I grew up with a couple of Vinnies in Brooklyn and they were all the same. Kind of like the Vinny who commented so eloquently on the problem with Seesmic and the approach of its French backers. – See Review of the Jew ’07 - the ‘Vinny post.’ This is the year of the Vinny, raw, ribald instant feedback that blares the central problems in your face. It’s brutal but it’s honest. That Vinny comment on 1938Media was worth $100K in slow as hell focus groups. The Vinny post, as much as Feldman’s video, is where the Internet is going with business and creativity. Want to influence the influencer? Try impressing Vinny.
Seesmic went apoplectic over mid-December ’07 1938Media barrages. It shook up the company, turned the CEO into a cloying French poodle on its back with its legs up (as if this position is supposed to impress Americans), and sent Seesmic’s VC backers scurrying for a quick Plan B. Yo, Vinny did that. You ready for dat?  Vinny is the new consumer advocate of the web.  Â
Personally, I can’t get past Seesmic’s home page. What are they? Who are they? Why do they exist? Too dark, timid and mysterious (I did not say “French”). They need serious American PR help.
Stray Feldman chatter: Feldman named Person of Year on Strumpette (I voted for Vinny), Feldman announces for President on hilarious video.
November 19, 2007 broke like any other morning with one big difference – the thought of blogging made me ill. I had plenty to say, just didn’t feel like saying it, at least in this forum. And so it was for more than a month, a blissful break that could reactivate at any time. During my hiatus I discovered that we as Jews involved in the grand conspiracy to control the media, entertainment and banking businesses of the world, sometimes need to take a break, especially after such a fruitful year. I need to read the Talmud and go to shul, I don’t need to blog. So what I need to do right now is to celebrate Jews (and a couple of goys) who have had an exceptional year in creative and clandestine media manipulation.
Kowalski personality. In 2007 Feldman was making his mark in a tight little circle, and then he unknowingly picked a fight with the Frenchies and took the whole thing to a higher level.
Loic made two critical errors: he thought Loren was racist and he thought he was serious. And because of that Loren decided to get real serious and to taunt and antagonize and mock and humilate the French. It was amazing how many others wanted to join in. 1938Media attracts a sometimes rabid gang.
Baby faced Greek thumb sucking serial entrepreneur and dog face licker JasonMcCabe&Mrs.Miller CalacanisOuzo III (left, at NYC dim sum orgy) 
really Brian?” somebody asked me, perturbed by the various genders and shadings of Brian. “Actually,” I said. “That is one of Brian’s personalities. And then Brian himself has several personalities. These days it’s best to keep a scorecard before responding.” One of Brian’s personalities likes to confront adversaries in postings, email and on the phone. That is the Brian that over-thought 
That’s what the cab driver said as I slid in. He was holding up the New York Daily News. “The government shot that woman. How could they do that?”
than his bulging biceps. The only place Bonds is liked is in San Francisco and they won’t hire him next year. Will anybody?
Brian Connelly sent me a link to a story last week that had all the elements of a 
elevated, pressurized, steeped in the media and finance capital of the universe. Apparently Alex Rodriguez, once tasting the smothering scorn and unfettered love of New York, does not want to languish with the “Toledo Mud Hens,” as Yankee owner Hank Steinbrenner refers to every basball team but the Yankees. The Yankees don’t have to win the World Series to get all the attention. The most successful franchise in sports history has manifest destiny on its side.
I bet that Derek Jeter had something to do with this. I bet that A-Rod called Jeter and he got a lesson in Yankee loyalty and pride, tradition that cannot be traded, bought or disrespected. “Part of it is obviously him proving he really wants to be a Yankee, and I think he’s doing that,” Hank Steinbrenner said today of A-Rod’s approach to the Yankees sans punk agent BorAss. “We know there are other opportunities for us, but Cynthia and I have a foundation with the club that has brought us comfort, stability and happiness,” A-Rod said in a statement.
Salinger, Theodore Kaczynski (right), Axl Rose and Bobby Fischer.
satellite dishes and becoming info warriors. They are connecting to the Internet and outside news sources and they are blogging from inside the country and aggregating reports from other bloggers. As we have seen from crackdowns in other countries, information has a way of getting out because people are determined to be free. Lest we forget, this is most powerful and long-lasting pupose of the Internet and it is the obligation of all bloggers to support freedom of expression throughout the world.
rockumockumentary. It’s about the most legendary band ever to rock out on plastic instruments. They’re not just any band … They’re ROCK BAND BAND.