Posted in Advertising on Sep 27th, 2010
Just saw the story in the paper about that guy who was so depressed he checked into a room at the Chateau Marmont and watched agency Powerpoint presentations until he died of narco-flatline-boredom induced coma brain-death. Poor bastard must’ve been at the end of his rope. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• I’m of the opinion that 99% of all [...]
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Posted in Advertising, Commentary on Sep 21st, 2010
John Cusak’s character in the movie “Say Anything”: “I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don’t want to do that.” [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 14th, 2010
Okay, so I’m watchin’ Alien, right? Classic movie. And I’m at that part where John Hurt keels over sick, right? And they lay him on the table. And then…and then…just when I’m ready for the alien to pop up out of his chest, some stinkin’ ad pops up instead, down on the bottom of the [...]
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Posted in Advertising, Commentary on Sep 6th, 2010
Well, it’s that time of year again: agencies and clients are buying time on the Super Bowl XLV. Two thoughts on this. First off, um, Super-Bowl Owner Guys? Can we lose the Roman numerals? This has to be at least the XLV-th time I’ve told you guys how confusing those numerals are. And the other [...]
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Posted in Commentary, digital on Sep 2nd, 2010
You’ve probably heard that saying: “Never go grocery shopping when you’re hungry.” Well, it makes sense. You end up buyin’ all kinds of junk food that looks yummy, or buyin’ way more than you planned on. Which reminds me of that time I went to a liquor store sober. Dude. Big mistake. (“Awww, man, gotta [...]
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