This Ad Really Satisfies
In a Super Bowl displaying an almost complete lack of advertising inspiration the “Betty White” ad for Snickers ad was right on. A little snarkiness combined with a little surprise and some touch football to make this ad really satisfy. The ad was developed by Omnicom’s BBDO.
The Doritos ninja was a close second. It was developed by two friends from Minnesota as part of a Frito-Lay contest for less than $1,000.00.
The Taco Bell ad with Charles Barkley sucked seven-layer burrito.
I’m More of A Ferrari Girl Myself
Was just at a fancy dress dinner and ball that was pretty much sequin-tastic. Post-dinner, we were escorted to an auditorium to see Tower of Power. The ushers were uniformed young men in a ROTC program. Our usher was particularly wet behind the ears, probably 14 or so.
As he walked us to our seat, he looked around the auditorium filled with bedazzlement and asked me:
“So are you guys all rich n’ stuff?” I told him that although I was not, there were probably some rich people in the audience. He thought about that, looked at me and said: “So do you have a lamborghini?”
Dichotomy
Notice the awesome contrast between the license plate and bumper sticker.
Are You Fascinating? The Power of High-Maintenance
A few years ago, I was part of an AAF conference in Albuquerque where Sally Hogshead was the keynote speaker.
To prepare for her presentation, she requested a green room (a green room)! She also requested that all plates, utensils and clinky objects be removed before she started speaking. I admit to some grumbling on my part as we scrambled to find a green room and convince the hotel to clear all the lunch plates before the standard plate-clearing time.
But then, this ruby-haired, larger than life women swept into the conference and enthralled us. Jaws dropped as she sarcastically sassed her way into reminding us of the importance of creativity and guts and radical career choices. Basically, she brought it. And I’ve never judged anyone since for desiring for a presentation to be organized just so. If you want someone to be on their game for a presentation, you must give them to the tools to do so.
Hogshead is just about the release her new book “Fascinate.” In advance of the release, she’s started a Facebook Fascinate fan page. She’s also released the F Score test so you can discover your own Fascination triggers.
My F Score told me I need to incorporate more mystique into my life. Sheesh, there goes the heart sewn onto my sleeve.
Overheard.
“If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.”
The context was a Leadership Albuquerque presentation on the challenges of arts and culture organizations securing and keeping funding in a closed and competitive environment. The presenters were:
Dr. Jeff Mitchell, UNM Bureau of Business and Economic Research
Kevin Hagen, Creative Albuquerque
The gist of the presentation was that Albuquerque is at a crossroads of arts and technology with very little linking the two. Which is an enormous opportunity for the city to carve out a unique space in the Southwest and the country. Dr. Mitchell had some of the coolest graphs. I’ll try to get one and post here. I love nerding out to graph graphics.
Update: 1/27/2010. Today, Steve Jobs introduced the iPad saying that (I’m paraphrasing) Apple succeeds by being at the intersection of technology and liberal arts. Hopefully, as a city, we can find some of that Apple-style chutzpah and innovation within ourselves.
Cedric Burnside and Lightnin’ Malcolm
Saw these guys at Low Spirits recently. They pretty much totally rocked. When they come your way, do check them out.
This is a show from New Orleans. A harmonica joined them for the show in Albuquerque as well. And harmonicas are cool. As were the cougars that jumped up on stage. One of them even took Cedric’s shirt off, WHILE he was drumming.
Music Recommendations from People With Excellent Taste
A list of albums you may want to check out courtesy of some friends. Each recommender is listed before his or her recommendations. Please consider shopping at your local music store for these albums and others.
Trip Jennings
Meriwether Post Pavilion – Animal Collective
Veckamitest – Grizzly Bear
Bonfires of the Heath – The Clientele
Wind’s Poem – Mount Eerie
Hospice – The Antlers
Brian Morris
This is It – Michael Jackson
Dan Ware
Fantasies – Metric
Swoon – Silversun Pickups
Beneath the Veiled Embrace – Pythia
Illumination – Mediaeval Baebes
Crash Love – AFI
Less is More – Marillion
Crossing the Rubicon – The Sounds
Lita Sandoval
Black John – The Soul of John Black
My One and Only Thrill – Melody Gardot
Gulf Coast Highway – Eric Lindell
Vince Buckley
Embryonic – The Flaming Lips
Tanya Augustson Camarra
Joy – Phish
Len Romano
Everything is New – Jack Peñate
BLACKsummers’night – Maxwell
Inspiration Information 3 – Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics
It’s Not Me, It’s You – Lily Allen
Humbug – Arctic Monkeys
Truelove’s Gutter – Richard Hawley
A Strange Arrangement – Mayer Hawthorne
Michael Moxey
Phrazes for the Young – Julian Casablancas
Michael Prout
Crazy Ever After – The Rescues
Brian Carnes
A Thousand Shark’s Teeth – My Brightest Diamond
Laura Compton Cowan
Paolo Nutini
Mumford & Sons
Ryan Wixom
Portugal. The Man
Will Reichard
Neko Case
Mid-Century Finds
I’m pretty sure I could find a cheaper hobby.
Herman Miller Shell Chair
Mid-Century Slat Bench
