In the middle ages they would have thrown him down the well long ago...
I'd like to register an official complaint. It's about Neighborhoodies.
As if it wasn't bad enough that Pitchfork has recently had those gigantic ads for Suicidegirls. I can't help but digress and say that Suicide Girls is the creepiest website on the planet, if only because its existence implies that there are people out there who seriously think "man, I can ONLY jack of to pictures of cool naked chicks."
But back to Neighborhoodies. I mean, look at this guy. I want to punch him. I bet you do too. Let me get my thoughts organized, however.
1. How has he-hipster hair gotten so out of control? This is having disasterous effects on teenage boys everywhere, I feel. Just watch MTV. All the "cool" high school guys that you see on their reality shows have these gigantic friggin hair helmets on their heads. Maybe this is something that only I have noticed. Clearly I must find more evidence to support my point, but try googe image-searching for "douchy hair." Not much comes up.
2. Why must pitchfork continuously remind me, with these ads, that the majority of people who share my taste in music are absolutely terrible?
3. Why is it that, no matter how much outrage I feel when I look at photos on the Neighborhoodies' site, I still find myself thinking "man, one of those 'milkmaid' t's with 'panopticow' written on it would be sweet?" Why is my resolve so easily broken, my morals so easily compromised?
4. Venture into the neighborhoodies's site and read product descriptions. They are infuriating. A sample (for the "Girls Communitee"):
"Part princess, part guttersnipe, with a penchant for Bukowsky. The Girls' Communitee is a snuggly, traditional tee cut especially for women. 100% cotton."
Oh well, enough about that.
So who else thinks that the trailer for War of the Worlds looks mega-lame? Leave it to Steven Spielberg to take all the fun out of aliens...again. Furthermore, he deserves a good kick to the balls for so many reasons, not the least of which is "A.I." which, frankly, I'm still pissed off about.
Which brings me to superbowl ads. Capitalism rocks. You can watch those suckers here. My personal favorites were the FedEx Burt Reynolds one, either Ameriquest ad, and the Emerald Nuts "you killed a unicorn" spot.
A friend of mine (Skippy?) commented last night on the lack of any "cliffhanger" ads. I agree that this is a disturbing trend. I miss epic advertising. Specifically the Taster's Choice couple.
Far more disturbing is the fact that McDonalds seems to be running with this retarded "lincoln fry" thing. If you didn't see the ad, well, it's a mockumentary style interview with these people who have a french fry shaped like Abraham Lincoln. It's not even a little funny. Now, what is actually hilarious, however, is the very fact that they have a website that they expect people to visit which is ABOUT the fucking lincoln fry. You can download, for instance, graphics with which to make iron-on lincoln fry "commemorative" t-shirts.
I'm sure that you've all already heard enough about my amazing weekend in Atlantic City, so I won't take the time to write the stories down.
This morning I got a wake-up call at 8am from Public Safety who ordered me to "remove my car" from its parking space "IMMEDIATELY." Plus there was a shard of glass in my shoe. That was awesome.
As if it wasn't bad enough that Pitchfork has recently had those gigantic ads for Suicidegirls. I can't help but digress and say that Suicide Girls is the creepiest website on the planet, if only because its existence implies that there are people out there who seriously think "man, I can ONLY jack of to pictures of cool naked chicks."
But back to Neighborhoodies. I mean, look at this guy. I want to punch him. I bet you do too. Let me get my thoughts organized, however.
1. How has he-hipster hair gotten so out of control? This is having disasterous effects on teenage boys everywhere, I feel. Just watch MTV. All the "cool" high school guys that you see on their reality shows have these gigantic friggin hair helmets on their heads. Maybe this is something that only I have noticed. Clearly I must find more evidence to support my point, but try googe image-searching for "douchy hair." Not much comes up.
2. Why must pitchfork continuously remind me, with these ads, that the majority of people who share my taste in music are absolutely terrible?
3. Why is it that, no matter how much outrage I feel when I look at photos on the Neighborhoodies' site, I still find myself thinking "man, one of those 'milkmaid' t's with 'panopticow' written on it would be sweet?" Why is my resolve so easily broken, my morals so easily compromised?
4. Venture into the neighborhoodies's site and read product descriptions. They are infuriating. A sample (for the "Girls Communitee"):
"Part princess, part guttersnipe, with a penchant for Bukowsky. The Girls' Communitee is a snuggly, traditional tee cut especially for women. 100% cotton."
Oh well, enough about that.
So who else thinks that the trailer for War of the Worlds looks mega-lame? Leave it to Steven Spielberg to take all the fun out of aliens...again. Furthermore, he deserves a good kick to the balls for so many reasons, not the least of which is "A.I." which, frankly, I'm still pissed off about.
Which brings me to superbowl ads. Capitalism rocks. You can watch those suckers here. My personal favorites were the FedEx Burt Reynolds one, either Ameriquest ad, and the Emerald Nuts "you killed a unicorn" spot.
A friend of mine (Skippy?) commented last night on the lack of any "cliffhanger" ads. I agree that this is a disturbing trend. I miss epic advertising. Specifically the Taster's Choice couple.
Far more disturbing is the fact that McDonalds seems to be running with this retarded "lincoln fry" thing. If you didn't see the ad, well, it's a mockumentary style interview with these people who have a french fry shaped like Abraham Lincoln. It's not even a little funny. Now, what is actually hilarious, however, is the very fact that they have a website that they expect people to visit which is ABOUT the fucking lincoln fry. You can download, for instance, graphics with which to make iron-on lincoln fry "commemorative" t-shirts.
I'm sure that you've all already heard enough about my amazing weekend in Atlantic City, so I won't take the time to write the stories down.
This morning I got a wake-up call at 8am from Public Safety who ordered me to "remove my car" from its parking space "IMMEDIATELY." Plus there was a shard of glass in my shoe. That was awesome.
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