Magic. Robin Thicke.

Awesome (i hope this one word sentence abides grammar rules).

Robin Thicke - Magic
by Robin-Thicke

truth in advertising.

this is kinda long...buts its funny. Agency life if everyone said what they were thinking. This is kinda for the ad people who read this. 

HOPE may be a little overated.

According to animalnewyork, Russel Simons (the mogul) has some type of "Art for Life" auction going on. Amongst other pieces he is selling a recreation of Shepard Farley's Obama HOPE work. 

The current bidding price is $108,000.

Now, you know Im down with Shepard Farley. And you know Im down with Obama. But if that is how much hope costs...Im all about dispair with a side of pessimism sprinkled with desperation. Please and thank you. 

In other Shepard news, these are tacky. When support goes too far.

angry black woman (men).

Omarosa (sp?) vs Wendy Williams (only know in NY radio show host)

One could ask why either of them are getting air time at all. Wendy Williams with a talk show? Hell has frozen over. And i am ice skating in it. In hockey blades...shredding some sh*t up.

attack of the living dead ads.

wrangler jeans (??cowboys??) has a new campaign strategy. its...cerebral. "It's about the animal spirit, the roughness, the instinct and the natural elements of the brand..."

did you catch it? the animal spirit? here is some print work chuck full of animal spirit to back the idea up.

You surely caught it that time right? If not...here is some more.

I mean...I get it. Demin for zombies. Or is it hippies tripping on acid, lost in the woods. No, no, no....its zombies.

Agency: FFL (Fred & Farid), France

"Your whole generation, you drink for the wrong reasons. My generation, we drink because it's good, because it feels better than unbuttoning your collar, because we deserve it. We drink because it's what men do."

-Mad Men ( season 1)

...the the addiction begins.

i mean...i like to run too Diddy.

like seriously...Im a bit of a runner myself. But if i ever get all doped up on the gatorade like diddy below...someone needs to shoot the horse while its down. Shoot me twice.

mo monsters, mo fun.

Hellboy 2. This will be brief. Did you see the first Hellboy? Did you find it sorely disappointing? So much potential wrapped into on concept...and it fell short. Well, Hellboy 2 is better than the first. There are definitely more monsters and some cool ass fighting scenes and...you heard it here first....killer elves.

Plot. During WW2 a baby monster was found whilst fighting Hitler. Awesome right? Well since the discovery of mystic forces, the US created a special secrete monster crime fighting team-Hell Boy of coarse leading the helm. Other notables...monster 1, monster 2, monster 3. Oh and Selma Blair...lesbian monster 4. So now, the secret crime fighting unit is out to the public. Followed with a plot of love, loss and redemption. Blah, blah, blah.

Pros. Like I said....killer fighting scenes. There is this warrior elf prince who is trying to assemble an ancient golden army.....yeah....i feel stupid just typing about it. But elves...are apparently nothing more than albinos with Beyonce weaves. Go figure.

Cons. Sophomoric humor. There was more than one time where I nodded my head in joke shame. Think...man with German accents says something the sounds like "shlong", Hellboy says "I wouldn't say that if I were you," and cue audience laugh. Horribleness.

All in all. Alright stuff. I'd suggest you wait for it to come out on DVD and spend your hard earned money on the Batman flick. Add to the kagillion of dollars it has already made.

i think i want obama to be my dad.

so you heard, mccain dared obama to go see the troops and obama did it(i wouldve used truth...but hey to each his own). But while in Iraq...Obama sinks a 3 pointer for troop moral.



mccain aint got nuthin on obama.

ok...back to making ads.

VIA animalny

me gusta.

These are gorgeous. The distressed type. The texture. The simplicity. I'm in love.

fffound.com

Mad Men.

alright, i am going to bed. But I wanted to hint you guys in on my new addiction. Mad Men. I'll tell you all about the last 5 hours of my life and how I may or may not have been sitting in the same place building a crush on a new tv series on advertising in the....60s i guess. Check the sweet opening credits.

innovative ads.

and by innovative, I mean costing a sh*t load of money, complicated and an eye sore. Not that i dislike it...but if they went this far they might as well have built a mechanical dinosaur too. That always draws the crowds.

Agency: Leo Burnett, Chicago

"... irony is insult with a smiling face." 

-Becoming Jane 

(dont u judge me)

1943-2008

even though I am not going to see the movie this week, I felt as if I should jump on the band wagon of "Dark Knight" frenzy. Below is a bit of a pathology (???) of batmans long career on screen. Apparently I jumped on the boat around Adam West's time. And oh do I miss him. Enjoy!

batty weekend.

I know that everyone and thier mom will be out trying to get into this movie this weekend. Its already getting rave reviews. And Im excited. However, I am not going to push my luck. And I want to avoid the crazies- you know the people who dress up for movies. Yeah. Im not in the mood. But if a few of my lovely readers do somehow find themselves in the midst of The Dark Knight...keep it to yourself.

chow and have a good one.