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News from August 2009

“Dude, I could like totally smoke me a lamb chop, man.”

Forty years ago (give or take a few weeks) one of the most celebrated musical gatherings in history took place in White Lake, New York. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, The Band, The Grateful Dead and many others performed in a muddy old farmer’s field for three days in front of half a million people. There was peace, harmony… and plenty of drugs.

JWT shows integrity through the eyes of a paparazzi

There are few people more reviled for doing their jobs than the paparazzi. That reputation doesn’t come from thin air; many of them invade the personal lives of others just to make a quick buck.

A Great Beer Commercial Decision by TAXI

What’s the best thing about good, cheap beer? You can buy so much more of it. What’s the best thing about good, cheap beer commercials? You can make so many more of them.

RCKR/Y&R is thinking AND acting locally

Now here’s an interesting way to give back to the community. London’s renowned RCKR/Y&R has taken the next step by creating a tiny boutique called RKCR/Y&R Local. Local opened its doors this week in a storefront in Camden Town. Its purpose: to help out an eclectic bunch of independent small businesses in the immediate vicinity of the shop who have been suffering through this economic downturn.

Award magnet CD joins award magnet agency

Look who’s sittin’ on the dock of the Bay?

Former TBWA\Paris ECD and award show god Erik Vervroegen is bringing his vast talent to San Francisco’s Goodby Silverstein & Partners, where he’ll be working on the Commonwealth Bank of Australia account, as well as on landing new business.

Castrol is the solution for engine baldness, says O&M Brazil

met⋅a⋅phor [met-uh-fawr, -fer]

–noun

something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.

Leave it up to the folks at Ogilvy & Mather Sao Paulo to equate an underperforming car engine with baldness.

More Australian Linguistics from Digitas for Foster’s

A week or two ago we posted about the return of Foster Lager’s “How To Speak Australian” campaign, created by Digitas office in Chicago. Well it looks like they’re at it again; they just released a new salvo of 15 second spots.

TalkTalk uses pickpockets as “put-pockets”

We’ve often heard different companies claim that their products or services leave you with more money in your wallet, but this is the most literal interpretation I’ve ever seen.

See Jack. See M&C Saatchi make Jack run. Run Jack, run.

Ever have one of those days where it seems like everybody and their mother is trying to get a hold of you and just won’t leave you alone? Meet Jack, the star of this spot by M&C Saatchi’s Sydney office for ANZ, an Aussie bank. Jack is being chased through the city by a growing number of people.

DDB causes quite the shitstorm… and BabyLoves will catch it

Anybody who has an infant knows that a baby’s, um, bodily functions can be wildly unpredictable (unlike an adult; if you eat slightly off chili, you know exactly what the result will be.)

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