It is Friday, which means you have earned that first sip of your favorite beverage. And that can be an adult beverage, if you like, and if you're old enough, and you're done with work fo…
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It's so very 1982. It's electro, funk, and freestyle. It's got an 808. It's got a beat from a leftover, unused track, from prior production sessions for an Afrika…
If you've ever wanted to scream into the void about chain letters, bad Photoshop, email forwards from your aunt who just discovered YouTube, or anything involving Bill Gates …
I'm not really anti-HTML email. Like many folks with a long history in the linux/unix world, once upon a time I used text-based email clients like pine and mutt, but that was…
Before my current life in this email universe, I worked in print production and pre-press , helping to assemble assemble advertising layouts for various ad agencies and brands, u…
Way back in 2020, I shared with you " The Ultimate SPAM Cookbook " and a lovely review of it (with a few recipes) from Miriam Di Nunzio of the Chicago Sun-Times , and s…
I declare that it is time for a break from email headers and spam traps to talk about ... actual spam. The canned kind. That you eat. Hormel has gone far beyond the original salt…
Today I share with you Robyn's debut single from 1995. You all know who she is now , but were you aware of who she was then? Yeah, I was! I admit it. This album -- " R…
I think I'm dying a little inside, based on the thought that the song "Cannonball" by the Breeders, something I considered so unique and alternative once upon a tim…
Sometimes I need a break from all this talk of new sender requirements. So, let's sprinkle in some fun as we head into the weekend, and pause to enjoy another classic Brookly…
It's Friday! Time to take a break from DMARC dilemmas and deliverability disasters to enjoy something truly vital: Technotronic and their magnum opus: Pump Up the Jam . Techn…
You might not know Roy Ayers , but you've heard his music, as this vibraphonist, composer and all-around master of jazz funk popular in the 1970s was later sampled many times…
SNL made me laugh with this one, and only partly because my wife actually does own a bookstore. Are you a woman who owns a bookstore or teaches books? Do you attend multiple book…
I usually write about email, email marketing, and deliverability. And I try to keep it classy. But on Friday, I give myself permission to get weird. And what better way to do tha…
Greetings, email marketers and other fellow humans of planet earth! It’s Friday, and you know what that means—it’s time to ditch the stress, embrace the groove, and get smooth. A…
Did you know that I've got a friend named Pat Mallinger , who, along with his friend Cameron Pfiffner, have led a fantastic jazz group called Sabertooth since ... at least N…
Just remember, no matter what anybody might tell you, yes, Die Hard is a christmas movie .
Hot off the press! Well, not really. Courtesy of the RAND Corporation , here's a guide (from 1985) entitled Toward an Ethics and Etiquette for Electronic Mail , authored by N…
If you're of a certain age (that would be the second time this week I've used that phrase, ugh), perhaps you, too, purchased the debut album from Madchester-adjacent band…
Every time John Mulaney hosts SNL, the episode includes a silly skit about some sort of NYC neighborhood grubbiness that somehow turns into a Broadway Musical. I wholeheartedly a…
