Well, David's been carrying the load the last few days...like he does pretty much all the time. I spent the weekend filming and editing a video for a local charity that resettles refugees who come to America without a penny. Which promptly made me glad to be born in this country and makes day-to-day advertising stuff look like pretty minor shit. iMovie is pretty frickin' cool, I have to say. I'll be posting more …
Lessons From Alex
This month, the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta will host folks like Ani DiFranco, Shawn Mullins, and Suzanne Vega. But last night, it hosted Alex Bogusky, in an Atlanta Ad Club Event. Going in, I thought this would only perpetuate the dude's so-called "rock star" image. (I've always said there are no rock stars in advertising.) But it turned out to be a nice, informative evening. The whole thing was set up like an …
The Hollywood Writers Strike
Well, even Tina Fey got on the picket line in New York City yesterday, so you know it's serious. A few years ago, with a looming baseball strike, I wondered what would happen if advertising creatives had a union. Advertising is a commercial art--just like TV is. But copywriters and art directors don't have a union, generally don't get paid on the level of TV writers, don't have the slightest bit of recourse for job …
The Dentsu Guide To Better Management
Courtesy of the beautifully twisted minds at Words & Pictures. …
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R.I.P., Robert Goulet
Singer Robert Goulet dies in Los Angeles at 73. …
Does Epsonality Have Wessonality?
I don't know the answer to that question, but upon hearing about the new Epson ad campaign, that's the first thing that came to my mind. The Epsonality site was very slow (kind of like the Epson photo printer I ditched for a Canon), but apparently there's some sort of quiz on there you can take to determine your Epsonality. I could swear there was another "-ality" campaign that came out recently, but I can't …
The Sentiment Behind Sentimentality
Checking the comments section of Bob Garfield's column, it appears he ignited a shitstorm over his review of CVS's new TV commercial (also available at forallthewaysyoucare.com). Garfield doesn't mince words: You see a lot of bad ads if you watch long enough, but, really, how often it is that you see a TV commercial that makes you want to puke? And the comments run the gamut, like this one: It's obvious Bob's never …
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The Gap Has A Gap In Its Value System
While the Gap loves to get activist celebrities like John Mayer involved in its ad campaigns, it's currently facing a bigger problem. Namely, the discovery of child labor abuses at its factories. From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Clothing retailer Gap Inc. said Sunday that it will convene all of its Indian suppliers to "forcefully reiterate" its prohibition on child labor after a British newspaper found …
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