#69: (Insert inappropriate joke here)
A bunch of stuff to catch up on while you're practicing social distancing!
CULTURE THING:
Stumbled upon during a search for how media organizations operate their video departments — by the way, I would not recommend Googling “BBC video”! — this 9-part history of the British Broadcasting Company is a BEAST.
MUSIC THING:
The Weirdly Enduring Appeal of Weird Al Yankovic. God bless Weird Al.
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MARKETING THING:
Ten of the Most Successful Presidential Campaign Ads Ever Made
TUNES!
In case you missed any of them, here’s every playlist I shared this week. Give them a try this weekend!
PLAYLIST: FUNK ROCK RIDES AGAIN
If the Numero Group releases it, I’m going to at least give it a chance. You should do the same if you love all kinds of music and are always curious to hear something new!
PLAYLIST: 90s TEEN SEX COMEDY SOUNDTRACK
This playlist is for people who loved 90s teen sex comedies like She’s All That, Can’t Hardly Wait, American Pie…you get it. This is a fun one!!!!!
PLAYLIST.: EVERY BLACK WEDDING EVER
This is a classic from my archives. If you have ever been to a black wedding/interracial wedding with black people, you have heard every song on this playlist.
(If you haven’t ever been to a black wedding/interracial wedding with black people, you really need to get out more once we’re allowed to do that kind of thing again.)
PLAYLIST: ONE HIT WONDERS
I Googled “What happened to P.O.D.” and here we are an hour later: A playlist featuring two days worth of one-hit wonders from the 60s to the 10s. You probably have forgotten about 94% of the songs on here. I do not blame you for that.
ONE LAST THING
Thank you to everyone who has taken the ride with me from bi-weekly to daily. The hope is that this e-mail is a welcome distraction from the world. Wherever you are, I hope you and yours are healthy and safe. Until Monday…
WASH YOUR HANDS!
STAY IN THE HOUSE!
CHECK ON YOUR LOVED ONES!
BE SAFE OUT THERE!
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