Archive for July, 2008

Buyer Be Aware

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

It doesn’t really bother me that corporations have further co-opted hip culture with their viral marketing hijinks. But those popcorn cellphone videos? Who knew.
But Cardo’s commercials point to the ugly side of what Rob Walker calls “murketing,” the obscure form of persuasion that has been on the rise in the ad business in the last [...]

Life Imitates Satire

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Via the libertarian aware Onion:
WASHINGTON—A panel of top business leaders testified before Congress about the worsening recession Monday, demanding the government provide Americans with a new irresponsible and largely illusory economic bubble in which to invest.

The current economic woes, brought on by the collapse of the so-called “housing bubble,” are considered the worst to hit [...]

Unelectable Mustache

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

After Ron Paul’s campaign the best the Libertarian Party can come up with is Bob Barr? This is perhaps the United States most Unelectable Mustache to date. I guess the fact that Barr has spent the last two decades fighting the War on Drugs, impeaching Clinton, authoring one of those no marriage for gay people [...]

Vintage Strokes

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Check out this vintage Strokes video I found. How do they manage to look and sound so vintagey?