Thursday, July 24th, 2008
by Jeff
Who doesn’t love Walmart? Ok, I don’t. It’s not the store itself it’s the shoppers. I don’t usually have a good experience with other people when I go to Walmart.
I caught a commercial for Walmart the other day and was surprised to see they had come up with a new logo. Why? Well the official press release says:
This update to the logo is simply a reflection of the refresh taking place inside our stores and our renewed sense of purpose to help people save money so they can live better.
Huh?
Some marketing experts are saying that the logo change is an effort to shed Walmart’s reputation as a bullying box store shoving the local guys out. Not like a logo change is going to make those silly opinions go away.
My real concern is for the falling prices. Does this mean smiley face guy is gone, replaced by this starburst? Will rays of sunshine fall on Walmart price tags, melting numbers off to reveal lower prices.
Just things I think about on my way to Target.
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
by Jeff
I bought the new Eagles album today. It’s been a long time coming too. It’s hard to believe the Eagles haven’t released a studio album with new material since 1979!I didn’t really know of the Eagles growing up, but did know of Don Henley. I was 13 when Building the Perfect Beast was released, and Boys of Summer and All She Wants to Do Is Dance were huge radio hits. I even owned the 45 of All She Wants to Do is Dance that I bought at Woolworth’s in South Paris. I wish I’d hung on to those 45’s.
When I got to college, a guy at the end of the hall in my dorm would play the Eagles constantly. I instantly recognized Don Henley’s voice, and that’s when I realized this guy was in a band too. I remember too many Saturday nights with a room full of people drunk singing Hotel California. So here it is 18 years since I first was introduced to the Eagles, and they just released Long Road Out of Eden.
I bought it on Wal*Mart’s online music store DRM free. (DRM stands for Digital Rights Management, or in simpler terms, copy protection to appease the blood sucking RIAA) I refuse to buy from iTunes because of the copy protection and AAC format rather then mp3. ACC is better then mp3, but at 256K my ears can’t tell the difference, and mp3 works on everything.
Buying DRM free limits my choices in music selection, but the record labels are finally starting to get their heads out of their asses and are getting rid of DRM. Once they all realize it will help them sell more music then I’ll be able to buy most anything I want. The Eagles album I bought from Wal*Mart I can play on my cheap mp3 player, my computer, my wife’s computer, through the Windows Media Center extender on XBox360, and I can burn copies on CD. None of that works easily, if at all with iTunes downloads.
Long Road Out of Eden is good. Some songs are very country sounding, but the Eagles always did have that sound to them. I still really haven’t had time to listen closely to the entire album of 20 songs. My wife told me it was too loud while my son was sleeping this afternoon. I’ll have to wait until I hear it in the car to make a final judgement, but I still had to buy it. The Eagles are one of those rare artists who release a must have album without even hearing one song.
I’m going to go put on some headphones and listen to them now while my son sleeps. Take It Easy.
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Who doesn’t love Walmart? Ok, I don’t. It’s not the store itself it’s the shoppers. I don’t usually have a good experience with other people when I go to Walmart.
