Inside Job Electronic Press Kit

It used to be that the press kits that accompanied an album were comprised of a slick folder that contained the artist's bio, some info on the album and one or two promotional photos. These days, though, artists have to do much more to capture the attention of the critics and media producers these kits get sent to. Don is no exception. The press kit for Inside Job includes a beautiful book with the song lyrics and Don's bio, 3 photos and a video. The video is meant to be an electronic press kit of sorts. It's sent out in the hopes that TV folks will use clips of it, or information from it in stories that promote the album or the tour.

 

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Video

Okay, this is sort of a disclaimer about the video (and actually, the photos) that we've chosen to put up here. A lot of people have been asking to see this video because they've heard Don's family was in it. At first we said, "....nah, we don't believe it. Don would never put his family in the spotlight like that. He values his privacy too much." This is the guy who has told the paper that he feels the need to protect his kids from the press because he, "..doesn't want their faces to be known." Well, apparently, Don has no reservations about mailing out video footage of his wife, kids, and mother to members of the media. They are all over this video...even shots of 6 week old namewitheld. So, even though this video has been sent out to members of the press, we're very uncomfortable about putting up images of the kids, so you won't see them in the video or photos that we put here. What we will say is that everyone is in the "Taking You Home" music video, but we'll leave it up to you to figure out who is who. To end this mini-rant, let us just say that we're disappointed in Don. We've always tried to respect his need for privacy, but to see him using his kids to promote his record just seems a bit hinky to us. 

Clip 1--Don talks about his dad and dedicates the video to him
Clip 2--Don talks about his parents and how they supported him.
Clip 3--A kind of montage of "behind the scenes" shots during the filming of the video.

Audio

Thanks to K.S. who took the time to create and upload these audio files. We haven't listened to them all yet, so if you find a problem, let us know.

Clip 1--Don discusses the process of starting an album
Clip 2--Don hears voices and then Emerson interrupts
Clip 3--Don is not a whore
Clip 4--Why Don didn't major in Marketing during college
Clip 5--Don doesn't expect to be everyone's sweetheart
Clip 6--What's in Don's head
Clip 7--Why yes, I'm a bookworm
Clip 8--Don reminisces and makes a dedication
Clip 9--What area code are you calling?
Clip 10-Don longs to exist in one place.
Clip 11-You can't live in two places at once or Culture vs. Spiritual Nourishment
Clip 12-Don plays with roly-poly bugs
Clip 13-The backwaters of California which you can't find on any map
Clip 14-People never die in Caddo
Clip 15-Did you buy that on eBay?
Clip 16-Don discovers the essential boat accessory
Clip 17-Has anyone seen my lyrics?
Clip 18-Why Joe can be replaced by Richard Bowden on trombone
Clip 19-Look good, have a good personality and shut up
Clip 20-Don blows
Clip 21-Is there any coffee left?
Clip 22-Don reinvests
Clip 23-Where is my paperback copy of Walden?
Clip 24-Let's go, I'm tired of waiting

 

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