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Talkin’ ‘Bout The Tail-End Generation
Those of us born at the tail-end of the Baby Boom have a lot in common with Gen-Xers–including an aversion to nostalgia. Continue reading
Indy Dumps The Donald: Will America Take The Hint?
How about if all of us around the nation get together and do what Indianapolis did? Let’s tell The Donald there’s another race we’d like for him to watch from New York. Continue reading
Six Observations About Super Bowl XLV
I watched about half the Super Bowl–which, I believe, qualifies me to make a half-dozen snarky observations about the game and the spectacle. Including: our Doritos spot was better. Continue reading
A Picture Of The Mona Lisa Is Not The Mona Lisa
Quick: think of a football game. Imagine the line of scrimmage, the offense and defense poised on either side. The quarterback takes the snap from center. He drops back. The linemen grapple. The quarterback steps into the pocket–and, just as the blocking deteriorates and the pocket collapses around him, rifles the ball downfield, into the chest of a crossing receiver. Continue reading
George Lois Hates Mad Men And Thinks You Should, Too
So George Lois, the famous designer and art director who has taken credit for such groundbreaking campaigns of the Sixties Creative Revolution as “I Want My Maypo” and Volkswagen’s “Think Small” ad, hates Mad Men. In an interview in Playboy a few months back–an issue that, ironically, seems to be all about celebrating Mad Men and features a pictorial of one of the show’s minor players–Lois heaps disdain on the series. Here, in part, is what Lois had to say: Mad Men misrepresents the advertising industry by ignoring the revolution that changed the world of communications forever. That mortal sin … Continue reading
