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03/30/2009

Stuff 40-year-old Women Like (Not Us): Chris Mann

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Meet Chris Mann, a guy who is trying REAL HARD to be the next big thing.

With moms.

This crooner (who has the "close your eyes and sing" thing down pat) has been making the rounds of the mommy blogger conference circuit lately, something I find, well, absolutely creepy. Mann is obviously being handled by peeps who are not only tapped into social media (he Twitters!) but who are tapped into the mom scene as well. You can almost hear the "Moms control 80% of household spending" mantra being whispered in his ear every time his fingers fondle his iPhone. "Keep Twittering, Chris. This is your audience. Forget about the hot teenage daughters, their moms are the ones who will be swiping their debit cards to buy your CDs at Walmart! Tweet them, Chris! Tweet them!"

I was subjected to all kinds of gushy Tweets about him from the women his MannFans at the BlissDom conference (And gosh! Not one of them mentioned anything about his penis!) and then, much to my dismay, he was the featured entertainment at one of the Mom 2.0 Summit parties.

We were all having a great time drinking hurricanes, socializing, and bouncing to 80's DJ music. (Our music.) Nothing kills a party vibe (and the will to converse) faster than acoustic artists no one has ever heard of singing sad, lonely songs no one has ever heard of. "Help," I texted to my BFF Bad Kitty who was home in San Francisco. "I'm in emo hell." She copped a look at Mann's photo and texted back, "You mean the guy with his razor set to pussy?" Exactly. Don't get me wrong, I had a great time at Mom 2.0, but I was looking for the bus back to the hotel at the first pluck of Mann's guitar string.  Note to party planners: Next year, no entertainment needed.

Anyway, Chris Mann appears to be the latest cougar bait for women of a certain age.  We'll take a pass.  We're happy with the old cougar bait. Like the one below.

—Stefania/CityMama

Posted at 07:17 PM in Stefania/CityMama, Stuff 40-year-old Women Like |

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foodmomiac

OMG I love you.

Posted by: foodmomiac | 03/31/2009 at 09:42 AM

RookieMom Whitney

ha! ha! ha! see you at vdog's event? or not! being 40 means you can say "no" whenever the F you feel like it.

Posted by: RookieMom Whitney | 03/31/2009 at 01:38 PM

VDog

That's fucking hilarious. Guess I should have checked your blog first!!

Snort.

Posted by: VDog | 03/31/2009 at 08:17 PM

Al_Pal

Bwahaha! I think VDog's young enough to not be a cougar...who knows what'll happen when she turns 30 though! LOL.
I haven't listened to his music. Considering going to her event simply to meet bloggers though. :P
& yeah, R. Patz has the Rowr. :P

Posted by: Al_Pal | 04/02/2009 at 07:58 PM

Carrousel Show

He is my mother's hero... seriously all women above 40 loves him

Posted by: Carrousel Show | 11/18/2009 at 01:49 PM

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Things to Do When We're 40 (The Not Bucket List)

  • A barbecue tour of the South
    We'll start in the Carolinas and end in Texas and sample the best barbecue America has to offer. Why? Because we like meat.
  • Hotel Living
    We like: mini bars, movies, and lounging around in our pajamas with our laptops right where they are supposed to be. We'll bring running shoes to pretend like we're going to work out, but really, who are we kidding. You see where this is going?
  • Knock some sense into dumb people
    We'd love to be the camp counselors on a show like the Real World or Rock of Love.
  • Eating Dinner in a Vineyard While the Sun Sets
    You know those scenes of a dining table set in a Tuscan or Sonoma vineyard dressed with beautiful linens and people sitting around it drinking wine and eating and laughing while the sun goes down? We want to be those people.
  • Yoga Retreat in New Mexico
    Some of our fondest memories are of spending time doing yoga together. Do other wannabe yoginis spend the entire class laughing together? We do.