That Eric Alper! - December 8, 2011

"If everybody wished for peace instead of another television set, then there would be peace." - John Lennon

Born on this day in 1925, Organist Jimmy Smith: Like the Hammond B-3 electric organ? Thank him for helping to popularize this instrument. In 2005, Smith was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor that the United States bestows upon jazz musicians. Get ready for The Sermon: http://bit.ly/pXMryk
Today in 1957, The Sound of Jazz is broadcast live, bringing together giants from the swing era of the 1930s. It set a standard for jazz television that has yet to be equalled. Heck, it might be one of the best of any genre.  http://bit.ly/tDXeqc

John Lennon died on this day in 1980. Read John Lennon's Last Interview. The artist's joyous, inspiring and subversive conversation with Rolling Stone three days before his death: http://bit.ly/uuIySL

4 years after launching in France, music streaming service Deezer will roll out in new territories, including Canada: http://dld.bz/a5Kd4

Gene Simmons says 'karaoke singer' Madonna inappropriate for Super Bowl: http://dld.bz/a5Kfv

Future of Advertising is Data: Facebook's Numbers Staggaring - 800 million users; 500 million active per day : http://onforb.es/vp6WFV

If you want to know what the internet is looking to look like next year, check out 23 Tech Superstars Poised To Own 2012: http://read.bi/tCnDFK

Sony/ATV CEO Marty Bandier has revealed plans for EMI Publishing, including keeping the EMI name: http://dld.bz/a5KqF

You've watched the 10 Best Commercials of 2011 (http://bit.ly/vJeP0r). Now, it's time to slip into something less comfortable—the 30 Freakiest Ads of 2011: http://bit.ly/s6Ndh5