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Thursday, December 27, 2007

My List Of Things That I Saw/Read/Heard/Thought About In 2007 But Didn’t Write About For Some Reason Or Another

Posted by James17930 under Books, Comics/Graphic Novels, Fashion, Internet, Movies, Music, Radio
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I don’t need a big fancy introduction — I just say it all in the title.

Like Beal’s, this won’t be any sort of comprehensive list of the Best ‘o or Worst ‘o 2007, because I wasn’t really keeping track. Most of the time I’m too busy trying to catch up with things instead of worrying about what may be popular three months from now (which I’ve talked about before here). For instance, while it’s been on my iPod for over two years, I never really listened to The Constantines’ Shine a Light before; don’t ask me why, because I now know it’s fantastic (well, except for On To You, which is a bit too Eddie Money-ish for a credible alt-rock band, but whatever). I guess that’s just the way I roll.

Young Lions

Great song, horrible video, but it’s the best audio quality version available, so just close your eyes or something.

Okay, that was a nice tasty treat — now let’s get down to business.

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Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Advertising Rant

Posted by James17930 under Fashion, Media
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One of the reasons I haven’t been writing much lately is because I have this idea in my head that anything I do for the Culturatti has to be ‘professional’ looking, and researched and hyper-linked blah blah, and I just haven’t had any time recently to devote to something of that nature. But today I decided to screw that notion and just rant off the top of my head about something that struck me on the way in to work this morning as being a good topic to rant about, and hope that you’ll have seen enough examples on your own to know what I’m referring to.

Advertising — easy target, I know; more specifically, portrayal of the genders in advertising. Any time this topic gets discussed the only area that seems to get any focus is the sexification of women and the subsequent effect on young women and their body issues etc. Anything else relating to how men and women are portrayed in advertising never seems to get mentioned — people have come to accept these other, almost subliminal, gender-related messages as gospel, but to me they have just as much — if not more — of a detrimental effect on gender relations than ‘heroin chic’ does. (more…)

 

Monday, January 29, 2007

Boycott Diesel — Again

Posted by James17930 under Fashion, Media, Visual Arts
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I pass through Toronto’s Union Station every day on my way to and from work, and, most of the time, some company or other has purchased what must be called something like the ‘Deluxe Union Station Advertising Package.’ This includes not only every single poster spot on the subway platform, but also gigantic sticker-murals on many of the walls, staircases and turnstiles. This morning everything was bare, providing a nice respite from the near constant bombardment of advertising urbanites have to put up with every day, but, by the time I was heading home, the little worker-monkeys had been at the place, and what they concocted supremely pissed me off.

Yes, it seems Diesel is at it again. They’re one of these ‘edgy’ companies who pride themselves on their ‘edgy’ campaigns. Some ‘edgy’ examples from the past include the ubiquitous piles of young sexy waifs, the gay one, and this lovely one, which was previously used as a call for a boycott by Mediawatch. Their latest one, though, has gone in another direction and sunk to a unique low — it is basically a call to revel in the destruction of the Earth. (more…)

 

Wednesday, November 1, 2006

XYYZ — Russell Smith & Co. Out On The Town

Posted by James17930 under Articles/Magazines, Fashion, Internet
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I’ve been meaning to give you the scoop on this new website for a while, but haven’t gotten around to it until now — unfortunately, Eye beat me too it (see kids — this is what happens when you procrastinate).

So, while I lost the scoop, I’m going to go one better and talk in detail about it, also using this opportunity to gush about its founder Russell Smith. (more…)