| Q:
WHAT IS THE HUSHBOX?
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| A:
according
to some, it's a quite popular e-mail list of atlanta people & events.
i say, it's an ever growing www. based version of my email dispatch
list that started a few years ago. it's important to note, that THE
HUSHBOX has evolved to my online interpretation of what folks talk
about in regular print media but with our own tragically hip spin,
as well as covering
topics that both u and i discuss in the privacy of our homes
and with friends...the latter of which is the most fun to talk about.
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| Q:
HOW DID YOU BUILD YOUR LIST OF PEOPLE AND WHERE
DID THEY COME FROM? |
| A:
it's worth noting
that this has evolved out of a grass roots e-mail dispatch.
most of the early on hushboxers were folks that i knew personally
and professionally...from there, it grew...friends would forward the
weekly mailings to others and people would ask to be put on the list.
other times, fellow friends who had huge list of folks who they thought
would dig the vibe of the box were requested to be put on...other
times, when entertainment list were exposed, i'd cut and paste them
into mines and then follow up to the folks who didn't have a choice
in deciding initially if they wanted to be on, with a disclaimer...
a few choose not to be down for whatever reasons, but the ones who
have stayed, have been movers and shakers in the entertainment industry,
folks like you and a bus load of artist, who have be friended me...i
can't believe some of the folks that we reach thru this
lil ol' thang affectionately known as "The Hushbox." |
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| Q:
WHY START A WEB SITE SINCE THINGS WERE GOING
SO WELL WITH AN EMAIL DISPATCH? |
| A:
With the addition of the web site, we now have
the opportunity to expand the sophisticated alternatives of the hushbox
to a wider audience without losing the underground, plugged in feel
that we've created thus far via email... The style, art, teknology,
food, music, & yes, the events listings and job postings will continue,
but with a more edgy editorial feel, enhanced by the writing skills
of special correspondents & hushbox members, still moving
you like an old soul record with all the elements that
currently are a part of the e mail dispatch. with that said, stay
tuned for Global Domination... |
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| Q:
HOW & WHY DID YOU START THE HUSHBOX? |
| A:
let me attack the why portion
first...it was all about the nookie...lol..just kidding...it
began out of frustration... with the type of clothing that i design,
i was getting all sorts of resistancy from folks who loved my clothing,
but had no place to wear them, mainly here in atlanta. as a business
man, i quickly assumed that if i generated a weekly listing of places
to go and things to do, that they, (people) would purchase my clothes.
hey, why not?... it made sense to me...and it worked ...quickly, THE
HUSHBOX garnered an audience
of folks who were hungry for the alternative to the mainstream
things that were happening...my intent, initially, was focused on
atlanta because I live here - but the audience, as i discovered, reaches
much further than that. |
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| secondly,
mo' frustrations >>> with having been selected to be on a panel for
an atlanta based magazine, supposedly because i was at the top of
my field and they valued my expertise, came mo' frustrations...yes,
iām venting... they, the mag, sat on the info that me and a some kick
ass others provided. before i knew it, honestly, i had begun electronically
trying to move the crowd, educate, and inform my hushbox
audience about "what's happenings" & "goings-on's," occasional job
information, press received, and simply to shake things up a bit...that's
the real. |
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| naturally,
because of the amount of travel that i do, it became fun to recap
my trips via THE HUSHBOX and that's truly what put a different spin
on it... no longer were folks just getting weekly listings of things
to do in atlanta and the other places that i traveled, but they were
now getting and responding to tragically hip writings, mis spelled
words, who and what they are talking about, teknology & bizz news,
arts & theater, music, style tips and all sorts of other creatively
edgy editoral....thatās my story and iām sticking to it... |
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