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Couldn’t Do It Today
Blowhard, Esq. writes:
The Trendiness Trend
Paleo Retiree writes: Could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure that this is the first time I’ve run across the adjective “trendy” being used (non-ironically, anyway) as an enticement. Is calling something “trendy” and meaning it as praise becoming a trend?
Posted in Commercial art, Humor, Trends, Women men and fashion
Tagged ads, advertisements, humor, trends, yoga
2 Comments
Fuck Clement Greenberg
Blowhard, Esq. writes: In discussions of literature and architecture, I still come across would-be intellectuals who invoke art critic Clement Greenberg’s distinction between the avant-garde and kitsch. Of course, for such people avant-garde is doubleplusgood, while kitsch is one small step … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books Publishing and Writing, Commercial art, Movies
Tagged ads, art critics, avant-garde, Clement Greenberg, Comics, Hollywood, kitsch, pulp fiction, tap dancing, Tin Pan Alley
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Open Wide
Paleo Retiree writes: Why are so many young women these days going around with their mouths wide open in an expression that seems to be half shock-of-amazement, half giant-smile? I have few memories of this particular expression playing much of a … Continue reading
Posted in Performers, Photography, Sex, Trends, Women men and fashion
Tagged "Sex and the City", ads, sex, trends
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Ads Everywhere 6
Paleo Retiree writes: That’s an ad on the plastic credit-card style room key we’re using at a Tucson hotel. In addition to being a little insulting, the visuals make the key hard to read where its main function goes: I … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial art, Media, Shopping, The Good Life, Travel
Tagged ads, Advertising, travel
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Vintage Advertising Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Ad for Tussy Medicare acne cream, 1959 Click on the image to enlarge.
Mixed Messages
epiminondas writes: Yes, I understand that different cultures communicate ideas in ways that sometimes seem strange to us. Particularly when taken out of context. Recently, while traveling in Chile, I stopped at a gas station and saw this ad in … Continue reading
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