HILLARY WHISPERS

The Hillary I Know - now whispers?

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IOWA LISTENS CLOSELY

Presidential 08 Comedy is a small category that includes black belts like Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, & Bill Maher. These men have crafted a set of skills to allow the 'nation' to take a better look at itself and our leaders.We launched My Damn Channel by adding another skilled craftsman to this category. Harry Shearer has a resume as long as his.....well, let's just say Harry makes humans think and laugh in every medium: radio, television, films, cds, dvds, books, blogs, and live appearances. We signed Harry because we wanted to join the conversation about the 08 race for the White House. He hits the web every week with original videos produced for MyDamnChannel.com. And today, he does this...silently:

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GOOD TIMES

Think we're going to be on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. Spoke to Melissa Block who reached out to hear more about our little shop of DAMN. Airdate & time - the mystical "to be announced."

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SOUL WARRIOR

Dave Martin is a SOUL WARRIOR worthy of eyetime, mindshare. He posts well-chosen & inspired thought: http://davemartin.blogspot.com/2007/12/works-must-be-conceived-with-fire-in.html

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SPEED DATING

Packed in four more speed dates yesterday meeting financial and strategic partners to grow the My Damn Channel monsta. All of them - matchmade by Warren Chao, our Chief Operating Officer - the smart one we call "H-POD" (Honest Promise / Over-Deliver). He's a lawyer - a former venture capitalist - a biz dev exec. He's the man who finds and manages the money that makes our media machine run. In his spare time, he put together all our tech, ad sales, legal, and administrative. He runs our LA office. I'm ceoing headquarters in NY - getting to do all the fun stuff -with our talent - & building the world many venture capitalists fear: CONTENT. A few brave backers are finally warming to the fact that it's becoming as much about WHAT you watch - as HOW you watch it. Full respect is due every sili-co-con in the valley who built the pipes and pathways that bring all the tech starring back at you through this screen...but we've figured out a way to produce high-quality videos at low-cost. Advertisers are coming on board to pay the freight. Our artists get rare, transparent deals that start with total creative freedom, segue to fully-funded video channels, and end with a rocking share of the revenue. Back to the dating game.

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CONVICTION

Twenty important minutes to watch: http://blog.algore.com/2007/12/nobel_prize_acceptance_speech.html

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LOOK/FEEL

New looks n' feels starting to hit My Damn Channel. There have been improvements throughout, but the next large leaps forward are starting to appear. We've added thumbnails to all our videos. This is the first of many upgrades that will all be revealed by Friday, Feb. 1st - including a new home page, new artist channel pages, SEARCH and more...details coming in guest blogging from Big Fat Brain and Reborn over these next weeks because we need attacks, applause or hot mental apathy.

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KEY INGREDIENTS

The twins are starting to sleep more than four hours at a time. Sleep deprivation has been morphing into rocket fuel for thinking, creating, blogging for the past 7 weeks. Will more than four hours cause writer's block? This morning I awoke about 5 am - missed the middle if the night feed - gifted by my wife - but just had one of those all too rare moments - twice - once after feeding my son - and again just now after feeding my daughter. These moments shut out all the noise. The chase was off. The race wasn't being run. Time out was called - and the silence took over - rolling in like a wave. When these moments passed - I felt like I was fed well too. A meal laced with the same unnameable flavors that birthed the babies, the business, and all good times. I remembered the energy we conjured up to start My Damn Channel and the secret sauce that went into the brew. The key ingredients we left out were doubt and fear. We left those two in the kitchen cabinet - just in case anyone from old media needed to stop by and borrow some spice. We cooked with extra servings of badass and positive thinking - we threw in enough angst to keep us from ever going through the motions - because we know that breaking out of our low-rent kitchen and into profits was a mission worth fighting for. We're a little more than four months into the battle. We're not claiming "mission accomplished" yet. We're seeking new co-cons to add ideas, weapons, soul, sweat and cash. We're answering every phone call and email - even some of the oddest ones - 08 is upon us - and we're building a bigger boat to set sail for futureville. Co-cons welcome: rob@mydamnchannel.com

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The Little in the Middle by Guest Blogger Matt Bledsoe

Hi. I’m Matt. My partner Troy and I produce the Big Fat Brain channel on My Damn Channel. Today Rob’s letting me guest-blog, or glog, today. Which is exciting for me, but shows very poor judgment on Rob’s part. The latest episode of our series Itty Bitty Liddy premieres today, and I thought I’d take the opportunity to plug the series, because it’s something Troy and I are very proud of. Not because it’s a pioneering entry into the emerging Film-Noir-Political-Humor-Green-Screen-Action-Figure genre, as well as a scathing indictment of the sick underground chess match playing out this election year. But because there are some really funny butt jokes in every episode. To us, the G-Man is a uniquely flawed anti-hero, caught in the dark vortex between the bumbling moral arrogance of the right and self-involved amoral arrogance of the left. Liddy is just a little pawn in the middle. But then... (pause for dramatic emphasis)... aren’t we all? Anyway, we think you’ll really enjoy Itty Bitty Liddy. Unless you’re a candidate for the Presidency. In which case, you better watch your butt. ‘Cause Liddy’s coming. And there’s no end he won’t go to to keep this country safe.

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WHAT'S UNDER THAT HAT?

Matt & Troy at Big Fat Brain preach a pretty good rule for My Damn Channel: Show Beats Tell. The best way to experience our web experience is to watch it – not to listen to us yak about it. Their rule makes blogging a helluva lot easier and more concise. But it’s Thursday – and every Thursday – Don Was presents brand new music he produces and films exclusively for My Damn Channel. Don calls our channel: The Wasmopolitan Cavalcade of Recorded Music. We set out on a simple mission together: To rewrite all the broken old rules of the music business. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly get the hell out of the way – and give artists respect, freedom, mass distribution and cash. If you go to Don’s site this afternoon – or spend more time there tonight – or this weekend – you’ll have a rare chance to discover new music made from the heart – with ZERO corporate interference. Today, Don debuts more music from his recent trip to his native soil – with sound and vision emanating from Detroit, Michigan. You can also checkout all the new music from Don’s roadtrip to Nashville. These digital albums come with LINER NOTES too. Last point: All our music is FREE to download – thanks to the hearts & wallets of our friends at Lincoln and from our friends at ASCAP.

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