Comments on: Keeping It In The Family http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/08/15/keeping-it-in-the-family/ insight, tactics, advice and mutterings on copywriting, marketing and living life deep... from the most ripped-off world-class ad writer alive... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:07:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Copywriting Kid http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/08/15/keeping-it-in-the-family/#comment-226861 Copywriting Kid Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:29:36 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/08/15/keeping-it-in-the-family/#comment-226861 Holy manoly, John... I'm digging through your swipefile on a saturday night and needed a break, wanted some good music, something fresh... and remember you wrote about George Clinton a couple posts back (never heard of the guy). Typed it in youtube to see what comes up... clicked on "Maggot Brain" - gee, blows my mind! Love it! Thank you for pointing out another gold nugget! Holy manoly, John… I’m digging through your swipefile on a saturday night and needed a break, wanted some good music, something fresh… and remember you wrote about George Clinton a couple posts back (never heard of the guy). Typed it in youtube to see what comes up… clicked on “Maggot Brain” - gee, blows my mind! Love it! Thank you for pointing out another gold nugget!

]]> By: Copywriting Kid http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/08/15/keeping-it-in-the-family/#comment-226254 Copywriting Kid Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:22:31 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/08/15/keeping-it-in-the-family/#comment-226254 I love those "summer days" you've been talking about. I had some of those in Thailand on the beach. The tough part of the day was to pick the fish you wanted the lady to throw on the barbeque - and that fish was really fresh (like: two guys jumping in the water and pulling it out and kill it fresh. Just add some salt and lemon to it.) But - just as the net in it's current state - good things don't last forever. By now this once pristine island is flooded by obnoxious tourists who go there to drink and party. They don't have any appreciation for the beauty of the island. The shopowners have changed - bullied out most of the good people who made a living there before. Nothing against having a good time - but you don't need such a beautiful setting to knock yourself out with booze. And you don't need some bang-bang techno music that scares all the wildlife away and almost makes the fish go belly up. You don't need XTC when you got the most psychedelic sunsets going on every night and luminous plankton at night in the water. Leave that stuff in the city clubs. Funny thing is - this change happened in just 5 short years. The net surely is no pristine island anymore, but in terms of money-making opportunities for the small guys - it's still the wild west. So better get going... I love those “summer days” you’ve been talking about. I had some of those in Thailand on the beach. The tough part of the day was to pick the fish you wanted the lady to throw on the barbeque - and that fish was really fresh (like: two guys jumping in the water and pulling it out and kill it fresh. Just add some salt and lemon to it.)

But - just as the net in it’s current state - good things don’t last forever. By now this once pristine island is flooded by obnoxious tourists who go there to drink and party. They don’t have any appreciation for the beauty of the island. The shopowners have changed - bullied out most of the good people who made a living there before.

Nothing against having a good time - but you don’t need such a beautiful setting to knock yourself out with booze. And you don’t need some bang-bang techno music that scares all the wildlife away and almost makes the fish go belly up. You don’t need XTC when you got the most psychedelic sunsets going on every night and luminous plankton at night in the water. Leave that stuff in the city clubs.

Funny thing is - this change happened in just 5 short years. The net surely is no pristine island anymore, but in terms of money-making opportunities for the small guys - it’s still the wild west. So better get going…

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