Snippets and Soundbites

• Want some tunes to inspire you this Halloween? If you go to this website, you’ll see a list of Halloween jazz. You can listen to them, too! The list includes Nina Simone’s "I Put A Spell On You" and Wayne Shorter’s "Witch Hunt." 

• One day, if you graduate from college, you’ll receive letters and calls from the alumni association, asking for money for the school. One college attempted to appeal to younger alumni by using the word “blah” 137 times in their letter. The marketing style was expected to be interesting and attention-grabbing, but it made some of the graduates mad. They said it insulted their intelligence. One part of the letter read: “With the recent economic downturn and loan crisis, it has become even more important for Framingham State College to receive your support. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.” Read more here. 

• In these uncertain economic times, yacht sales and plastic surgery cases have decreased. It looks like even the ridiculously rich are cutting back on expenses. CEOs of big companies are buying one $4,000 custom suit instead of five. Yeah, we agree. That’s still crazy. You can see more about this “dollar pinching” here.