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2011-11-15T23:11:00.000-05:00

As in no longer here. Check out the new and improved blogging SuperPower known as AdVerve over here.

Fini.

2011-09-06T00:07:00.002-04:00

Sorta.

So there we are, three bloggers under one new rooftop called AdVerve.

The new deal is called AdVerve, a merger of three very distinct blogging voices: Darryl Ohrt from Brandflakes For Breakfast, the always Live + Uncensored Angela Natividad, and myself. Are we tearing our blogs down to build the new AdVerve condo? Not exactly. They'll stay live as we spread the word and migrate our audiences to our new home.

Our voices won't change, and that's a large part of why we decided to merge. Three distinct POVs sharing a common vibe of advertising, design and all things net. In other words, a little something for everybody.

Never the same perspective, always full of surprises. What you always loved about any of us individually, you can now get in one place. We may even jump in on topics together.

We're also changing the dynamic of the AdVerve podcast. That means more free value for you. Because it's all about you. And on AdVerve, you'll always get three for the price of free.

AdVerve, forever.

Darryl, Angela + Bill

Our Billy wants to change, too.

2011-09-02T11:19:00.001-04:00

“Caterpillar into chrysalis, or pupa, and from thence into beauty.”*

And you’re like, wtf? WHERE WAS MY THURSDAY MTLB POST???? Easy people. It's not that I’ve been out staring at swords in c-stores or fish on overpasses, but the blogging workload after six plus years here (and in real life), is such that some major changes are underway for this here entity called MTLB. That’s also basically me teasing you ahead of your Labor Day plans with what’s next. Stay tuned bitches, I got shit to do.

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*C’mon people, did you really want me to go with a Bowie Cha-Cha-Cha-Changes reference?

Btw,

2011-09-02T11:02:00.001-04:00

- Sexy intern dance!
- Twitter ad, reinforces the notions of everyone who hates it.
- Meat your Star Wars.
- Polar bear showdown!

The HAL 9000 - Get one today!

2011-08-31T10:32:00.000-04:00

The future of computing – today! Cool look at the influence of the movie 2001 in advertising. (See that shit when you’re five, trust, you’ll need therapy for the chimp scene alone.)

(Via.)

Because chicks dig a fanny pack.

2011-08-31T09:13:00.001-04:00

No, they do. I have three. (Dukes of Hazard, Van Halen and an A-Team.) In this case though, TDA does not share my view that the male fun bag is as effective for luring women as say, Axe, so they created a safe-sex campaign for Sir Richard’s Condoms (the Tom’s Shoes of condoms, available in Whole Foods and Walgreens). The accompanying message states “This is a complimentary fanny pack. When worn as a fashion accessory by a man, it makes for excellent birth control. No man has ever been seduced while wearing a fanny pack in the history of the fanny pack. In the event you prefer your birth control to involve actual intercourse, may we suggest Sir Richard’s Condoms.” Sexy!

Btw,

2011-08-31T09:07:00.000-04:00

- Commencing coloring, crayons on.
- GPS detects nuclear blasts.
- Wahlburgers.
- Get me to pun ER, stat.
- Pantone as merch.

Kubrick deconstructed.

2011-08-30T10:38:00.000-04:00

The internet is a wild wonderous place, innit. From designer Viktor Hertz comes a different interpretation of Stanley Kubrick’s movies through posters (which appears to be part of a larger collection, some of which is NSFW.)

Btw,

2011-08-30T10:23:00.000-04:00

- Harold, Harold & Kumar get locked up.
- Sears ups its image.
- Spranta.
- Putting the yo in yodler.
- Future chav.
- Death Star dress.

I’m gonna need time off for Burning Man.

2011-08-29T07:49:00.000-04:00

Come again? Employee guidelines for Twitter? WE GOT GUIDELINES FOR BURNING MAN. I thought this was cool to do for your crew. Adam Kleinberg from Traction in San Francisco has built into their employee guidelines a section about attending outside events “to attend events that inspire or enhance professional and/or creative development.” Now some agencies do foster that attitude by letting people attend conferences, but how many actually let you go to large-scale events like that if it can’t be billed back to clients. NOT MANY I SAY.

AdVerve 78 - The Rapture

2011-08-29T01:09:00.001-04:00

Play the show now.

Wait, that’s the end of the world, innit. WELL IT’S NOT. We have more AdVervial goodness for you people and that other stuff will just have to wait. Pick a topic because like a pot luck from hell, it’s in here. Movies to watch, commercials to avoid, and politicians to vote for. But wait, there’s more: Other podcasts of note and blog projects to read. Angela dishes on why Egypt is a swell place to visit and why the lira is was an even sweller currency. But we digress. Which is why you listen.

The Linkage You Need:
- Vintage Palmolive ad: "Most man ask 'is she pretty?', not 'Is she clever?'"
- Mohr Stories
- This Week With Larry Miller
- Big Lebowski
- Sarah Palin’s Grizzly spot
- The 3six5 Project
- The 3six5 Project, Chicago edition

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Roll tide Night Ranger!

2011-08-28T13:41:00.000-04:00

I generally don’t like my popular culture and lexicon smashed together, but Old Navy gotta do what it do. Next up, Winger: “Look at that Old Navy girl, she’s only 17!”

“Dear Netflix...

2011-08-27T12:19:00.001-04:00

Whenever I leave after a movie, there’s a different couple in my house getting ready to watch another one. I do not like this. Thanks.”

Forget flashlights and batteries, we’re talking savings!

2011-08-27T12:07:00.002-04:00

IT’S GONNA BE A TSUNAMI OF SAVINGS! A TIDAL SURGE OF BLOWOUT DEALS! A PERFECT STORM OF DISCOUNTS, SELECTION AND FASHION! Nice exploitation of impending natural disaster before Hurricane Irene is over, courtesy of The Avenue. Looks like one person already won’t be able to take part. No worries, the deals extend to family and friends!

Three words, 999 fonts.

2011-08-27T10:52:00.000-04:00

Typegasm time for Pentagram’s promotional video of the Simon Garfield book “Just My Type: A Book About Fonts.” (Via, via.)

Btw,

2011-08-26T12:08:00.001-04:00

- Lyle Waggoner as Batman!
- The Monkees screen test!
- Dennis Hopper!
- Blame Sam Jackson.
- Fun with asbestos.
- Without a good club, or good knife.
- Russian subway dogs.
- Ugandan skateboarding. (Via.)

The way they were.

2011-08-25T19:00:00.000-04:00

Hasbro toys 1996!

Btw,

2011-08-25T18:09:00.001-04:00

- Nivea Re-Africanizes.
- The Donkey Whisperer.
- The Second Amendment right to bear tyepfaces.
- iPackage.
- Liquid nitrogen ice cream.
- Happy 20th Birthday Web!

Back in my day we had dinosaurs, and we liked it.

2011-08-24T00:00:00.001-04:00

Alternate histories created with dinosaurs. (Via.)

Throw another McFeast on the barbie.

2011-08-24T00:00:00.000-04:00

MCFEAST???? For like a family of 12? Relax friends, it’s much smaller than that. And, the Maccas staff are very friendly down under, no? (Agency: DDB Sydney.)

(Via.)

The Kubrick girl was never really happy, was she.

2011-08-23T15:59:00.000-04:00

Instagram schmintztagram. Awesome collection of director Stanely Kubrick’s work as a photographer in 1949 Chicago. (Via.)

What goes with Tower 1, beef or chicken?

2011-08-22T23:05:00.000-04:00

Yep. 9/11 wines.

The Commercial Hyundai Doesn’t Want You To See!

2011-08-22T09:46:00.001-04:00

I love emails like that. The brand bans it but somehow magically it ends up on YouTube. Yeeaaaaah. Okaaaay.

(Agency: Fitzroy.)

Burger King returns to its glorious food porn past.

2011-08-20T21:07:00.000-04:00

Proof of what happens when you let franchisees have it their way. Welcome to a post-King world kids. Is guacamole really their problem? At least they didn’t use succulent in the copy. Enjoy!

(Agency: McGarryBowen.)

“I pledge allegiance, to the bear...”

2011-08-20T00:01:00.001-04:00

I can see bears from my front porch right now! (Watch to the end to let that one hit home.) It’s important to get America back on track. That’s why in a land of liberty it’s also important to disable comments.