May 2007
A bus load of nuns holding babies
There was a local Cincinnati band (Modulators, I think?) back in my past that had a local hit lampooning sensational TV news called “A Bus load of nuns holding babies”. The song was about said bus going off a cliff.
I was having a conversation the other day about how the recent round of celebrity DUI’s and Rehab (not Rehabx) desensitizes us all to seriousness of these...
The Media "View"
I get home late last night, all the big blogs and news sites have a story about a Rosie/Elizabeth cat fight on “The View”. TV news shows a soundbite from it. I go to YouTube this morning and find the whole 10 minute exchange… an actual 10 minute heated political discussion on a daytime talk show. Not Rosie/Elizabeth - mostly Joy stirring it up with Elizabeth - I don’t...
John of Cincinnati
I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio… since birth the collective city has tried to make me embarrased about that fact. There was the Maplethorpe exhibit that got shut down, the endless prosecution of Larry Flynt by Simon Leis, the yearly fight for KKK displays on Fountain Square at Christmas, Race riots… but now a new Museum takes the cake.
Check out the web page for the Creation Museum...
Inflatable Drive-In
Article in LA Times today about a revival of drive in movies using an inflatable screen.
Mercury Commercials
I have been working on a 3 spot package for Mercury. The first two “soundwave” and “tree” have been airing quite a bit, the third one we finish soon. You can see them in tiny quicktimes on the Mercury site, they are labelled “Mariner” and “Mariner Hybrid”. Tree is also running as a cinema ad.
Falwell
- Some classic quotes to remember him by.
- TMZ has an old friend of his wave goodbye.
- Christopher Hitchens (one of my favorite writers) sums it all up well.
- T-Shirt Hell takes it too far.
WatchJane Fonda gets the best of Colbert
25 hertz... one more New Orleans complexity →
