has the time?

Well, I’ll tell you who has the time. An 81 year old with a penchant for technological fun, that’s who. Or is it “whom”?’ Continue reading →

ESCAPE! Videos #4

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https://youtu.be/3V1PX6oFN9s

This video was posted by Yanesh — I’d never seen it either. I hope you enjoy it. I’m NOT a drummer by any stretch of the imagination. Actually, I’ve only ever played kit drums a few dozen times, always just for fun, like this little practice session you see here.

But what about all that stuff that’s happening right now? All those horrible things happening to people all over the world including here, what about all that stuff? Well, it’s time to stop watching the news like a bird watches a snake, and get out of your body for a while.

Your Out of Body Experience awaits you! Prepare yourself for a journey beyond space, time and the 10-second commercial, into the faraway realm of ESCAPE! Videos. Lose yourself in laughter and general merriment, and experience things you would never ordinarily discover, but you will discover them NOW! (snaps fingers). Continue reading →

ESCAPE! Videos #1

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40 Demoted Saints protest at California Unemployment office, 1969.

Is the world starting to look like Hell? Are you able to sleep at night? Can you face another tomorrow? Is this the end?

If it’s looking real bad and you just can’t stare another election-denier in the face, you need my method of escape — the youtube ESCAPE! video-binge.

Back in the 1960s, I had an Ampex tape recorder available to me at KNX-TV and CBS Records, and in my spare time I created, with the help of the radio station’s enormous records library,  what were then called “Trip Tapes”, intended for use while meditating or on LSD. Continue reading →

How to Get People to Buy Your Stuff

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We had up to 300 customers per day, just a fraction of our eBay exposure.

“How do I get people to buy my stuff???” I hear you ask. Actually, that’s almost the whole of the conversation these days, because marketing isn’t like it used to be, and to begin with, that’s the wrong question.

It isn’t “How do I get people to buy my stuff?”, it’s “How do I get people to just L@@K at my stuff???”, and that’s the hardest question to answer, especially when you’re talking about online sales and marketing.

Let’s say that you’ve just invented the greatest tag line ever invented. Let’s say the tag line is “Cut Your Food Budget by 90%!!!”, which is the ultimate Breakfast-Table Subject. Continue reading →