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  Change & Internal Comms went en masse to the Melcrum social media conference today. David and I spoke. I think I got carried away with rock n'roll stories and comparing blogs to pubs, but we might have got away with it. There were some fascinating Read More... Posted 21 March 2007 20:55 by Phil Turner | 7 Comments Filed under: Social media, Rock n'roll

• Guitar quiz

  Friday fun. Name these 50 guitar heroes . Read More... Posted 16 March 2007 10:49 by Phil Turner | 0 Comments Filed under: Rock n'roll

• I got Bob Dylan for my birthday

  My sister bought me this picture of Bob Dylan for my my birthday. I think it should go above the fireplace. My wife disagrees. Read More... Posted 14 March 2007 13:06 by Phil Turner | 10 Comments Filed under: Rock n'roll

• The greatest singer of all time

  Elvis Presley is the greatest singer of all time, or so says Q magazine . Here's their top ten in full: 1. Elvis Presley 2. Aretha Franklin 3. Frank Sinatra 4. Otis Redding 5. John Lennon 6. Marvin Gaye 7. Kurt Cobain 8. Robert Plant 9. Mick Jagger 10. Read More... Posted 06 March 2007 08:50 by Phil Turner | 3 Comments Filed under: Rock n'roll

• Can Rock save the planet?

  It’s claimed Al Gore’s latest venture , a 24-hour series of rock concerts set for 7 July, could be seen by two billion people. Those who regularly read this blog might think me flippant or self-indulgent for writing about rock n’roll in a serious blogging Read More... Posted 16 February 2007 20:42 by Phil Turner | 3 Comments Filed under: Rock n'roll

• Beards

  I saw my old mate Andy last night. He's grown a beard. A ginger beard. It's one of my great regrets that beards don't belong in the workplace. I grew one over Christmas, and shaved it off the day I came back to work. Where once it was de rigeur , now Read More... Posted 16 February 2007 15:10 by Phil Turner | 5 Comments Filed under: Rock n'roll

• The body of Venus with arms

  She had the face of an angel Smiling with sin The body of Venus with arms AC/DC’s Touch Too Much What’s this got to do with anything? Not much, it’s just tickling me at the moment. And I’ve not posted for weeks while I’ve been shinning around the far Read More... Posted 19 January 2007 12:07 by Phil Turner | 5 Comments Filed under: Rock n'roll

• Wolfmother vs. Handel

  Last week I went to see Wolfmother . This week I was corralled into St John’s in Westminster to see the City of London Choir perform Handel ’s Te Deum for the Victory of Dettingen. There was no post-encore smashing of cellos, and the fiddlers didn’t throw Read More... Posted 24 November 2006 09:43 by Phil Turner | 1 Comments Filed under: Rock n'roll

• Elvis and blogs set to take over the world

  This planet's going to be a crazy place to live in 10 years' time. If you believe the numbers social media is due to take over the world. As you may know Technorati is currently tracking about 60 million blogs . (By the way don't miss my colleague Leo's Read More... Posted 21 November 2006 18:30 by Phil Turner | 3 Comments Filed under: Social media, Rock n'roll

• Birth. School. Metallica. Death.

  So I was at a Wolfmother gig in Brixton last night. Stood behind a guy with the kind of studded leather jacket you don't see so often anymore. He had his life penned out on the back of his jacket: 'Birth' 'School' 'Metallica' 'Death' This wasn't a kid Read More... Posted 16 November 2006 11:05 by Phil Turner | 1 Comments Filed under: Rock n'roll, Internal comms

• Has the memory of Johnny Cash been hijacked by phonies?

  Judging what's real and what is not, who's good and who's bad, who is sincere and who is lying, is surely more difficult than ever. The new Johnny Cash video God's Gonna Cut You Down features dozens of musicians and actors, all dressed in black as a tribute Read More... Posted 15 November 2006 17:45 by Phil Turner | 1 Comments Filed under: Rock n'roll

• What we can learn from The Boss

  The Boss is in town. No, not Ferrabee . Springsteen. He's in London this weekend . Bruce Springsteen the storyteller is the natural American heir to Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. For some he’s the natural heir to Homer, Sophocles and Euripides. Read More... Posted 10 November 2006 13:40 by Phil Turner | 4 Comments Filed under: Storytelling, Rock n'roll

• Rock n’roll internal comms

  Remember when Andre Agassi had long, bleached hair? And he thought it was cool to wear all the colours of the emergency services? I seem to recall a TV ad for Coke or Pepsi or something where he asked “Wanna play rock n’roll tennis?” then played air guitar Read More... Posted 02 November 2006 19:52 by Phil Turner | 6 Comments Filed under: Rock n'roll, Internal comms