I’ve owned the Beatles’ music now on 45 and 33 RPM vinyl, cassette, CD, and MP3. Today, I’m being told by the whole world that I now need to repurchase their new catalog because it’s been remastered. I’m told it will unearth a totally new world of beauty and genius that I’ve never been able to hear …
Daily Archives: September 9, 2009
The Advertising Arms Race
Essentially, advertising is nothing more than trying to convince the public that one thing is better than another thing that is essentially the exact same thing. Coke/Pepsi McDonald’s/Burger King.There isn’t a single person in their right mind that would throw a fit over having to choose one or the other, yet in the meantime, the …
All Commercials All The Time
My one time college roommate and good friend Dave used to drive me crazy when we’d watch television together. For the most part, he preferred the commercials to the actual programs, whereas I found them about as appealing as a toothache. The first really annoying product placement that I noticed was in Spike Lee’s Jungle …