Yesterday, I went to the State Fair of Texas with my friend and colleague John Cline. We’d made the same trip last year, and while in line for the Texas Star ferris wheel, he’d started in about wanting an airbrushed t-shirt but not being sure what to put on it. We ran through a few […]
Whomever came up with this ad should be kicked. It’s not that I really believe in the sanctity of pop culture figures or anything, but this has got to be the most appalling whitebread version of “Viva, Las Vegas” imaginable. Also, “Viva, Viagra?” Elvis is spinning in his grave. The King had the good sense […]
These aren’t exactly new, but the Bruce Campbell spots for Old Spice are pretty interesting. In one, Campbell lures a bevy of mod beauties by playing a lounge version of “Hungry Like the Wolf” in a room filled with mantiques. In the other, he’s clad in a double-breasted blazer, pacing around an equally retro-butch study. […]
Jonathan Adler’s “Pop” line is a charming set of uh … let’s call them candy jars, shall we? I’m not sure when I first became aware of Mr. Adler, but I know I fell in love with him around the time this line came out. Now, this may or may not be a direct result […]
May 5 is 2007’s Free Comic Book Day. Free Comic Book Day is more or less exactly what it sounds like — a day on which comic book stores let you come in and pick up (for free) special titles released for the occasion. Obviously it’s still a ways off, but in the meantime, the […]