Tuesday, February 24, 2009

shred your extras

for the second time in the past month my work has been ripped off.

first - the chelsea smile logo i made up for the band was stolen by an l.a. based group, with a very similar name, that had forced the cbus group to change up their name. so the band took it upon themselves to utilize my fucking logo without getting any rights or approval from me or the band i made it for.

second - today, a cheating, moral-free, mother fucker in my type iv class decided he didn't feel like completing the assignment. so he went fishing in the recycling bin of the print lab for treasures he could call his own. he grabbed five of my compositions that i had tossed out due to incorrect sizing. this cockbag brought the work in to present as his own. my larger color prints were three people away from his. so when we got to cheater's work i called him out hardcore. the teachers decided to just have some strong words about not copying and when you can 'call something your own.'


the irony - one of the pieces the kid stole read:
PAST ISSUE CURRENT PROBLEM


i think the fucker should have been booted from the class. i will now trounce that douche in every critique to come. i hate nothing more than liars, thieves, and cheaters.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

sabor a mexico inc

first impression of the mexican jam down the street is authentic dirtball deliciousness. ordering is accomplished by pointing and hand motions to what size you want your quesadilla (unless you're confident in your espaƱol).

sabor a mexico inc
corner of 20th street and 5th ave bklyn

more to come on if it can knock off castro's as being my favorite joint outside mexico.

Monday, February 16, 2009

best_burger. ever.

go to a meat market.

buy 1/3 veal, 1/3 pork, 1/3 beef mix. they normally come in one package in three 1/3lb rows of ground meat (avoid the 'meatloaf' mixed kind from supermarkets - that shit is nasty).

also pick up some fresh bread (a sourdough preferably). buy mozzarella or provolone.

buy some sriracha, kupi mayo, and soy sauce (most likely all found at an asian specialty store).

my recipe:
- mix the meat together with italian herbs and spices, then toss that either on the grill or in a medium heat pan
- slice up the sourdough for your bun, then melt the cheese under a broiler or in a toaster oven
- while the bread and cheese are toasting and melting (respectively) and the burger hybrid is cooking, mix up your sauce
- to make the spicy mayo, use equal parts sriracha and kupi mayo, then add a dash of soy sauce
- when the burger is cooked to preference, throw it all together and prepare yourself to be disappointed in every burger you eat from your last bite on

ps - add bacon if you want, but honestly the 1/3s of everything have so much flavor going for it already that it is kind of unnecessary

Saturday, February 14, 2009

stop drinking_soda

best find of my day:

badass movies

- pride and glory

- madagascar 2


diversify. go forth and rent.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

dexter season_iii

the site below has the twelve episodes that aired this fall.

there are some syncing issues with the video and sound on a few of them, which drives me fucking nutz... but it's free. i don't have showtime.

http://www.sidereel.com/Dexter

red bull

smells like shit.

don't drink it within smelling distance of me. it's gross. literally i would be happier if you were spitting tobacco or smoking a fatty cigar or flossing your teeth or laughing obnoxiously or had a wandering eye or an extreme lisp or hiccups.. ok no hiccups are pushing it.

red bull. gross.

Monday, February 2, 2009

super bowel ads

the economy is on everyone's minds. the media won't let us forget how america is racking up a debt that will soon make our quality of life comparable to the great depression. our government is fucked. obama or not - democrat at the helm, or terrible republican leaving an epic path of destruction behind.

why this debt bullshit effected the quality of the super bowl ads... i wish i could tell you.

at a time when every person's moral has dropped and almost everyone has a chip on their shoulder (after watching wall street squander their life savings), you'd think the creatives of the world could produce some comic relief. i'm not sure if this was the clients fault (which is possible, they have absolute final say. if they want something lame and unoriginal, they'll get it), or if the agency employees were just too concerned about losing their jobs if they brought something eccentric to the table... but somebody shit the bed.

i didn't get the pleasure of watching the super bowl due to complications with trying to figure out how to pay my cable bill without the required pin (not that it really matters. football is kind of lame). instead i got to suffer this morning, watching the horror show of bad ad after bad ad unfold.

there were a few gems (ish). i linked them below with a critique of why.



E*trade
http://superbowlads.fanhouse.com/quarter2/Etrade-Babies/2409738

E*trade kept their message, and built on it in a successful fashion. they stayed true to the product and dealt with the current economy in a humorous way instead of saying something as lame as 'times are tough' or 'money is tight.' the super bowl, like all sporting events, is an escape. people don't want to be reminded of their current failings and money losses.



Hulu
http://superbowlads.fanhouse.com/quarter4/Hulu-Alec_Baldwin/2409778

CP+B represent. i know i should be reppin' this one a lot harder, but i only found the last fifteen seconds to be what carried this to being 'good'. since i do know a large number of the creatives who worked on it, i feel a bit more obligated to defend it.



Cash4Gold
http://superbowlads.fanhouse.com/quarter4/Cash4Gold-MC_Hammer/2409774

did not think i'd be writing about this one. i enjoy their play of using MC Hammer, an obvious life failure, to subtly tie into the economy and liquidation of luxuries that our nation is experiencing. plus the line, " i could get cash for this gold medallion of me wearin' a gold medallion" slays me.



even finding three ads i liked was a challenge. Coke Zero can get an honorable mention for their play on the classic coke commercial (http://superbowlads.fanhouse.com/quarter4/Coca_Cola-Zero/2409773).

overall a very disappointing start to the year. i hope obama can offer a creative stimulus for the ad industry. that show of the 'cutting edge best' was just sad.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

typo_corn

the assignment was to create 50 type-based compositions by only using a photocopier. i made a 5'8" by 5'6", 48 panel of 8 1/2" by 11", of a unicorn head.