New Orleans. America's Horniest City.

"One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor" t-shirts have finally been resigned to the thrift store pile and we've decided to take matters into our own hands.

In true New Orleans fashion, we've slowly created six different shirt designs in lieu of giving into the temptation of Bourbon being down the street.

A percentage of proceeds from the sale of the Jolly Trumpeter shirt will go to the Louis Armstrong Foundation and the Louis Armstrong Jazz Camp. If you end up buying one, only thing we ask is that you wear your Mardi Gras beads with them. We know you have them stashed somewhere! Thanks in advance, tell all your friends and drop us a note if you're in town.

http://www.dirtycoast.com/trumpet

AT AT THE PLAYGROUND

Old School Shorts?

Anyone seen the ad on the reverse side of the back cover of the May 21 Sports Illustrated?
Check it.

Bay to Breakers

Total lunacy. It's like a walking costume party/race/Mardi Gras. Seven miles across the whole of San Francisco. Everyone arrives (that are drinking in the race, as opposed to running in it) around 7am at the start. Then you follow the closed course thru downtown, up thru some neighborhoods, and finally down into Golden Gate park. Very hard to describe. Very awesome to go.

Beware: Peter Cottontail

Sarcastic animals crack me up

These ads for the Toronto Zoo made my day.

See two more at:
http://www.adverbox.com/toronto-zoo/

where is my placenta?

yummy viewing experience.

awesome!

America rocks!

Memories from last years planning conference

Adcenter on NPR

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10169159

Re:Inflatible Titanic

Twitter

In another way to keep in touch with each other in a stalker way, I have finally signed up for Twitter. I know I'm about three months late but I do have to say this site is super cool.

My screename on there is mikekarnj. Sign up now. Add me. Stalk each other.

Hey Norm...If you were a hotdog, would ya eat yerself?

Will Ferrell - Harry Caray Weekend Update

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Rituals

This article is good.

BBDO, in contrast, came up with five that occur every day in every part of the world: "preparing for battle" (the morning ritual), "feasting" (reconnecting with your tribe over food), "sexing up" (primping), "returning to camp" (leaving the work place), and "protecting yourself for the future" (the ritual before bed).

About 41% of Chinese respondents said they schedule sex, for example, while only 3% of Russians do—and 7% of Americans.

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/may2007/db20070510_522420.htm

It's Friday. So, why not.

Meanwhile....

According to Fast Company jobs that will become extinct by 2016 include bloggers, ad creatives, auto mechanics, US high-tech jobs and Indian call centre operators.

Indian calls centre operators have the same relevance level as ad creatives.
Happy Friday.

Ford turns luxury cars into Fords.

First Ford acquires Jaguar and turns their X-type into a glorified Mercury.

Then they acquire Land Rover whose new LR2 looks like an Explorer.

What gives?

Starburst

Seen this commercial?



Now learn the dance.

http://www.starburst.com/iamalittlelad/

Cosmic...

little biotches

i'm so glad i'm not in high school anymore.

New Dance

3RD FLO (formely Heizman Boyz) - Do The Heisman On That...



As the Adcenter '06 Hip Hop Culture guru, here is a new dance that will be big this summer. It's so new, the music video isn't even out yet. It's not even being played on the radio either. But, like always, you'll be in the know. Learn the dance and bust it out. You'll be cool because you'll know how to do the Heisman.

This kind of reminds me of that NY Times article about cumulative advantage.

The reason is that when people tend to like what other people like, differences in popularity are subject to what is called “cumulative advantage,” or the “rich get richer” effect. This means that if one object happens to be slightly more popular than another at just the right point, it will tend to become more popular still.

This youtube video has over a million hits. Why? Who knows but's it a great example of bypassing mainstream and becoming mainstream. Similar to the long tail theory. Kind of like the hip-hop version of the Arctic Monkeys. Mark my words, they will be big this summer if not this year.

You heard it hear first.

Tom?

When Barrie and I first got here, Clarence introduced us to this dude who he said was a spitting image of Tom.

Agree?

And here's Mike at age 9.

I have a confession

I have a kid. His name is Tito. I can't keep him a secret anymore.

The last time Maybelline pushed make-up for men...short fad

Joost

Joost went live. I have invites. Holla at me if you want one.

If you don't know what it is you better ask somebody.

creating...intimacy?

we all saw barrie, alexis and chopski/schilling's strategy come to life rather nicely with the TLC work. after reading a recent article about how no one wants to travel here (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10436518 -i know! i have to learn how to create links. i'm re-re.), i wondered to myself, "whatever became of 'See America'?"

upon visiting SeeAmerica.org, i was saddened because it seemed as if it was exactly the same...but, wait...there's more...

http://www.eusatravelguide.com/welcome.php?lang=en

they've included a link to a separate site that utilizes some of our recommendations (albeit in a terribly art directed/designed/copywritten way). i.e., emo maps along with featuring info and pics on the various regions, a la Australia. you can also click onto a guide that features one of the logos designed by the awesome design kids (i love you merkin.) it's totally ugmo, but i guess it's a start. hopefully, it's just a start.

and then randomly, there's a "Discover America, Sweden!" site.(http://www.discoveramerica.se/).

so, in other words, it all still sucks.

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

I Found Robert!

However, Caroline is still M.I.A.

Super Secret Location

This is the Tourist Club. Pretty famous out here. It's an Austrian Beer Haus in the middle of Mir Woods. It's about an 1 1/2 hour hike up and up through the Redwood Trees. Once there you are greeted with other hikers, weird cured meats, boardgames on the huge communal tables, and some of the most amazing views ever.
Apparently they have live bands play in the summer. It's amazing. Come and I'll show you.

treasure

ok. domenique introduced me to this. i can't take full credit.
this blog is one of the best things ever. no really, it is. not like when tom says that legends is the 'best bar ever.' because that's just a total lie.

the author lives in brooklyn, has an amazing cat that has digestive problems and a huge attitude problem, and he writes about bad TV shows as well as other ridiculousness on TV. not like some gossip blog. it's intelligent and quick witted.

i highly recommend wasting a ton of time on it.

amazing blog of incredibleness

the good old days

it's amazing what you think is totally normal when you're little.
for instance this show.

it don't make no sense.

my post of the week

So, who's going to SD in August? I'm planning on driving from SD to Seattle, maybe Canada. Anyone want to hop in the car with?

Remember these shows?





Increase your productivity...

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/05/33-rules-to-boost-your-productivity/

Nuke it!
The most efficient way to get through a task is to delete it. If it doesn’t need to be done, get it off your to do list.

Daily goals.
Without a clear focus, it’s too easy to succumb to distractions. Set targets for each day in advance. Decide what you’ll do; then do it.

Worst first.
To defeat procrastination learn to tackle your most unpleasant task first thing in the morning instead of delaying it until later in the day. This small victory will set the tone for a very productive day.

And, we just got a new painting last week at our long table/open plan/collaborative workspace. Cooooool.



That took me less than five minutes to post.

Mandatory Posting Day

Can you peeps post some more stuff on this blog? I think this should be a mandatory posting day. In or out. Everyone needs to post something.

Did ya'll ever watch this show? Best show ever. I miss it. And if anyone (besides Felix) can name the show you get extra credit.

Happy Spring

It's finally getting warmer here.

The wife: It drips a lot of oil, doesn't it?

Capt R: All diesels do that.

Martin Short: All diesels do that, honey.

Capt R: Diesels love oil like a sailor loves rum.

Martin Short: Yes! Why is that, Captain Ron?

Capt R: Nobody knows.

Why Fenke loves Planning...

Update: I was driving home today and realized that some people may not know Mark Fenske. So, I've pasted a picture of his Adcenter bio at the bottom of the post.

About 70 students showed up to Mark Fenske's session this afternoon. I was impressed with the amount of people who attended from all tracks. I tried to take as many notes as possible. Please take into account that I missed some parts, but I was able to scribble all of his major points. He used the Elmo for his presentation.

My Love of Planning

What I Like:
1. Planners don't try to make an ad out of everything.
People don't like ads.
Planners possess a natural curiosity, which seeks the core of every new thing, which looks and appraises each product, each subject as if it could move what they must believe.

2. Planners converse
Argument is a means to wisdom

3. Planners tell the truth
...The most fertile ground is away from the doctrine. That land is all trampled in peoples minds.

4. Planners are schlubs
Planners don't try to be better than the rest of us. Real people don't live in NY, go to clubs, stay at La Mondraine, or drink $100 bottles of wine

5. Planners cry
Feelings are first. Feelings trump. If you ever want to win an argument, feel something.

6. Planners are ad people
"I'm not a planner." John Steele

Planners are good writers. ("I've met two that write better than me," Mark Fenske)
Planners know the game.


Read the rest here...

http://dalynnf.blogspot.com/2007/04/school-4.html

The Eyewear Company

I think we got a B on this project...

http://adverlab.blogspot.com/2007/04/polaroid-and-word-of-mouth.html



My friend Rekha told me about this optical shop up at Harvard Square called Eye Q Optical. They recognize that choosing the right frames can be a difficult job. They do a smart thing. They take a Polaroid snapshot of you with the glasses on so that you can show it to your friends and see what they think. Word of mouth by design.

boring, work-related question...

does anybody know of any focus group facilities in oklahoma city?

doesn't matter if you've used them or not. i've got nothing...

Look at this happy chap!

Enlighten me.

Maybe I'm just old, or maybe I'm just distracted by all of the new vocabulary words with the root "twitter," but I seriously don't understand the appeal of this. For me it seems like wasted time that I could've actually just called, IMed, or texted a friend to tell them about an atrociously awesome quote from ANTM. And if you don't know what that even means, then why would you want to be notified of it when I actually did twitter it?

At first I thought I was just missing something, but Kate assured me that I wasn't alone in this confusion.

It has 100,000 participants, which I realize isn't a lot in the grand scheme, but it's still enough that it's weird.

read the Twitter link

Seriously? Luggage tag day?

Went to a Mets game this Saturday. Super day. Sun was out, Mets won!

But you know how you go to games and sometimes they have free t-shirt day, or bat day, or hat day or something, when everybody gets something free.

Well, Saturday was free luggage tag day. I'm serious. Luggage tag day... what a crock!

The good times as they once were, the good times as they will be again