October 2010
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Advertising, In Praise Of:, Inspiration No Comments» Continue Reading
This is advertising (i.e., fantasy-enablement), but with a queerly authoritarian twist. Note the imperative use of the second person and a specificity out of detail that extends even to what you ‘will say (you will say “I couldn’t agree more” and “Let’s do it all!”). You are, here, excused from even the work of constructing the fantasy, […]
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Will this spot finally convince Cleveland to stop whining about Lebron? Probably not. But the only way I could love this ad any more is if it did. Nice to see an athlete who can act half decent, but I suppose you can argue he doesn’t have to fake his […]
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Ascertain the Client’s needs to facilitate and implement a refined marketing solution through systems and communication with internal functional areas. That’s a job description. From a real job opportunity. Who, in their right mind, would want to work for the person who wrote that description? It’s gibberish, may as well be […]
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Starts out like any other flash mob, but doesn’t quite end the same. Nice spin on something that’s become tired. via
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Just had the first ‘I really have to pee but it’s pretty freakin cold outside of my bed right now and I’ll probably end up stepping in water on the bathroom floor and then I’ll have cold and wet socks, and there’s also stairs involved which shouldn’t be the deterrent […]