Clarence Clemens, Ryan Dunn, Jackass, Your Grandmother on Facebook, H&H Bagels Closing Down: What you can learn from the saxophone, drunk driving, old age and the best bagels in the world

Posted by Salem Global on Jun 22, 2011

Big Man Clarence Clemons died at a young age of 69 this past week. As the famous saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band taught us, you can be a huge star and end out on top. I missed my chance to see the boss play at a concert about 2 years ago and now I have to chalk that one up next to missing out on the Grateful Dead as well. I guess I can always go to a Justin Beiber concert and get the same value – right? http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-quick-20110622,0,7791922.story Oh and while we are at it, here is a clip of Clarence from the classic movie Airplane! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVq4_HhBK8Y

Speaking of people who died this week, I never knew his name but I guess now I do. I guess if you drive drunk then indeed you are a jackass. So good luck to Ryan Dunn and the rest of the jackasses out there who drink and drive. Maybe it will teach us all a lesson? 34 years old and so much more to live for.. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666021/jackass-ryan-dunn-dead.jhtml

And on the other end of the spectrum, it seems like your grandma just sent me a message that she wants to be my friend on Facebook. AWKWARD! http://mashable.com/2011/06/22/grandparents-social-networking/ . But it makes sense. Older people are living longer so they have more time to kill. Obviously they should waste their time on Facebook… On the other hand, I think South Park got it right in this episode. “Stan. Poke your grandma!” http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/269233/poke-your-grandma

And in the last of the sad news from this week, it seems like $1.50 doesn’t cut it for a bagel anymore. (Remember when you could get a loaf of bread for a nickel?) H&H bagels are closing its upper west side store on 79 street today (or was it yesterday?) Darn – where am I going to get bagels now!?! http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/06/21/hhbagels-to-close-on-upper-west-side-manhatta/?blog_id=147&post_id=13434

So what have we learned this week? Play the sax, don’t be a jackass, poke your grandma and find a new bagel place. Of course you might want to blog about all this and post it to your Facebook or twitter account, and that is how you generate more business. Don’t see the connection? I guess you need to hire SalemGlobal to manage your business as well as your personal social media accounts? Call Raphi Salem at 212-222-3292 or email him at info@salemglobal.com for more info. Enjoy the summer… yesterday was the first day…