Brains on Fire

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  Have a nice Day

  Posted on September 26th, 2005 by Geno and currently 2 commenting.

  Early last week flipping through channels a music video caught my eye. I could tell by the voice and the guitar it was Bon Jovi, but what kept my attention was the story line. It goes like this, Jon comes out on the street and is signing autographs, when a fan hands him a CD jewel case, Jon signs it with a smiley face with some attitude. The guy looks at it, pulls out his camera phone and snaps a picture. And bam the video shows it being turned into a Shepard Fairey propaganda style sticker campaign. The video has its moments of ups and downs. I hate the thrown in the middle concert scene, why go through all the trouble to set up this street marketing movement, and not play an impromptu concert like U2 has done in many of their videos. But I have to admit, the video worked on me, I bought the song on iTunes, I can’t bring myself to purchasing the whole CD just yet.

  Jon Bon Jovi popped back into my life again when I came home from work Wednesday evening. My wife a Bon Jovi and Oprah fan told me Jon appeared on Oprah’s talk show. She told me Bon Jovi presented Oprah with a check for 1 million dollars from the band to go towards her Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Bon Jovi, explained, “You could steward this so that it gets to the people who need it — Habitat, Red Cross. That’s from the four of us.
  “You told the human story. This isn’t a race issue, it’s a class issue and it’s American people that we have to help.” Way to step up Bon Jovi, I’m now a little more of a fan and I will buy that new CD. And if you have some time check out Oprah’s Angel Network, they have lots of options for helping families.

  Have a nice Day.

  Tags: Bon Jovi, Habitat, Have a Nice Day, Hurrican Katrina, iTunes, Oprah, Oprah's Angel Network, Red Cross, Shepard Fairey, Street Marketing Movement, U2