I used to have a blog called “Red Record Box” where I’d push new music that I found and loved. I still get the ocassional demo from the record companies and this one really caught my ear today. I’ll post my favorite cut at the end.

KMFDM Records releases Legion Within’s fourth album Mouth of Madness on June 16, 2009. Mouth of Madness follows up 2007’s the empty men, which had exclusive pre-release online distribution thru KMFDMStore.com. Legion Within will celebrate the release with an All Ages show, supported by God Module, in Seattle, WA on June 20th. A brief West Coast tour will include headlining appearances at Release the Bats in Long Beach, CA and Bar Sinister in Hollywood, CA. Fall dates opening for KMFDM to follow. Interest has already been expressed from Licensing Companies for opportunities including video games. Interview requests have also begun for summer online and printed publications, as well as podcast and web radio spots. Mouth of Madness displays Legion Within as a mature band who have blended darkwave and industrial into their own distinctive genre of dark rock. Crafting Mouth of Madness over two years was an arduous process. Written throughout a time when band member’s lives were rife with personal tragedy and upheaval, disquiet lays heavy within the music. The songs range from romance, escapism, and tragedy to tongue-in-cheek dark humor and flights of sadistic fancy. Bouncing back from the industrial political-angst of 07’s the empty men, Mouth of Madness embraces the current political and emotional climate with a firm hand. Singer William Wilson calls it, “Courageous Nihilism. From day one we are all doomed. But that’s just the way it is, we deal with it.” “[Eight] years and three albums into their career, Legion Within are a steadily rising force in the arena of modern music, complete with the KMFDM seal of approval.” ~ ReGen Magazine

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Kind of reminds of of Peter Murphy’s vocals with maybe… Bauhaus? Each song is different in style but with PM type vocals

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I found this at GetAFreelancer.com. At first I thought this was funny. At least the consensus is that it’s worth $30 instead of a whole $15.00.

Is that $15 each or for the whole 1000? That’s one and a half cents per account. Say you can do 20 in an hour. That’s 30 cents an hour. That’s 50 hours to complete the job. That’s more than 2 solid days of someone’s time that you want to pay $15 for. Plus you have the gall to ask for “people with feedback!!!” What type of person are you hoping answers this ad? Where on this earth could there be someone who is so desperate to work for 30 cents an hour? What kind of monster would exploit that person so blatantly? At first I though this was funny and now I’m just puzzled.

But I had to show someone.

Gregg

Update: 42 bids. Average bid $31 and “Eye4Details” canceled the job. She probably thought $30 was too high. You can go to the site by clicking on the graphic. Look at the other jobs she has posted and try to figure out what she does. Everyone has their niche I guess.

GL

I tweeted something like “If someone emails me a question with 5 question marks as punctuation, I usually don’t answer. It’s worse than all caps. Seems like a demand.”
Since then (4 hours ago) it’s been retweeted, copied, and bounced all over twitterville. I guess I’m not the only one to feel that way. Haha.

I realize that when you participate in social media venues such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, you put yourself out there. And sometimes become the taget of the Blow Hard, Know-It-All, Jackass for no reason other than percieved misconception or plain ignorance.

Today I was publicy but lightly rebuffed by @baldheretic for having the words “Social Media Marketer” in my Twitter bio. His tweet: If your twitter bio says “Social Media Marketer” and you follow me you are likely to get denied and blocked like @greggluhring just did.”

I had just followed the chickenshit man because he was touted (maybe by himself) as a “Social Media Expert.” I did not ask him anything that would allow him to deny me anything. And the fact that he blocked me just showed me and the world that he was able to dish it out but was not willing to take it. By blocking me he effectively keeps me from replying to his twisted way of thinking. Usually you block someone if they are bothering you or if there’s a creepy situation like: they have no followers and are only following one person: You. I’ve blocked several people like that.

So what is the difference between a marketer and and expert? I call myself a marketer because I use the skills I’ve gained to help my clients in their marketing efforts mostly on the web. The things I’ve learned this year alone in Social Media would make most peoples’ heads spin. That’s why they hire me to do what I do. Because I understand and I have the aptitude in my skillset. I suppose you could call me an expert but I’m not so bold.

The man that calls himself an expert is an expert only in broad generalizations and blind classifications. Instead of Expert, I would call him a Social Media Dick. He kind of looks like one.

Aren’t blogs fun?

GL

You know how sometimes when you’re on the web and you get distracted by something else and that leads you off on a tangent, which leads to something else, which leads to something else, and so on and on and on? Of course you do.

While I was “studying” Pansy Warrior Princess from the previous post, I found this. This is a classic. Scary Mary…

Did you see her head spinning? I can’t imagine why I haven’t seen this before. Have you? Seen it?

If you know of other things out there that are so cool and bizarre please email me.

GL

What do you think of this? haha

I think I like it… Pansy Warrior Princess

GL