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Tisch School of the Arts on 4/26/2009 1:16:01 PM by Rob Barnett
THE BUSINESS of ONLINE VIDEO
Monday - April 27 - 6p
Our pal Jamison Tilsner from Tilzy.tv invited My Damn Channel to wax philosophic on a panel discussion about the voodoo that we do.
Come press the flesh, throw fastballs, curveballs, or tomatoes. Fellow warriors up for the challenge include:
Paul Kontonis of For Your Imagination
Aimee Carlson of DailyMotion
Eric Mortensen of Blip.tv
Address & more.....here.
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Rotten TV on 9/17/2008 6:01:49 AM by Rob Barnett
Tom Waits. Lesser world without him.
Click on his head and enjoy a music video you'd never see on the MTV. In the last century, we were shooting the pilot for ROTTEN TV. One of the early ideas was to get Johnny Rotten to 'review' music videos for his new teleee-vision show. We debated war strategies late one night and stumbled onto the idea that everyone would expect John to HATE every video. Too simple. John decided it was a good idea to actually LIKE at least ONE music video. Tom Waits was the winner.
http://www.lyricstime.com/tom-waits-i-don-t-wanna-grow-up-lyrics.html
http://tomwaits.com/
We built My Damn Channel with a few of patron saints in mind. Johnny Rotten is usually painted by critics with such a simple brush. Most miss the point. John may often be brutal - but he's alway honest.
During the "Rotten TV" run, we walked the red carpet, as a goof on the way into that year's VH1 Fashion Awards. Out of the corner of his eye, John spotted four important looking humans standing a few feet away from all the action, surveying the scene.
"Who are they!?" - he challenged.... I looked over my shoulder to see Sumner Redstone, flanked by Tom Freston, Judy McGrath & John Sykes. "Don't - just don't," was my hapless request, knowing full well I was screwed. Rotten headed straight for Sumner. He grabbed his hand first. Then he shook the rest & asked the group one simple question: "How much money are you lot all making on this tonight?"
As we turned to walk on, Freston grabbed my arm and offered, "I love that show." It was one of the moments that was supposed to go horribly wrong, and somehow went surprisingly well. Probably just luck.
As we head to Vegas to try to haplessly explain why My Damn Channel trusts our talent - here are a few of our gold-plated rules - we'll think of a few more before tomorrow's event - Wed 4/16 - 2pm - here:
Never lie
Don't hold back bad news
Don't use 'creative input' as an excuse for 'J J" (Job Justification)
Make decisive decisions
Never bait & switch
Communicate constantly
Avoid the 'handlers' - go direct
Be specific
Move fast - no waiting
Work the press
Pay on time - every time
Pick up the check - almost every time
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Rotten TV on 4/13/2008 8:46:00 AM by Rob Barnett
A ROTTEN photo symphony
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Sex Pistols on 3/27/2008 9:43:00 AM by Rob Barnett
Sex Pistols coming back for more this summer. Enjoy!
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Tilzy.TV on 3/21/2008 7:39:00 AM by Rob Barnett
Jamison Tilsner & Josh Cohen aka TILZY TV invaded our NY office for the nickel tour - roof access - and answers to Jamison's questions about the voodoo we do. Not exactly 60 MINUTES - but we like their site. CLICK their logo:
http://tilzy.tv/news/2008/3/HisDamnChannel.htm
Our heating SUCKS so the leather was for warmth - i swear.