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sábado, enero 31, 2004
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linkydink A Three-Parter 12/14/03, The Washington Post: It's the type of tightly constructed inspirational story that climaxes in a moment of hopeful decision, which in an entirely different context might end with "and that's why I stopped drinking," or "that's why I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior." 1/27/04, GQ Magazine: The first sign of trouble wasn't Howard Dean telling that poor old man in Iowa to sit down and shut up, or Howard Dean instructing the reporters traveling with him on the day of the caucus to "get a new life," or even Howard Dean growling like a rabid wolverine onstage. It was Trippi. Trippi was too calm. Joe Trippi doesn't do calm. 1//29/04, The Blogging of the President: Here's what I'm learning: For those of us who like the sound of "Internet democracy," who yearn for political and cultural renewal and "transformation," the entrenched obstacle is not the old politics. It's the old media. Discussion on LJ
viernes, enero 23, 2004
jueves, enero 22, 2004
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linkydink Speaking of advertising... "GoGORILLA media was founded with a mission: to bombard and overwhelm consumers with advertising as they go about thier daily lives. In our view, there is nothing more regrettable than an empty space with no advertising printed on it... The Go GORILLA team has painstakingly researched, planned and developed every one of our products with one goal in mind: maximum intrusion." They then go on to say that, "the best advertising is fun advertising". And many of their ideas are indeed innovative and interesting, but with such a creepy introduction I am wary of everything they say. I am tempted to think that it's a joke, except I found it linked to an article on cnn.com, which features a number of fun facts, including, "in 1995, a poll sponsored by Visa International found that 35 percent of Americans said they supported the sale of ad space on bills, if the proceeds would be used to reduce the federal deficit. " Ugh. The first time I saw ads printed on free condoms, guituar picks, and dice (A promotion at Arch Street's 'Sunbake' concert for a now defunct dot com) I thought it was a great idea and happily collected the free stuff. I even used similar tactics back when I was promoting bands at Arch Street, attatching printed lables with concert info to bags of M&M's and other things that high school students might find interesting, hoping to improve dismal attendance. But at the same time, I resent being forced to read snapple ads in public restrooms. I recently interned in display design and found the marketing lingo creepy, like we were training mice to pick food from the correct bowl or something... Am I thinking about this too much? Or is it all as creepy as it seems...
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linkydink So for my text and photography class I've got to do an adbusters style spoof ad. Does anyone know of an ad or campaign that is particularly ripe for parody?
miércoles, enero 21, 2004
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linkydink apparently, this is old news. But I had never heard of it so I'll post it anyway. Go here for a more extensive tour.
viernes, enero 16, 2004
lunes, enero 12, 2004
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In Manchester New Hampshire, nobody likes us. Remind anyone of Greenwich High School?
viernes, enero 09, 2004
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linkydink "Suppose taxpayers got to specify on their return forms what government services their tax payments must be spent on. (Radical democracy!) Suppose any town or company that puts a water intake pipe in a river had to put it immediately DOWNSTREAM from its own outflow pipe. Suppose any public or private official who made the decision to invest in a nuclear power plant got the waste from that plant stored on his/her lawn. There is a systematic tendency on the part of human beings to avoid accountability for their own decisions. That's why there are so many missing feedback loops—and why this kind of leverage point is so often popular with the masses, unpopular with the powers that be, and effective, if you can get the powers that be to permit it to happen or go around them and make it happen anyway." (since breakcharmer will no longer be posting here, i'll just have to post this one for him.)
miércoles, enero 07, 2004
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linkydink The ad opens with a couple walking out of a barber shop. An off-screen announcer asks what they think of Howard Dean’s plan to raise taxes on a typical family by $1,900.Yes, "Club For Growth." Please further entrench northerners and southerners alike in their stereotypes and misperceptions of each other. It's very important that none of us in America believe we have anything in common with each other. Otherwise we might actually fucking accomplish something together.
lunes, enero 05, 2004
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linkydink an opinion poll: What is/are your favorite webcomic(s)? Why? What do you particularly like about it/them?
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linkydink hey, do y'all remember Jon Stancato from GHS? he and a bunch of Swatties have founded a theatre troupe in NYC called Stolen Chair. their work sounds pretty interesting, so Toby and I are thinking we'll go see their upcoming show. if anyone else is interested, we can coordinate and go together.
viernes, enero 02, 2004
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linkydink Well folks, it's been fun, but I'm looking to start something new, so c'mon over and visit me sometime at my site.
jueves, enero 01, 2004
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linkydink "A man who says he sells books and magazines on the street was rescued after being trapped for two days under a mountain of reading material in his apartment."
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