Ernie Schenck Calls This Advertising?

MUTO

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.  Many thanks to Kevin Roddy for the shout out.

Sony, Soap And Miami.

You Have Your Have's And Have Not's. And Now, Your Get It's And Get It Not's.

I really like Senator McCain.  But his fans, well, some of them anyway, they aren't exactly doing the man any favors with stuff like this.   You either get cool or you don't.   And if cool ends up being a determinant in this election, well, I'm afraid Senator McCain is in for a tough ride.

Bogus And Proud Of It.

Pretty cool ad from Boone Oakley.  Click to enlarge.  The copy is still kinda small but risk the eye strain.  It's worth it.

Stand By Me On My Cell Phone?

Sony is petty gung ho on making its films available on mobile, I guess.  Not sure I get this.  True, I've downloaded a bunch from iTunes.  But the more I watch, the more pissed off I get.  Luckily, I'm not the only one.

Train Wreck On Responsibility Road

TAP Project Goes National

Jenna Jameson Wants You To Pleather Yourself.

Every so often, I get these e-mails from PETA announcing their newest cool ad.  They obviously are unware that I am the last person on earth that supports their utterly inane and stupid approach to advertising.  Here's the latest from this sad, sophomoric organization.  Hey PETA, keep those press releases coming my way. 

No Is No. Unless You Really Really Really Want To Win An Award.

Love this gem over at Adland: "Back in November, DDB Canada approached Nick Capra, co-owner of Running Free, a Markham, Ont. athletic apparel store, with an offer to do a pro bono ad campaign - meaning they figured that they had an awesome idea they really wanted to do. The idea was to show what happens when us girls don't have a decent running bra, portraits of women with black eyes and broken noses and the line 'Support bras, now available.' " Turns out Capra didn't like the ads, sought the opinions of his co-workers.  They didn't like them either.  As the story goes, DDB Canada was not to be deterred and went ahead with the campaign anyway.  The agency is claiming they got the greenlight from Capra but of course, there's nothing in writing.  Uh huh.

What A Little Movie From Ireland Can Tell Us About Authenticity.

Have You Ever Murdered Anyone? No, But I'd Like To.

Namely, the producers of "Moment Of Truth", yet another all-time low in the ongoing social tragedy that is reality television.  Here's the show's official synopsis:  "Contestants submit to a lie detector test for a chance to win half a million dollars by truthfully answering 21 personal questions, which become increasingly sensitive as the dollar value mounts. The participants also must give their answers in front of spouses, relatives and friends, thus increasing the temptation to lie."

Steve Hall over at Adrants loves it.  Me, well, I think I'm going to ask for the check.  I talk a lot about Creative No-Fly Zones.  Mostly in advertising but in the wider culture as well.  In my opinion, there are places that we as creators of pop cultural experiences have no business sticking our nose.  It's bad for the society. It's bad for the country.   And utlimately it's bad for us as human beings most of whom I still believe are doing our best to keep our heads above the cesspool.  And believe you me, that is exactly where Moment Of Truth belongs.  Where does it stop?

The K Word.

Unlike so many creatives who've been tortured to the edge of insanity by Tony Kaye, Tony and I somehow got along famously.  Whack job and self-destructive he might be, but the guy never fails to astound me.  His film "Lake Of Fire" is brilliant. And now this amazing rendition of Johnny Cash's "God's Gonna Cut Em Down".  Wow.  For a little higher rez experience, try this.

No We Can't.

Thanks to Neal Hughlett at Hill Holliday for this.

Reagan Had Morning In America, Obama Has This.

Coca Cola. Hands Down.

I'm F*cking Matt Damon.

Gondry Goes DIY