Thursday, 12 December 2013
Branding Heroin
An interesting project documenting Heroin Baggies from photographer Graham MacIndoe. In New York between 1975 and 1982 there were over 400 Heroin Brands on the market apparently.
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Just Say No
Much gnashing of teeth about the latest company (GSK I believe) to ask agencies for a fee for the pleasure of working on their business.
These kinds of request are clearly absurd, but there is an easy way to stop this from happening.
You don't need trade bodies to step in, or collective agreements, crisis summits, or any of that bollocks.
All you need is for any agency involved to simply take responsibility, grow some balls, and say no.
Clients will quickly rethink when they realise that they can't get anyone of any quality to work on their business.
These kinds of request are clearly absurd, but there is an easy way to stop this from happening.
You don't need trade bodies to step in, or collective agreements, crisis summits, or any of that bollocks.
All you need is for any agency involved to simply take responsibility, grow some balls, and say no.
Clients will quickly rethink when they realise that they can't get anyone of any quality to work on their business.
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Friday, 6 December 2013
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Going Nuclear In The Sound Booth
This is a brilliant bit from Toast Of London, with Steven Toast (Matt Berry) in the sound booth. You can tell Berry has done loads of voiceover sessions as this is uncannily true to life. "Have fun with it" is such a lame/brilliant bit of absurd direction, I've heard it used in real VO recordings more than once. And I think we've worked with that Clem Fandango chap...
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Monkey Hanging Tuesday
After Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we proudly present Monkey Hanging Tuesday.
You may or may not know that, according to legend and folklore, during the Napoleonic wars the good people of Hartlepool put on trial and executed a shipwrecked monkey as they believed it to be a French spy.
In fairness to the townsfolk, the monkey was dressed in full French military uniform so you can see how their suspicions were aroused.
Another theory abounds that they were only able to claim salvage rights if there were no survivors from the shipwreck and they needed to put paid to the monkey so they could fill their boots with the booty.
Either way, this act of simian capital punishment has given Hartlepool unique notoriety and fame. Fans of Hartlepool are affectionately labelled "monkey hangers"and its own mascot is a monkey named, you guessed it, H'Angus.
This ridiculous and bizarre incident has provided a rich source of comedy ever since 1810 as this witty little ditty from Boothby Graffoe demonstrates.
You may or may not know that, according to legend and folklore, during the Napoleonic wars the good people of Hartlepool put on trial and executed a shipwrecked monkey as they believed it to be a French spy.
In fairness to the townsfolk, the monkey was dressed in full French military uniform so you can see how their suspicions were aroused.
Another theory abounds that they were only able to claim salvage rights if there were no survivors from the shipwreck and they needed to put paid to the monkey so they could fill their boots with the booty.
Either way, this act of simian capital punishment has given Hartlepool unique notoriety and fame. Fans of Hartlepool are affectionately labelled "monkey hangers"and its own mascot is a monkey named, you guessed it, H'Angus.
This ridiculous and bizarre incident has provided a rich source of comedy ever since 1810 as this witty little ditty from Boothby Graffoe demonstrates.
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