Truth doesn’t make a noise.
May 28th, 2010
Is a song by the White Stripes, on that album, “De Stijl,” a word the Whites nabbed in the Netherlands, meaning “The Style.” It was a Dutch art movement. But The Style could be some electro ditty with lots of synth, playing in my headphones for the daily commute. Could be a belt that holds fashion up, forward, that pulls the bell ding to high heel step financial district. Could be the hill that sucks balls and then gives a view like an orgasm, that will probably gasp my face for the next four years. At least. Such newness, such style. Such well-done orchestration of culture. I keep saying this. Like some broken record playing that favorite song that after the thirtieth play, you wonder if “does” is even a real word. Does. Does. Does. Does. Does. Funny how words lose their meaning the more you see them, the more you roll them around in your mouth, chew up and splinter, like sunflower seeds in the sixth inning. Here’s to it being Friday. Here’s to San Fran, the one shortening of this city yer apparently not supposed to say. But when someone tells me not to, it kinda becomes the reason for it. Doesn’t it. Oh yes. It does. 
This is about:
Hidden troll.
May 26th, 2010
Can you find the troll in this picture? No. It’s not Tristan. 
This is about:
An ad ode.
May 21st, 2010
We all know Wieden makes amazing advertising. Well, those of us who actually give a shit about advertising. If you don’t know, Wieden does most of Nike’s stuff, which has been all hit and no miss for years upon years, pretty much ever since they started touching the brand. They also did that “I’m on a horse” ad recently that gave Old Spice a reason to get into everybody’s stank pits, completely revolutionizing the brand. Remember when Old Spice was only for old guys with old balls? Now it’s not. But I digress. I still love advertising (even whilst writing about Snausages) simply because, as advertising evolves and changes, the bottom line is, make something that people will actually want to interact with. Interact meaning, watch it, like it on facebook, follow it, become the mayor of it, post pics of it, etc. If it’s art, it has legs, it gets retweeted and forwarded and tagged — that’s what I keep learning. The basis now has become art. And fun. And that makes me feel better about advertising.
I’m not a huge soccer/football fan, but this ad. THIS AD. It’s unreal, goosebump-worthy, and some art that’s shooting around everywhere in ad world. Enjoy. I’ve watched it three times already.
This is about:
An app for it.
May 19th, 2010
“Colombo’s phone drawing is very much in the tradition of a certain kind of New Yorker cover, and he doesn’t see the fact that it’s a virtual finger painting as such a big deal. ‘Imagine twenty years ago, writing about these people who are sending these letters on their computer.’ But watching the video playback has made him aware that how he draws a picture can tell a story, and he’s hoping to build suspense as he builds up layers of color and shape.” - From The New Yorker
This is about:
This.
May 18th, 2010
Is basically how things are going here at aB’s teahouse.
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