Posted on: September 4th, 2008 Original Rolling Stones Logo Sold

Who knew some tongue could cost so much. Over the weekend a London museum purchased the original Rolling Stones’ tongue-and-lips logo for $92,500. “The Tongue” was created by John Pasche in 1970 and first showed up on 1971’s Sticky Fingers, in what was perhaps one of the first cases of rock brand marketing. When approached by Mick Jagger to create a logo for the Stones, Pasche once said “Face to face with him, the first thing you were aware of was the size of his lips and his mouth”. The logo will be showcased at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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Posted on: August 13th, 2008 Rock Hall Rolls to NYC

Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced today that The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is hitting the road and opening an annex in downtown Manhattan.  This is the first time the museum has built any type of presence outside of it’s home in Cleveland.  Plans are also in place to open additional annexes in Las Vegas (makes sense) and the Middle East (say what?). The idea is to create additional revenue streams as well as to get more people to visit the Rock Hall in Cleveland.  Good luck with that.

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