Saturday, May 15, 2010

Obey This - Last Show @ Deitch



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Where Are You Now (advertising)

1979. It was a good year. And while perusing a booklet called 'Remember When', I ran across an amazing advertisement. Amazing because;
1) Its for SPAM - I didn't even know they advertised
2) The sexual innuendo is so over the top, yet remains somehow..... acceptable???

First off - what a headline!

And why can't they write copy like this anymore; (regarding their T-Shirt) "If you've got an eye for design, and you don't mind a few eyes on your design, send us your name, address, size and a check...."

AMAZING!!!

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Midlife For Gen X


Gen X. Are we really the generation of "smoke weed, argue about Theory, sleep with one another’s girlfriends and boyfriends and wonder what was going to happen next"?

In a recent NYTimes OpEd, thats exactly how several new film makers describe us.... Disappointing. Maybe. Accurate - my wife and family think so...

So what does that mean for us - are we really the generations of do nothings? Is that why Gen Y or whomever has followed us are so over-ambitious?

I look around my office and one observation not noted in the article is that we may be the last generation to understand work - the fact that it takes time, perseverance, critical thinking and does not always require a computer... We maybe do nothings, but at least we know how to do something.