Jackson Memorabilia Auction -- I'll Trade Ya!
This latest Michael Jackson auction has a unique twist -- the owner of the items says he got them from MJ himself ... by trading other memorabilia to the King of Pop.
The auction -- set for October 6-15, 2010 -- features several crazy MJ items, including a custom Swarovski crystal jacket and the gloves MJ wore on the cover of "Bad." Those two items, along with one of MJ's jackets, came directly from Michael.
Ed Kosinski, part owner of Gotta Have It!, tells us he actually traded MJ for the stuff. He says Michael had a thing for "Our Gang," Charlie Chaplin, Shirley Temple, Elizabeth Taylor, and other vintage Hollywood items.
The auction also features signed photos and authentic MJ lyric sheets.
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The auction -- set for October 6-15, 2010 -- features several crazy MJ items, including a custom Swarovski crystal jacket and the gloves MJ wore on the cover of "Bad." Those two items, along with one of MJ's jackets, came directly from Michael.
Ed Kosinski, part owner of Gotta Have It!, tells us he actually traded MJ for the stuff. He says Michael had a thing for "Our Gang," Charlie Chaplin, Shirley Temple, Elizabeth Taylor, and other vintage Hollywood items.
The auction also features signed photos and authentic MJ lyric sheets.
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Thriller signed album
Morphine handwritten lyrics sheets
Handwritten Lyrics for "Innocent Man"
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Article Publish Date:
7/6/2010 12:50 AM
5, 6, 7, 11, 22
7 + 6 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 5 = 24
2 + 4 = 6 - Represent the imperfection, the sin, the Evil. The number of the test, the work and the servitude. The mediation between the principle and its manifestation. Number of the indecision and the choice that is required. Number of the "man-animal", still having his passions and not conscious of his divinity. Also considered the number of the man because it is the sixth day that God created man. Perfect number because of it's associations to Jesus.
http://www.ridingthebeast.com/numbers/nu6.php
The DOTS (acronyms) in this article are about how our attitudes and ideas are being influenced and manipulated through the many forms of media (film, advertising etc.) by using psychology.
JMAITY
JMA - Joint Marketing Agreement (I'll Trade Ya!)
Joint Marketing Agreement - two parties separately market products and/or services which are often used for complementary or for related purposes. Both parties desire to cooperate in marketing their products and/or services for mutual benefit.
Use the Joint Marketing Agreement to jointly promote products, services, or both. The promoter receives payment based on involvement, performance or otherwise measurable results and the two companies cross-promote each other. Profits may or may not be shared.
http://www.contractcentral.com/joint-marketing-agreement.html
ITY - Imperial Tobacco Group plc (stock symbol)
http://www.imperial-tobacco.com/
Imperial Tobacco Group plc is the world's fourth largest international tobacco company. It is the second largest UK-based tobacco company by global sales. Imperial Tobacco's corporate headquarters are in Bristol, England.
The Imperial Tobacco Company was created in 1901 through the amalgamation of thirteen British tobacco and cigarette companies comprising W.D. & H.O. Wills of Bristol (the leading manufacturer of the time), John Player & Sons of Nottingham and 11 other independent family businesses, which were being threatened by competition from the United States in the form of James Buchanan Duke and his American Tobacco Company.
In 1973 the Imperial Tobacco Company, having become increasingly diversified by acquisition of (amongst others) restaurant chains, food services and distribution businesses, changed its name to Imperial Group.
In 1985, the Company acquired the Peoples Drugstore chain and all subsidiaries from A. C. Israel.
In 1986, the Company was acquired by the conglomerate Hanson Trust plc for £2.5billion. Divestments during the period of ownership by Hanson included Courage Brewery to Elders, Golden Wonder to Dalgety, Finlays to A J Patel, the wholesaling arm of Sinclair & Collis to Palmer & Harvey, Imperial Hotels and Catering to Trust House Forte and Ross Frozen Foods to United Biscuits.
In 1996, following a decision to concentrate on core tobacco activities, Hanson de-merged Imperial and it was listed as an independent company on the UK stock exchange.
In 2003, Imperial acquired the world's then fourth largest tobacco company, Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH of Germany: the deal added brands such as Davidoff, Peter Stuyvesant and West to its portfolio.
In 2007, Imperial Tobacco entered the United States tobacco market with its $1.9 billion acquisition of Commonwealth Brands Inc, then the fourth largest tobacco company in the US.
In February 2008, Imperial acquired the world's then fifth largest tobacco company Altadis whose brands included Fortuna, Gauloises Blondes and Gitanes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Tobacco
TMTSET
TMT - Technology, Media and Telecommunications Market Development
Companies employing Market techniques developed through economic and social sciences in todays Internet, television and other media environments.
An example of a Marketing Company
GeoActive Group USA
Marketers typically segment their customers using very broad demographic criteria. This routine analysis can help to tailor new offerings. However, few develop their segmentation based upon an assessment of customer needs, and so their product-centered view obstructs the buying cycle.
High-tech companies have an even greater challenge, since they're often technology centered. While some early-adopters may be engaged by vague product launch scenarios and minimal guidance or support, many mainstream customers will feel misled, neglected or completely ignored.
Digital marketing: transformed by art, science and market research
Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) marketers must evolve. Narrowly targeting customers with relevant offers, via their preferred channels. An applied-science research technique can identify real demand, best-fit solution fulfillment, and product applications with clarity and imagination. Once the targeted offers are developed and perfected, then content marketing and Web syndication methods are used to create influencer engagement and exponential reach that increases adoption.
GeoActive Group USA: we offer proven mastery of technology, media and telecom marketing strategy, market development campaigns, social media tools, digital content design, product marketing team training and personalized mentoring -- based upon a deep-domain TMT analysis
http://geoactivegroup.com/default.aspx
SET - Social Exchange Theory
Social exchange theory is a social psychological and sociological perspective that explains social change and stability as a process of negotiated exchanges between parties. Social exchange theory posits that all human relationships are formed by the use of a subjective cost-benefit analysis and the comparison of alternatives. The theory has roots in economics, psychology and sociology.
American sociologist is usually credited with the consolidation of the foundations of Social Exchange Theory. Homans’s article entitled “Social Behavior as Exchange” is viewed as the seminal work on this theory. Works by Richard Emerson, Peter Ekeh, and Karen Cook are also important and often reference Homans, as do many other articles and books on the subject and are two social psychologists who further developed the theory of social exchange. They proposed the following reasons that make people to engage in a social exchange:
1. anticipated reciprocity;
2. expected gain in reputation and influence on others
3. altruism and perception of efficacy
4. direct reward.
Social exchange theory is tied to rational choice theory and on the other hand to structuralism, and features many of their main assumptions.
Rational Choice Theory
Rational choice theory, also known as choice theory or rational action theory, is a framework for understanding and often formally modeling social and economic behavior. Rationality ("wanting more rather than less of a good") is widely used as an [b]assumption of the behavior of individuals[/b] in microeconomic models and analysis and appears in almost all economics textbook treatments of human decision-making. It is also central to some of modern political science and is used by some scholars in other disciplines such as sociology and even philosophy. It is the same as instrumental rationality, which involves [b]seeking the most cost-effective means to achieve a specific goal without reflecting on the worthiness of that goal.[/b]
Rational choice theory uses a specific and narrower definition of "rationality" simply to mean that an individual acts as if balancing costs against benefits to arrive at action that maximizes personal advantage.
Because of the relative success of economics at understanding markets, rational choice theory has also become increasingly employed in social sciences other than economics, such as sociology and political science in recent decades. It has had far-reaching impacts on the study of political science, especially in fields like the study of interest groups, elections, behaviour in legislatures, coalitions, and bureaucracy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_choice_theory
Centrality of Exchange Theory to Social Marketing
Richard Bagozzi’s pioneering work on the Exchange Theory in the 1970s created a framework for marketers to better understand how they can influence behavior. While traditional marketing revolves around a simpler concept of reciprocity in which a product or service is exchanged for money Social Marketing depends on a more complex understanding of exchange. Social marketing complexity is due to the fact that the benefits offered by the marketer have not necessarily been understood, or in some cases do not directly apply to the target audience so much as to society. In some cases, the behavior sought by the marketer might run completely counter to the target audience's prevailing norms.
For that reason exchange theory is central to social marketing. A target audience’s perception of the benefits they will receive through the adoption of a certain behavior is the key motivation that marketers must tap into.
Therefore a highly developed understanding of which benefits are most important to the audience is crucial to a campaign’s success. Research is framed around the audience’s values and informs the marketer what types of incentives must be offered as a result of the new behavior being promoted.
Exchange theory focuses on the audience. The application of exchange theory allows social marketers to understand the consumer mindset and design a behavior (product) and message (promotion) that appeal to the audience’s pre-existing values. More directly, exchange theory provides insight into the audience’s perception of the price of the existing behavior weighed against the cost of altering that behavior (or in some cases maintaining behavior).
http://socialmarketing.wetpaint.com/thread/806385/Centrality+of+Exchange+Theory+to+Social+Marketing
The names mentioned in the article:
"Our Gang," Charlie Chaplin, Shirley Temple, Elizabeth Taylor, and other vintage Hollywood
"Our Gang" - Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Gang
Our Gang Follies of 1936 - Darla Dressed in a Cigarette Girl Outfit
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026834/synopsis
Charlie Chaplin -"Cinema Stars" 1923 cigarette cards
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rescuedbyrover/sets/72157622349167442/
Cigarette Cards
Cigarette cards are trade cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and advertise cigarette brands.
Shirley Temple
Should Shirley Temple's "Bright Eyes" Be Rated R for Smoking Scene?
Published May 15, 2007
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/243599/should_shirley_temples_bright_eyes.html?cat=40
Shirley Temple
Around the same time Shirley enrolled in the Westlake School for Girls, attending as a day pupil. Although she was excited about going to a proper school for the first time, other pupils were not so excited at having her there; she recalls some hostility towards her simply because of who she was. She managed to make friends despite this, yet admitted to picking up certain habits at the school, such as smoking in the toilets. During her second year at the school, her mother signed some contracts for some more films for Shirley; she continued making films, mostly failures, until The Story of Seabiscuit in 1949.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A3682316
Elizabeth Taylor - Smoking in film, print and articles written about her and other stars.
Other Vintage Hollywood Stars
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Associating Smoking with glamour, beauty wealth, and celebrities.
With Cartoons
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40 Gorgeous Vintage Tobacco Advertisements - To view some ads click the link:
http://wellmedicated.com/lists/40-gorgeous-vintage-tobacco-advertisements/
Keep in mind that Cigarettes are only being used as an example. These techniques are being used in advertising, film and every type of media today. They are tried and true methods but this is not just about marketing products to us. It is about affecting and shaping our beliefs, ideas, attitudes; what is and isn't socially acceptable, telling us what we want, need etc. It is simply manipulation through a form of subliminal messaging.
I'm so sorry, I don't know how to link or embed it in here, but it's easy enough to find. Maybe someone more techie, can post it here.
Thanks for putting this up Serenity's Dream. The TS articles about the 1998 autographs are Update 4b, 4-13 and 4-14, if anyone's interested.
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Those definitely look like zero. I wonder why Michael was writing sometimes zeros sometimes six that look like a zero. I'm confused about that.
TMZ has been so silent for the last 4 days and finally we're having something. I don't like the silence.
Michael Jackson's Rock & Roll Auction
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Word Origin: rock and roll
Origin: 1951
A great advance in American civil liberties, as well as a revolution in music, took place as a result of the introduction of rock and roll in 1951. The introducer was Alan Freed, a disc jockey in Cleveland, who used the term to undermine the segregation of popular music into black and white. African-American popular music of the day, known as rhythm and blues, was increasingly influential, but radio stations and the record industry insisted on having white performers for white audiences. The only way a song composed and performed by blacks could reach a wider audience was for it to be remade by a white group.
Freed was able to get around the prohibition against African-American music on his radio station by coining a catchy name that was new and therefore all-encompassing. He wouldn't fight to play the forbidden rhythm and blues; instead, he would treat his audiences to what he called rock and roll. And while that term did not end music segregation overnight, it eventually made segregation impossible, as both black and white performers took up the phrase and together developed the new rock and roll. From the beginning it was also known informally as rock 'n' roll. By the mid-1960s the triumph of rock and roll was so complete that the name of the genre, now performed by musicians of all races all over the world, shrank to rock. No longer needed for music, the full phrase rock and roll recently has been used to mean "get going, "move along," as in "Let's rock and roll."
http://www.answers.com/topic/rock-n-roll
"get going, "move along," "let's get this started" etc. as in "Let's rock and roll."
Thank you. The point I was confused was about why Michael chose to write different things. Sometimes he wrote 660 or 666 sometimes he wrote 000 and sometimes he wrote ... So he was doing it about the curves and circles like TS explained. Got it. Thank you.
It reminds me of the campaign against the reputation and teasing of media towards Michael