Sex, Politics, and Music Industry 2.0

edited March 2008 in Music Industry 2.0
It's somewhat gratifying that a previously obscure woman who is suddenly thrown into the public spotlight because of a sex scandal can make money doing something other than pornography.

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  • So... what does this mean JoCo needs to do to increase his popularity?
  • edited March 2008
    Hopefully not prostitution... political blackmail should do.
  • Perhaps he needs to start wearing a skirt (um, I mean a kilt) and being a f'ing idiot (um, I mean indiscreet) when getting out of the car? Or does that only work for women?
  • Hehehe, JoCo in a kilt, and thus doing that crazy dance thing that I picture the scottish doing, which seems to be a lot like Riverdance...
  • edited March 2008
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  • Fishnet stockings and a lobster-fur coat?
  • The thing that is most interesting to me is how much cash she's made selling her songs online and how completely unextrordinary this seems to the media reporting the incident. 5-10 years ago, there would have needed to be a paragraph of exposition about getting music online. Now it's just background to the story.

    We are living in the world of the future and we don't even notice it.
  • And yet I still don't have the flying car I was promised.
  • I am bitterly continuing to wash my dishes with water. And .... soap.
  • What would you use otherwise? LASER's are terrible at that sort of thing.
  • Obviously we should be using cleaning rays.

    Personally, I want a laser keyboard.
  • Yeah, they're cool. I'm holding out for enough to buy one of those, or a Blue (maybe Green) laser. So much cooler than the red ones.
  • Shoot, I want a replicator and a holodeck. I'd never leave home. Hell, I'd probably be dead in a week :)
  • Yeah, they're cool. I'm holding out for enough to buy one of those, or a Blue (maybe Green) laser. So much cooler than the red ones.
    Yep, red LASER's are so unfashionable... :D
  • edited March 2008
    My main reasoning being, who wants a LASER you can't see unless it hits a wall, or one that can't cut through black tape and balloons, I mean come on!

    ETA:
    @Agent Lex, you may want to go here if you hadn't already found something
  • Gotta love geeks. A salacious topic quickly shifts to a discussion of lasers.
  • Surely you can't see any laser until it hits something... that's kind of the point, isn't it?
  • Ah, but blue and green lasers are magic: see here or here for details. I think they're pretty damn cool.

    Sorry guys this should probs be in the Geekdom thread I know, but Agent Lex started it...Sorta.
  • I'd argue that Gle3nn started it with his flying cars.

    Not me! <.<
  • edited March 2008
    I know, but on the topic of LASERs however, you are at fault. :D


    *Hopes everyone ignores Jon Who's comment about cleaning with LASERs*
  • I beg to differ!
    What would you use otherwise? LASER's are terrible at that sort of thing.
  • Already addressed.
  • edited March 2008
    my dad got a green laser i can play around with

    and LASER+any cristal object=fun

    do the math :P
  • I love that most of you are typing it LASER, like the acronym it is.
  • hmm if you type a Z here it do look kind of lame
  • I meant more that it was in all caps, rather than "laser". No self respecting geek would ever use a "z".
  • ye know but the *z* on in the text format forum uses looks kind of lame
  • I spell it in lower case if I really can't be bothered-in IM for example. Otherwise it's just stupid.
  • While it's true that LASER is an acronym, it's entered the language to such a degree that laser is perfectly acceptable. Much like scuba.
  • it's entered the language to such a degree that laser is perfectly acceptable.
    True enough I guess, but lazer is never acceptable... :D
  • Now that I agree with. Much like realize <.<
  • Unless you're watching "Dodgeball" then I think it's with a zed.
  • @gordonmt
    I want to combine the two topics! Sex and Lasers!

    C'mon over here, baby, I've got a 50mw and I will burn your heart right out!
  • Only if she's matted really.
  • well not a laser but any of you seen that nice flashlight
  • C'mon over here, baby, I've got a 50mw and I will burn your heart right out!
    Or with MASERs:

    Give me all your heat, my darling
    Shoot me with your microwaves tonight
  • Back on the ORIGINAL topic -

    I think it's going to be interesting to find out if "fame" in this manner can result in more extended fame. Is she a good singer or not? Will she get a record deal, or just take the obligatory Playboy/Penthouse spread for $1M?

    I did read (maybe in the above linked article) that she already made $200k from her two singles, downloaded 300k times with her getting $0.70/pop. That's pretty amazing cash for a first time artist, and an amazing living for most people. Don't know if it'll last, but if she's smart, she'll stow some of it away until she finds a more. . . legal . . career.
  • Will she get a record deal, or just take the obligatory Playboy/Penthouse spread for $1M?
    Who says she can't do both? It worked for Madonna.
  • As they say, any publicity is good publicity. (except for Spitzer).
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