Comments on: In Tokyo, ‘Vanilla Beans’ sell music by selling the way they sell music. http://www.mercurybrief.com/2009/09/in-tokyo-%e2%80%98vanilla-beans%e2%80%99-sell-music-by-selling-the-way-they-sell-music/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-tokyo-%25e2%2580%2598vanilla-beans%25e2%2580%2599-sell-music-by-selling-the-way-they-sell-music Dispatches from Global Messengers: myths, fables, lessons Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:27:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brilliant Irony Or Brilliant Idiocy?: Vanilla Beans “100mankai no SMK” | Make Believe Melodies http://www.mercurybrief.com/2009/09/in-tokyo-%e2%80%98vanilla-beans%e2%80%99-sell-music-by-selling-the-way-they-sell-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1343 Brilliant Irony Or Brilliant Idiocy?: Vanilla Beans “100mankai no SMK” | Make Believe Melodies Fri, 01 Oct 2010 06:11:23 +0000 http://www.mercurybrief.com/?p=160#comment-1343 [...] being a part of at least their visual presentation. When they first debuted, the duo went around Tokyo in a bus making public appearances…something many J-Pop artists have relied on, including current sensation AKB48 who used a [...] [...] being a part of at least their visual presentation. When they first debuted, the duo went around Tokyo in a bus making public appearances…something many J-Pop artists have relied on, including current sensation AKB48 who used a [...]

]]> By: Distractions, reflections | 2009/03/01 Design Festa Gallery, Cat Street, Omotesanda Street, Harajuku Bridge http://www.mercurybrief.com/2009/09/in-tokyo-%e2%80%98vanilla-beans%e2%80%99-sell-music-by-selling-the-way-they-sell-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 Distractions, reflections | 2009/03/01 Design Festa Gallery, Cat Street, Omotesanda Street, Harajuku Bridge Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:55:24 +0000 http://www.mercurybrief.com/?p=160#comment-1015 [...] As we walked back on the major street, we noticed two girls sitting in a see-through truck.  I didn’t realize until later that these were the musicians Vanilla Beans, in one of their promotional stunts. [...] [...] As we walked back on the major street, we noticed two girls sitting in a see-through truck.  I didn’t realize until later that these were the musicians Vanilla Beans, in one of their promotional stunts. [...]

]]> By: Bob Page http://www.mercurybrief.com/2009/09/in-tokyo-%e2%80%98vanilla-beans%e2%80%99-sell-music-by-selling-the-way-they-sell-music/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Bob Page Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:50:50 +0000 http://www.mercurybrief.com/?p=160#comment-15 Excellent question. The WOMM planners thought about that. When the Vanilla Beans take a break, they insert identically dressed robots in their place. Here is a photograph. http://natalie.mu/en/gallery/show/news_id/13662/image_id/8144 Bob Page Chapel Hill Excellent question. The WOMM planners thought about that. When the Vanilla Beans take a break, they insert identically dressed robots in their place. Here is a photograph.
http://natalie.mu/en/gallery/show/news_id/13662/image_id/8144

Bob Page
Chapel Hill

]]> By: Sheji Ho http://www.mercurybrief.com/2009/09/in-tokyo-%e2%80%98vanilla-beans%e2%80%99-sell-music-by-selling-the-way-they-sell-music/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Sheji Ho Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:45:24 +0000 http://www.mercurybrief.com/?p=160#comment-14 I really love this kind of crazy, out-of-the-box marketing. I do wonder how they deal with having to go to the bathroom.... Sheji Ho Beijing I really love this kind of crazy, out-of-the-box marketing. I do wonder how they deal with having to go to the bathroom….

Sheji Ho
Beijing

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