October 2008
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Ape v. Baby
Innocently searching for some good banjo music, I somehow came across this video, and I can’t help but share:
Here’s the complete caption that comes with the video on the Youtube:
“All I can figure is that sometime back in the ’30s, a psychology department found itself with a pregnant human and chimpanzee mom. What to do with this turn of events? That’s right!...
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Sonic, what'd you do?!
New ads for Sonic burger have launched since I last wrote about it, and I don’t know what to say. Actually, I do; so Sonic, clean out the wax and listen up:
Just because I like you and The Hills both, it does not mean I like you together. Yes, I agree that LC is mesmerizing, but by sacrificing some of your hilarity, you’re turning your back on who you are! In this time of economic...
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Culture Clash in Haiku
Inter-generational poetic dialogue between employer and employee, via The Renegade Agency Confessional:
Old guy:
Quit whining. Go back To your cube. Yes, you’re still a beautiful flower.
Young dude:
I wasn’t hired to make copies. I’ve got skills. My mom told me so.
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Living Locally Parte Deux
As an update to my post on Living Locally, this week Charlottesville is hosting the Blue Ridge Harvest Festival, which according to NBC29:
“Encourages people to buy and enjoy food grown in their neighborhoods around their towns and even in their own backyards.”
More from the story:
“Albemarle County Supervisor Ann Mallek said, ‘There’s so many community benefits...
September 2008
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Living Locally
Living locally, the practice of consuming only goods produced within a 20-50 mile radius, if becoming a full-blown cultural phenomenon:
Walmart, which many consider the opposite of local, emphasizes locally grown goods as part of its larger commitment to environmental sustainability and helping us all Live Better.
Farmers’ markets are becoming more and more popular in urban...
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GPS Undapants
You might think that creating an ad for NASCAR fans is easy; you just think of a funny situation, insert your driver of choice to be the star, and slap your logo on at the end. If you think this, I’d like to invite you to check yourself before you wreck yourself.
I’ve been monitoring the NASCAR rumor mills all summer and into the fall, and I found out that the top 12 drivers were...
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Hot Moms
Adrants highlighted this site today, which is highlighting a Facebook group for Hot Moms. Even though I’m all for hot moms, it made me think that mom culture must be a pretty tough thing to deal with; different factors come together, like Stiffler’s mom glorifying the MILF, and the tide of stigma switching from working moms to the stay-at-homes. I thought about TV moms these days too...
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Culture Wrap-Up
This has been a week of many cultures. Here’s a rundown of adventures:
Thursday: trip to DC for a book signing. Interviewed many comic-book fans and the author of this book.
Friday: First Friday ArtWalk in Richmond, preceded by an authentic Russian dinner.
Saturday: Hurricane Hanna kept us inside and postponed the NASCAR race until…
Sunday: my friend Enrico made a great video of...
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You're Driving Me Where?
I’ve been loving on the commercials for Sonic burger for years now. I still remember borrowing my grandfather’s old farm truck to drive to town every day for a cherry limeade when I visited him as a teenager. It seems I’m not alone in thinking these ads are great; my classmates have been talking about this one that’s on the air now:
And someone actually took the time...
August 2008
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Uncool States of America
One of my favorite things, the Olympics, just ended earlier this month, and by all accounts this one was a great success; I have only one regret. That awesome ads like this would never get greenlit in the US.
It seems funny/tragic to me that our country is convinced it has everything all figured out, and yet in general we’re totally unaware of what we’re missing.
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Where Have All the Paula Coles Gone?
Sara Bareilles has snuck her way onto my Slacker station lately. Whenever I think of good ol’ SB, I think of this MTV ad:
The fact that she can laugh at herself makes her pretty different from the Paula Coles, Sarah MacLachlans, and Melissa Etheridges of the Lillith Fair days, which is the last time I can remember female songwriters being so prominently part of pop culture. But even...
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Pop (and Lock) Culture
I posted a few days ago about how HD’s dance crew ad taps into the cultural zeitgeist; here are three evidences to back up my claim:
1.Steppin Up 2: The Streets. A dance-movie sequel that is less bad than Breakin’ 2? I guess we have evolved. Although, having been subjected to the acting perfomances in this movie once, I don’t think we’ll be seeing much of it when Oscar...
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Where my bees at?
I just wrapped up my internship yesterday by presenting a topic I’ve been researching all summer: the opportunities that appear when you look at social causes and cause marketing through the lens of the Millennial generation.
As part of the presentation, I spoke about Haagen Dazs’ new cause marketing campaign to support the dwindling honeybee population. Here are three things HD does...
July 2008
1 post
Can I Has Innerblogger?
Yes. Took awhile to find but exists.
Intro to world: TBD (prob in Aug after internship).
Ridiculousness in the meantime: http://icanhascheezburger.com/