"The Punk Rock of Business: Applying a Punk Rock Attitude in the Modern Business Era"

That's the title of a book released on September 22 which was brought to my attention, and while we don't do book reviews it did get some thoughts churning in a rather ADDled sort of way. Plus the author is interesting, see below.

Punk icons The Ramones had some succinct opinions on economics:

With the band's lead singer, Joey Ramone having a particular interest in things financial.*

Anyhoo, here's the author's bio at Foyles:

Jeremy Dale has over 20 years' experience in the Consumer Electronics industry and currently serves as Corporate Vice President of Microsoft's Retail Sales and Marketing organization. His career highlights include being Chief Marketing Officer for Motorola's Mobile Devices Division, where he oversaw all marketing for the highly acclaimed iconic RAZR phone. He created the hugely popular Orange Wednesdays initiative during his tenure as Orange Brand and Strategy VP. At ITV Digital he oversaw the rebranding of the company and created the much loved "Al and Monkey" advertising campaign. As Commercial and Marketing Director for Nintendo's UK business, Jeremy launched the legendary Pokemon franchise and spearheaded the resurgence of the Game Boy brand. Jeremy has won many awards, including a BAFTA for the launch of Pokemon; he was named 35th in the UK's Marketing Power 100 and he was listed in Total Films 100 Most Influential People in the Movies. Jeremy trained as an accountant before expanding into sales, marketing and business leadership. In his spare time, Jeremy enjoys football, cricket, and golf. He resides in Bellevue, Washington, with his family.

*And tying it all together is a 2011 post with our Great Financial Crisis theme song. Some days in September - October 2008 it was on the squawkbox almost non-stop:

Good Night Wall Street: I Wanna Be Sedated

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Ramones!
For aficianados:
Maria Bartiromo: Money honey who stirred Ramone's hormones

 Big concert, 425,000 attendance.

And  Posted On NYC’s Craigslist: Marky Ramone Autographed Pokemon Card – $50 (Bushwick)
From Afflictor.com:

Marky Ramone: Looking more like Christiane Amanpour every day. (Image by David Shankbone.)

Marky Ramone Autographed Pokemon Card – $50 (Bushwick)

I met Marky Ramone in 2000 and had him autograph my Charmander Pokemon card. It’s in really good condition.