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Clell Tickle: Indie Marketing Guru

Human Giant 2007 Season 1 Episode 5

SKETCH-O-VISION

A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

A menacing indie-music publicist threatens bloggers and critics to get his band talked about, while an FBI agent warns of his rampage.

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The funny people

Meet the cast. 2

Rob Huebel

T.C. Everwood

Federal Agent

Say it with us

Highly quotable.

Step one, get the bloggers on board.

I'm a tastemaker.

And I got blood on my hands.

The premise

Here’s the bit.

Presented as a documentary profile, the piece follows Clell Tickle, a self-styled marketing guru with a three-step plan for breaking a band: win over the bloggers, get the music to fans, and land a glowing review at a major music site. His methods turn from pushy to violent, with threats in kitchens, a rowdy festival crowd and a bruiser sent to lean on a website editor, while an FBI agent, band members and other interviewees describe the damage. The sketch skewers the hype machine around indie rock.