The Global Highschool, Gorilla Marketing, and Six Degrees of Myspacation*

Original Post: June 18, 2005

I know it's been a long time since I last wrote a blog, but I've been on the move and uninspired. That is of course until I realized that myspace is the mascot for the global highschool where Kobe and a man named Brady are the jocks, where Paris is not the city of the Eiffel Tower but an eye ful of popular 'HOT' girl makin out with a different boyfriend every week in the parking lot, and Bill gates is the resident nerd boasting a 4.0 billion dollar 'A' plus software empire GPA. In the time of Technological Revolution, the Global High Myspacers bridge geographic distances with digital instantaneous conveniences. And what do we do with Multimedia Marvels such as txt messaging, cell phones that shoot video, message boards, blogs, ipods, and webcams? . . . . . . . . . . . .? We use them to avoid the burden of time consuming face time, screen calls, hide behind anonymity, and exercise our God given right to avoid our fellow man. Fucken A right doggie! Of course we deserve the right to maintain our own personal space. But just when we thought the world couldn't get anymore impersonal and disconnected, your space, just suddenly became myspace.com.

And GOD, I mean AOL Time Warner forbid, this blessing of social interaction did not descend from the corporate powers that be, but from our good old friend Tom. Not since Napster has technological innovation gone underground with such charismatic coolness that would make Samuel L. Jackson Strike down upon thee with Great vengeance and Furious Anger. But rather than bringin the Fast and Furious Funk, the record labels have chosen to embrace the world wide web of comments on new pics with bands like the Black Eyed Peas and Coldplay pre-releasing their albums on myspace music. What does that mean? It means score one TD for the Global High Myspacers because Tom tapped into the keg of cultural coolness with an ultra convenient way for us to show off how dope are friends are in a public internet yearbook. So cool in fact, that bands like the Gorillaz can Gorilla Market their new video without any effort. There is no better way to get street cred for your band than having your actual target market fan base sport your new music video on their personal page like a pair of Nike pumps when everyone else is still rockin the LA gear lights.

So here we are, with six degrees of separation laid out in a series of comment clicks that has further amplified our ability to culturally diversify and sub-culturally unify our clique of homies. Little did I know, six 'cliques' away from me, was a few friends I havent seen since highschool, A girl Ive never met that wanted to meet up at the Bars here in Sacramento's downtown, and some Hot chick named ForBiddeN thats going to be signing autographs for her myspace fans at a tattoo convention in Long Beach. I just wanna say Thanks Tom, and publicly announce to everyone, I got new pics, so drop me some comments bitches and welcome to myspace. . .or is it yours?

-MM

Currently watching:
Strangers on a Train (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Release date: 07 September, 2004