third place what a disgrace

The results are in: Emerson College's Emcomm placed third in the AAF regional competition. BU was placed fourth, ha! Quinnipiac University won with the same idea we had but threw out because we decided it was too obvious and simplistic. I'm tired and depressed but we did the best we could and our plansbook kicks ass. At least I graduate in a week.

cam'ron is a mo'ron

No one listened to me when I said Cam sucked. Now the man famous for making thugs look sensitive in pink T-shirts is on CNN blathering about his "Snitches Get Stitches"/ "Stop Snitching" mantra.

The "Stop Snitchin" topic has been hotly debated for over a year, but it seems my man Anderson Cooper just caught wind of it. In 2006 here in Boston, Antonio Ennis pulled his "Stop Snitchin' " T-shirts off the shelves of his Dorchester store in December and started making "Start Peace" T-shirts. Much better than promoting violence don't you think?

Another shirt playing off the "Stop Snitchin" logo is "Start Reading".

Police are notorious for not responding quickly enough & for being corrupt in the hood. But apathy towards violent crime? Not cool Cam, not cool. The VT shooter was a crazy loon, not some dude selling weed to help support his 6 kids, or whatever the rationalization is for being apathetic.

walker texas ranger does the dew

The Mountain Dew execution by BBDO above actually made me laugh. The Dew brand is up to big things lately; co-branding with the new Halo 3 game and now this. I can actually hear precious little market share fizzing away in the Coca-Cola Classic end of the ring.


Best Chuck Norris Joke: Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.

my smartphone is stupid

My Sidekick 3 is dumb for the following reasons:

1) Can't sync to my Mac
2) I can only email not text pictures
3) It thinks I'm going to be happy with the 'multicultural' phone app people on my screen for eternity...Well guess what? I altered that ish and am in the process of designing my own
4) I can't use my MP3's as ringtones- I still have to pay almost $3 for a new ringtone.

In short dear reader, my phone is no smarter than the guy on the short bus picking his nose and saving it in his booger collection under his seat.

imus ad

Agency Wieden & Kennedy cooked up this tasty all copy full pager for their client Nike . The only print execution was in the Times, however it will appear as banner on Flip.com, Cosmogirl.com, Seventeen.com, ESPN.com, FoxSports.com and NikeWomen.com

It reads:

Thank you for starting the conversation.
Thank you for making an entire nation listen to the Rutger's (sic) team story. And for making us wonder what other great stories we've missed. Thank you for reminding us to think before we speak.
Thank you for showing us how strong and poised 18 and 20-year-old women can be.
Thank you for reminding us that another basketball tournament goes on in March.
Thank you for showing us that sport includes more than the time spent on the court.
Thank you for unintentionally moving women's sport forward.
And thank you for making all of us realize that we still have a long way to go.
Next season starts 11.16.07."

So put that in your pipe and smoke racist heathen.

On a more serious note watch this:

slate rebuttal

"Crispin also appears to have a strange obsession with dictating the bounds of male identity. In the "Un-pimp Your Ride" spots for VW, a somewhat cruel protagonist ridicules young men who dare to seek self-expression through the art of modifying their cars. In the "Making Things Right" campaign for Haggar, two middle-aged guys gruffly rule their suburban neighborhood—advocating physical force against any young men who dare to wear earrings, or listen to rap music, or date your daughter. And then there's that Man Law campaign for Miller, where the concept achieves its most literal form.

I hate this kind of subjugating, behavior-circumscribing, frat-guy approach to humor. I realize it appeals to a certain target demographic (i.e., fratty guys of all ages). But it repels almost everyone else. And there's a danger in that.- The Hottest Ad Agency in the Country And why I sort of hate it. By Seth Stevenson


Here's why you're wrong.




Seth:

Dude, you play squash, C P + B is not talking to you. You admit it yourself- you have no respect for the "beer-pong" cohort. I've never played beer-pong nor have I been to a fraternity, but I can tell you that the Man Law & the BK spots with men throwing minivans off of bridges speaks to all of us out there who hate convention. You see Seth, this 54 million plus "Ipod Generation" is bored to tears. We are crying Seth; we are exposed to over 3,000 media messages a day. Some of those spots better make us laugh- or else.

C P + B gets this audience because they are this audience. Ever been inside their Miami office? You can skateboard in there, and everyone is wearing flip flops- far from frat guys they are creative types who love art and music. This is the kind of agency that can speak to a generation that has selective hearing. Why? The message isn't being concocted by a bunch of Brooks Brother wearing-over-the-hill-bores. We are coveted by almost every brand out there- so why not target us directly?

Obviously this kind of humor works, look how successful the movies Old School & Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan are. I do agree with a point you raise; does this approach improve the bottom line? We'll see, but I bet you three Mojitos that Crispin is going to keep the VW & BK accounts when they come up for review.

Your friend,
Meg