7.31.2009

The Original BBDO Gangsta.

A recruitment ad for BBDO Germany. I'm not gonna lie, when I saw it I wanted to pull the race card really badly. But as it's not America....I'll let it live on it's own. I wont touch the tangent of wanting to hire gang members to roam around your agency in footballer jerseys with bats and hooligan tendencies. Animal NY provides a nice little link that compares the gangs across the pond to ours. While you check it out, I'll continue to study this ad to find a race or discrimination angle. 

Perhaps.....Arianism?

no...THERE goes my original idea.



Ok...where as the last one was kinda lame. It would be pretty difficult for me to beat this. Damn it. The only thing I can think of to add off the top of my head are midgets. Damn.....

The Linkdown.

1. Mmmmm. That's some tasty guerrilla marketing. 

2. Florida is not a big fan of the NY relocation program. I must admit, when I first heard about it...I considered dressing like a homeless man for a free trip to Miami. 

3. How bored do you have to be to take time out of you schedule diss Mariah Carey? You simply have to be Eminem.


5. Damn, I wish I was a Young Republican. (I know this is late, but it's so utterly stupid...that's it must make this blog). LOL.

6. Mel Gibson still hates Jewish people. Hey...consistency is key. 

7.The Polite Umbrella. Much needed in NY.

8. My mom will be upset. She thinks the current MJ's  are beautiful. And if confronted she replies, "Well he paid enough to get them...after you spend a mill, you own it." So my question.. biology vs hard cold cash, who is more related?

9. Barack, The Barbarian.


7.30.2009

The difference between a sports photographer...




....and a sports photographer.
  

Fashion Ads.

As utterly ridiculous as this is ad is (fashion ads in general). The major thing that gets me...is that the bear is wearing a watch.                                                                                                     What's that about?<-----:::Seinfeld:::

Throwbackstabbers

man oh man... im back from vacay. working for pros thoughts has its perks of extended vacay periods. ive also been very busy and ill lately. anyways this morning i was listening to this song and this is a great throwback. "they smile in your face, low down and dirty"



thats all

WHHHAAAAAT?



Glen Beck. Just remember FOX, you allowed this dude to have his own show. Who did? You did.

Skittles and Fruit by the Foot are the same?



When I originally saw this, I said "Awesome" out loud. They were really-extra weird. Then I started to wonder exactly who thier audience was. And the style was really familiar. So I hit up gmail messaging.

Me: did you have anything to do with this

Anonymous: hahah, no i did not
that was pretty bad


Me: oh...ok. just asking. it's like the skittles people got a hold of fruit by the foot

Anonymous: yeah, the ECD on the skittles campaign now works at Saatchi, who does Fruit by the Foot. Gerry Graf.

Me: ahhhhh, you are a fountain of advertising knowledge.

The other thing they taught me at portfolio school was the importance of having different styles. Rule #2 (rule #1 about babies and puppies). :::head nod::: So now there are two completely different products with similar styling...in the same catagory. What a shame.

via adfreak

How To Dress (if you're an artist).

(random getty image)

"Communicating an attitude of complete indifference to one's personal appearance is only achievable through a process of self-reflexive critique bordering on the obsessive. Artists who are in reality oblivious to how they dress never achieve this effect..."
—Roger White

via n+1, found on dailyobsessional

7.29.2009

Facts Are Facts.



In addition...there is a difference in taste. So will you Pepsi people please stop telling me there isn't.

via brocolicity

There goes my "original" idea.



No seriously...I had my hard sell speech ready and waiting for my wife (unknown). I mean...with my other plans: the after party, Jennifer Lopez as our wedding planner and having the first/middle name of our first born be "Dashiel" so I can call him "Dash" for short. With all that, I figure dancing down the aisle would be the least of my worries....as far as selling ideas goes.

VIA steelcloset

OK....gimme a few more days.


.....and I'll be back in full force. In the mean time, I found some necessities for you lot. Handerpants. I'm more of a briefs guy myself.  

So close.

7.24.2009

R.I.P Mexican Dog.

Gidget, the original Taco Bell dog passed away on Wednesday. And while dog deaths are always sad (I vividly remember the death up my dog, also a Chihuahua), this statement is utterly suspect:

"Gidget the Taco Bell dog was, in many ways, the Michael Jackson of the Mexican fast food-endorsing chihuahua world."

And for the record, I have never eaten at that restaurant. Ever. Yo no queiro Taco Bell.

7.23.2009

Gimme Some More. Busta Rhymes.



Thhhrrroooowww BBBBaaaaacccckkkkk!!!!! Sorry guys....two pitches next week, so I'm mad busy. I'll be back. 

Side Note: Damn, I use to love this song. 

7.22.2009

tripping on acid

Covering July 3: That is All.

I still say....if there was any person in the world I would rather be than myself. It's Brad Pitt. That is all. 
Love Janelle Monae. That is all. 
What exactly does Lindsey Lohan do again? That...is all. 

Eva is still getting paid? Good for her. That is all. 

7.20.2009

Ad against Child Abuse...2 decades late.



"New print ad by ad agency Energy in São Paulo for CRAMI, a regional center for the care of ill-treated infants and children. The clipped newspaper article is about Michael posthumously getting revenge by leaving his father out of his will."

So, this isn't the first MJ ad that exploits his death, and it wont be the last. But Joe Jackson...I mean, this reference is a little dated, wouldn't you say? I think, the only thing worse than exploiting a dead man, is giving uneeded and unworthy spotlight to the...ahem, less talented individuals of the dead man's familly. Just my opinion.

Agency Energy in São Paulo

Make Her Say. Kid Kudi ft Kanye and Common.



Check out this fancy new video display. It's like vimeo and youtube had a baby (under wedlock of course). Oh yea...and this is a fresh video. You must agree.

The Linkdown.

Tom Cruise Dancing Gif

See more funny pictures and videos at Fugly.


1. Tommy and his black friends...fitting in requires public humiliation.

2. Senator Jeff Sessions said they were all going to light the pipe and have themselves a crack smokin' party!

3. Do you need a flash intro to your website? No.

4. Photocopier already in chair...saves actual xerox machines from grown frat boy antics like 2oo pound men jumping ontop of them; Xerox ecstatic.

5.Who Pooped?

6. In commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11’s first lunar landing, LV makes a...custom made drunk. Yeah...correlation.....non existant.

7. LaToya Jackson's tribute song to her brother (Really, no comment).

8. The real Digital Clock. Very Fly.

9. Get your Michael Jackson Thriller Action Figure, here.


Pop Artisit.


Vector line artist, Ryan Casey creates work of pop art. Lovin the John & Kate reference. I see Maddy right there. Ewww and the french bulldogs, Im gonna own one of those little monsters one day.

7.19.2009

Open Happiness. Cee-Lo ft Janelle Monae





"Cee-Lo, Brendon Urie- from Panic At The Disco, Patrick Stump- from Fall Out Boys, Travis McCoy- from Gym Class Heroes and Janelle Monae met to sing the new Coca Cola single “Open Happiness”!

Yeah...mad people, but Janelle made that song. It's just so....happy. It makes me kinda sick to my stomach. I kid.

via SFPL

Apologies.


There is nothing I hate more than bad service. And this blog, serviced badly last week. And I apologize. Ceazy work week, ridiculous personal life week and all in all...not much out there that was worthy of mental prostitution. But excuses are for children and quadropelegics. I will to better. Hooorah!
P.S. I'm still angry at the lot of you about holding off on the churro information...hmph.

7.16.2009

VIA broccolicity

7.15.2009

Preserving the Masturbating Bear

The saddest part about the move form NY to cali. 



Funny skit. 

Creep beauty.

VIA dailyobsessional from darlateagarden

Hot Chicks: Taraji Henson.

Taraji reminds me of this girl my best friend from highschool use to date. Except Taraji is prettier. I think I'm deeming her as hot because she is good at what she does. She could easily have been type casted or just another Gabrielle Union or (I hate to say it) Sanae Lathan. But she is going above and beyond and I have that feeling she'll never be lied to because of love again. She'll be on that Denzel Washington status.

Apparently, I have no real friends.

Cause if I did, I would NOT have gone so long (25 years), with out knowing the utter delicious goodness that is the Churro. O. M. G. dip that is some caramel......O.M.G. I feel like God is smiling on me right now as I sit here eating the sh*t out of this spanish donut! I feel like I am starting a new chapter in the book of life. I feel like, if I died today...I would be fulfilled. So eff'n delicious. 

7.14.2009

Happy?

Happy indeed.


Ladies and Gentlemen...He's Back....



The real Kool-Aid man from the early 90's (I think that was the time period)...or maybe later 80s is back. And he's not just busting through living room walls anymore (probably insurance issues). He has been resurrected with cool khaki cargo shorts and an arch Nemesis. In my opinion, I think he should fight the Six Flags dude (no flags, no fun), but I guess a giant bottle of soda will do. 

Life Lesson: Planes may be crash landing in the Hudson, the economy may have gone to sh*ts and celebrities may be dropping like flies....but it's good to see that a good idea never really dies. 



Agency: Ogilvy & Mather (who knew they were still making ads?...I kid)

Writers Block. Just Jack.



Like always, I'm on the lookout for music not in the box. And look what I dug up...a rapper with an accent. While, I wouldn't add it to my itunes (cause I tire of accents very quickly), perhaps this dude will stir something in your soul. In addition... Nice video.

Kicking Ass Requires you to be "Different."


Word.

7.10.2009

State-cations.


In this horrible economy a junior (anything) cannot afford to travel the world. Especially if you are paying New York rent. *Word* But the funny thing is that the workload and stress doesn't let up. So you gotta go somewhere. I choose Pittsburgh. So that's where I'm going this weekend. I plan to buy Steelers gear, finally visit U-Pitt and go midget hunting. I also hope to come back with a new tattoo and a nose piecing...fingers crossed. 

So please excuse my absence. :::Man Down:::

Ewwww, busted.


Barack needs to watch himself. I think Michelle could strong arm him any day. Don't let that little french dude get you caught up....(I think that's the french prime minister...).

The Linkdown.


1. Uhhh, my only question, where are they now?

2. Killing Bambi....now you know PETA is gonna get you

3. Why wasn't Mario at any of the MJ tributes? He is killing this song....unlike Ciara at the BET awards-JUST HORRIBLE- (why would you get up infront of professionals and show them you cant sing?).

4. James Falco, is sorta funny. Who knew?


6. An electronic ruler? It's not long enough....


8. Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop! The great big greedy nincompoop!...ummm, in real life



Sweet Dream. Beyonce.



Now that we have lost a music legend, I am going to be keeping a keen eye out on the streets, on look out for the next truely big star. As much as I hate to admit it...Beyonce (even though she over floods the market) is stepping up her game. I think we all remember "Buga Boo."
Lets see how far she can go. 

You Know You Want to Touch My Typeface.





Wallpaper asked 450 graphic designers to come up with stylish “tart cards”:

Tart cards are the means by which many London prostitutes advertise their services. Step into almost any central London phone box and you can contemplate up to 80 cards inviting you to be tied, teased, spanked or massaged.

Mhmmm...you can put your gill on my sans anyday. 

7.09.2009

Hugs.



VIA likecool

Babies in Ads.



You know what they say...stay clear of putting babies and puppies in your ads. It's a creative no, no. But they didnt say anything about b-boy babies, battle dancing on skates. Gold. What it has to do with water? I dunno, but look at those babies get down and I dare you to care.

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I Want This.

This is just supa dupa fly. The Dior Homme High Neck Jacket. I want it. I need it. I'll kill for it. 
Can some of my fashion forward readers put me on at to where to find this marvel???

7.08.2009

brandy spits hot fire




i hear some good in there but makes me think how long it took her to get the flow down, who wrote it, did she do write it by herself,

overall out 5, i give it 2.5 prostituted thoughts. (i wanna say like three but is just not there yet)

it wednesday



Humpin Around - Bobby Brown

double vassup!!


Digg Dialogg with Bruno - Watch more amazing videos here


Ive been looking forward to this movie ever since it started production and a few days from now i'll finally get to see it. BUT, im not looking forward to it as i was a couple months ago. the campaign for this movie is huge and i dont like that.

i dont want to know what ill be seeing, i mean im a huge fan of da ali g show so i know the character and things he'll say, but i dont want to know whats going to be shown in the movie.

thats all.

Religious Persecution Color Coded.

If your on the fence about your next religion, this easy-to-read chart should a great help. 

The Way They Should've Been.


artist, James Cauty
"Pop artist James Cauty's work Splatter repurposes classic Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera cartoons and gives them a Sin City-style blood spatter makeover, "presenting the viewer with unrelenting acts of bloody, cartoon violence, which, in cartoon law, ultimately cannot cause fatal injury."

Because the youth today isn't thoughtlessly violent enough.

One of the Best Speeches I've ever Heard.



Damn. Great speech. But I know that this is what Al Sharpton does. He makes strong, hard points. He digs deep. He dips in and out of religious symbolism and the real world. He tells truths. He actually speaks at my home church in Westchester alot. And he always lays it down....and out of all the speeches yesterday, he laid down the facts....

7.07.2009

We Had Him.


Beloveds, now we know that we know nothing, 
now that our bright and shining star can slip away from our fingertips
 like a puff of summer wind.

Without notice, our dear love can escape our doting embrace. 
Sing our songs among the stars and walk our dances across the face of the moon.

In the instant that Michael is gone, we know nothing. 
No clocks can tell time. 
No oceans can rush our tides 
with the abrupt absence of our treasure.

Though we are many, each of us is achingly alone, piercingly alone.

Only when we confess our confusion can 
we remember that he was a gift to us and we did have him.

He came to us from the creator, 
trailing creativity in abundance.

Despite the anguish, his life was sheathed in mother love, 
family love, and survived and did more than that.

He thrived with passion and compassion, humor and style.
 We had him whether we know who he was or did not know, 
he was ours and we were his.

We had him, beautiful, delighting our eyes.
His hat, aslant over his brow, and took a pose on his toes for all of us.
And we laughed and stomped our feet for him.

We were enchanted with his passion because he held nothing. 
He gave us all he had been given.

Today in Tokyo, beneath the Eiffel Tower, in Ghana's Black Star Square.

In Johannesburg and Pittsburgh, in Birmingham, Alabama, and Birmingham, England

We are missing Michael.

But we do know we had him, and we are the world.
-Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou wrote a poem for this man. Recited by Queen Latifah at his memorial service 7/7/09. Respect that. You have to respect that.

Roads to Somewhere.

VIA lovebecomesher

R.I.P Michael.

Just now looking at the memorial service in full on dvr (but you know I was watching at work)....it's devastatingly painful and sad.

The Tao of NOTORIOUS B.I.G








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