Psyumped. Verb: Combination of Psyched, Scared, and Pumped. Psyumped. Ex: After watching this video, Peter threw up, ground his teeth, laughed, cried, did a happy dance, and needed another cup of coffee. He was totally psyumped.

OK. This is a little bit weird. Remember a few days ago, when I posted how J-Date’s Darren Sherman became Darren Kamowitz? OK. Well, that story came to be because Darren Sherman was interviewed (as Darren Kamowitz, CEO of Regulatory Advisory Services) in an article in Business Finance Magazine. Well, today, a PR.D. reader posted a comment on that post, saying that Business Finance Magazine dumped Darren out of the online version. Which is odd – but even more odd, is that they did so without printing a retraction – They did so by no longer attributing his quote to him, but just changing a few words so it didn’t look like a quote – but it’s still his words! [...]

If Apple was smart, they’d promote the hell out of the new ICE-T Album. See, virtually every record store in America and Europe is refusing to sell it, because of this cover: If iTunes was smart, they’d be all over this like a cheap suit, with a campaign all about how we don’t need music stores anymore, anyhow – especially music stores that don’t even let you buy what you want! If they were smart. I’m just sayin’, Live from Chicago, I remain at a Starbucks until my meeting in 30 minutes.

I’m working with a really fun new client – Why Tuesday? Basically, it’s voter reform, asking one simple question – Why do we vote on Tuesday? Wouldn’t it make sense to vote on a Saturday or Sunday, when no one is working? Perhaps raise the vote from more than 40% of the public? Anyhow, one of the promotions we’re doing to help spread the word is a video contest – We’re offering money if you catch a senator, congressman, or other elected official on video, with their answer of why we vote on Tuesday. Some examples are below. Want to win? Grab your video camera, read this, then read this, then go to town! Tim Ryan – (D – OH [...]

So here it is. I’ll run the 2006 ING NYC Marathon with a running mix of 170 songs, or roughly 17 hours of music. Download it here, if you so desire. Download running_1final_nyc06.xls Run baby, run.