Tattoo is growing like a weed. We pushed our last office at 1920 Abbott Street to the limit in capacity. We could’ve given any clown car act a run for their money. Certainly, the neighbors must’ve been scratching their heads, “Where do they PUT all those people, dogs, and motorcycles??” More >>
Not every company made it out of the recent recession. It not only swallowed up countless numbers of small businesses, but it also bankrupted brands we have known for years. More >>
Anyway, we’re excited to introduce our newest creative team. Jason Corbin, born a Buckeye and raised a Dawg, is a copywriter from Ohio who graduated from The University of Georgia with a degree in Journalism. And Allison Corbin, a graphic designer from Alabama, and a graduate from The Art Institute of Atlanta with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts. More >>
We hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving with friends and family.
One thing you probably didn’t see over the holiday was a ballsy ad from PETA. The ad was supposed to air on NBC during the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade but NBC nixed it due to not being up to “NBC Universal Standards”.
The primary focus of the ad was to highlight the unethical treatment of turkeys leading up to their most “illustrious” occasion.
Our new space at 1920 Abbott Street is starting to feel more like home. We’re almost finished with the flames painted on our main conference room wall, and foyer has made a great parking spot for Rudy’s BSA. Next up: my drums and a bubble-hockey table.
Gotta love Diablo Cody, who took Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars last night. It was the former exotic dancer’s first time at the Oscars — as she waltzed in and took home the hardware for her screenplay, “Juno”. I know that everyone raved about the movie’s fast-paced, witty dialog. But it felt like Napoleon Dynamite on girl steroids, and certainly took awhile for it to grow on me. (My favorite Junoism: “Do me a solid.”) Anyway, you’ve gotta love Diablo Cody for her colorful creativity, and for being able to pack in such sheer volume of aphorisms into such a short window of time. Read more about this crazy chick here.
Fashion Week begins in New York this Tuesday. While some feel it’s nothing more than a vapid display of vanity and consumerism, fashion maintains a choke-hold as one of the most culturally potent forces. Fashion is in bed with Music, who is currently dating Art, who trysts with Politics, who showed up at the dance with Professional Sports, who met in the parking lot with The Film Industry, who was seen just last week seen throwing back shots with Advertising. While we may not all wear couture, even those who are most devoid of plot still show up in costume. Note: even if you’re not a Galliano fan, Fashion Week is worth paying attention to. If you can see past the ostrich feathers and leopard print, you’ll get a fabulous birds-eye view of what’s next among the bourgeois.
There’s nothing quite like unrolling the newspaper in the morning, having a cup of coffee, getting newsprint all over your hands, and wrestling with those big-ass pages while you try to eat your oat bran. The newspaper is a part of culture that is weird, outdated, and absolutely fabulous. Hopefully, it will never go the way of the eight-track. But a little something extra to go with all that recycling-bin filler has become de rigeuer, according to Center for Media Research. Today, 92% of America’s topp 100 newspapers offer video on their websites. 39 papers offer original video content! 93 papers offer RSS partial text feeds, and no papers have begun embedding advertisements in their RSS feeds. And 67 papers even allow comments on articles, which is cool. Certainly can’t line the bird-cage with that.