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Winterbashing With Zack Taylor
Celebrity blogger Zack Taylor hosted Winterbash, a night of bands, booze and babes Saturday night at Lee's Palace.
The party included Canadian Playboy models, members of MTV's Laguna Beach and cast members of Degrassi: The Next Generation, along with musical acts such as Anna Cyzon, Mary Rose Obsession and God Made Me Funky.
The Playboy models pretty much just sat behind a table, trying to hawk Playboy magazines for $25 all night. Yawn. Except for the one time they got up on stage with Taylor for an introduction, which got hecklers yelling "too much clothes!"
The music more than made up for it though, with God Made Me Funky (pictured below) really getting the crowd going with their brand of Nu Funk once the evening got going.
Anna Cyzon's set was pretty rockin' too, with lots of rockstar poses by guitarist Mike Schlosser in a journey t-shirt.
A persuasive Thea Barber from Sparkulz got attendees to get temporary tattoos that sparkled.
(From left) Michelle Price, 23, Nir Spivak, 21 and Rebecca Marman, 21, were all too eager to show off their Sparkulz tattoos on their navels and nipples (below).
With the $25 admission ticket, everyone had the chance to win a Gibson electric guitar. It took about four tries for someone to claim the prize, but it went to a guitarist in the end. Why people didn't stick around for this raffle is beyond me.
More photos of the band, babes and wannabe stars below in a mini photo slideshow:
Photos by Roger Cullman.
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Perhaps that puts him in the wannabe star category you were referring to?
Still, it looks like he assembled a great cast of folks to warm up an otherwise cold month (with the exception of the ones that were there just to pander their stuff).
Maybe Zack himself would care to comment?
As for the other messages - If you don't like my site, nobody is forcing you to read it. There's not much else to say.
In life there are lovers and haters - I accept both :)
Thanks again,
Zack Taylor
zacktaylor.ca
Stop hating y'all! This came from your own National Newspaper. ZackTaylor.ca numbers are not in yet. Remember he sold the old site? Perez can't touch those numbers and his commenters are scumbags! I dont even use my comments on any of my blogs as it's abused.
Expert advice from overachievers
This Month's Lesson: Selling Your Project In A Tough Market
Jenny Wagler, National Post Published: Tuesday, December 02, 2008
As the global economy falters, you'll need to be extra savvy to keep your career moving forward. It's all about selling yourself, something that's natural for Zack Taylor. Last year, he sold his celebrity gossip website to the popular site hotornot.com, which rebranded it as zacktaylor.ca. As the "host," Taylor garners "a very large salary for a 21-year-old in Toronto." Here is his advice for creating and selling your project.
> FIND YOUR NICHE: If you're dreaming up a project, comb the Internet to see if it's been done. "There's too much of the same thing out there," says Taylor. When he launched isthishappening.com, the first all-Canadian gossip site, he got an instant response.
> DON'T SELL YOURSELF SHORT: Even in a weak economy, know what you and your product are worth. "If you think your baby is worth a million dollars, then don't go for any less," Taylor says. "Eventually somebody will pay it if you have a great product."
> KNOW WHEN TO RE-EVALUATE: Set a six-or 12-month timeline for your project to succeed. But when your personal deadline hits, re-evaluate. Taylor easily cleared his six-month time frame to sell his site when it got picked up just three months after it started. "But if you're actually working and putting all your time into it and giving it your full dedication for a year and nothing's getting picked up, put it to the side and start something else," he says.
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