Comments for Communication Breakdown

Comment on Three months and a flurry of shutter clicks by Mike

Mike — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:29:54 +0000

Hi, nice posts there thank’s for the interesting information

Comment on Three months and a flurry of shutter clicks by Len Lumbers

Len Lumbers — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:24:51 +0000

Your métier, brother. Necessity’s the mother of finding it.

Comment on White Cowbell Oklahoma’s XXX mess by mike

mike — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:09:53 +0000

awesome!

Comment on The Erosion of the Rock Star by melissa

melissa — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:50:37 +0000

great stuff. i especially like the part where i talk.

no really, i like the klosterman quote. And Cnet. i meant to steal that from Ev at EB … now i’ll have to steal it from you! Keep blogging and keep this level of authority going with the citations.

Comment on HMV Canada unveils “Store of the Future” as a last grasp at relevance. by Len Lumbers

Len Lumbers — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:09:03 +0000

“Relevance” is foremost in my mind every time I go to a Newbury Comics outlet, or its nearest Toronto facsimile, Soundscapes.

I buy an average of 165 CDs/LPs/etc every year. But with a wonderful chain like the New England-based Newbury Comics, one that I only visit on holiday, I dread the day I pull into Boston to find the front door padlocked and the receivership notice pasted to the glass.

My Dad had an interesting exchange with a Newbury clerk last month. There to buy a pile of CDs for me, he asked where the iTunes cards were kept. Clerk replied, “We don’t sell iTunes cards here. We probably should, because they’d make us money and be a quick turnover item, but we have to take a stand somewhere.”

THAT warms my heart. But how much longer can Newbury and its ilk hold out? I hate walking into HMV locations in Toronto to see precious rack space commandeered by virtual stock. Less than a third of my yearly intake is new, so out of personal necessity I feed the devil by online ordering.

Thus, even die-hard music fans find themselves exacerbating the issue of relevance facing bricks-and-mortar stores. It’s a terribly unsettling time.

Great post, John.

Comment on HMV Canada unveils “Store of the Future” as a last grasp at relevance. by JSlice

JSlice — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:17:56 +0000

Ya hit the nail on the head my friend.

I said nearly the same thing about kids not knowing the value of the art and the artists when interviewed by The Star that day. Naturally they left that quote out and went for the quick soundbite.

Comment on This is a real blog post by a real blogger named John Papamarko. by Chrissy Newton

Chrissy Newton — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:58:17 +0000

I agree with the above comments.

If I was going to start blogging for a company and my name was attached to it, I would not go against my personal ethics.

If a company wants to do this, they can go right a head.

Remember: You are just as much of a brand, as the company you work for is.

“Everything and everyone is a brand.”

Comment on This is a real blog post by a real blogger named John Papamarko. by Melanie

Melanie — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:25:43 +0000

What Bonnie and Sarah said – well done. I would, however, argue that people who read blogs (which is not most normal people or specifically people who don’t spend time online) are more discerning than you think. Are there millions of bad blogs out there with no readers? YOU BET! And that’s precisely the category flogs fall under.

That said, for every spammer who sends out 5 million messages, some person is duped.

If you’re going to shill and you don’t mind doing so – basically any paying client gig that isn’t under your name is just that – you want to make sure there’s no way of tracing you to that. Otherwise your reputation as a legit writer really will take a hit.

I say, go and do whatever you have to to get food on your plate and keep the student loan police away. When you’ve got enough cash to buy helicopters and stuff then you can tell all the bag gigs to shove off. Until then, maintain your own blog for your own voice.

Comment on This is a real blog post by a real blogger named John Papamarko. by Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:25:12 +0000

John you bring up some excellent points. I have a question though. I’m having a difficult time seeing the difference when you say, “Any company I work for can make all the money they want from my labour, but the second they try and make money from my reputation is the second I say, “Thanks, but no thanks.”
Aren’t the two the same thing? If I’m company X and I hire you because of your reputation and experience, aren’t I just using that to exploit (maybe a bit too harsh of a word) you for your labour? If you didn’t have a good reputation, I wouldn’t hire you to begin with. Maybe I’m just confusing myself, I am pretty tired…

Comment on This is a real blog post by a real blogger named John Papamarko. by Bonnie

Bonnie — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:09:42 +0000

Great post, John. You’d think companies would smarten up and realize they WILL get caught.