Don't send me bullshit, unless it's really tasty bullshit!
I get lots of PR releases from agencies, production companies and assorted wankers looking for a write up on the world's most cantankerous adblog. Most I ignore, but I got one today that was quite impressive. Why? Because it was done in good taste, promoting some very tasteful products, and the campaign it was talking about was done impecably by EuroRSCG, which in spite of being a BDA, is redeeming itself by doing increasingly interesting stuff. It's for Clara Williams Jewelry, which I never heard of, but check out the ads here. Download clara_williams1.pdf Very clever use of checkboxes to give a sense of fun. I particularly like the "Fundraser - Hellraiser" options for a church publication. I can't explain it any more without a couple of drinks. You'll just have get your fucking arse over there for a closer look.
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If you bought more MadScams, I could afford this shit!
so... let me get this straight. to drive people to their web 0.2 store, they resorted to some disastrously tacky print pieces? and you call that 'tasteful'?
looks just like your type of hackery. i mean, i know you're washed up and behind the times, but jesus. grow a sense of style.
Posted by: wtf | October 18, 2007 at 08:03 PM
wtf...
Hey dickface..., it's Web 2.0 not web 0.2. And if you think that print is tacky, you probably think Howard draft has great taste. And finaly, if I am a hack and washed up as you claim, what the fuck are you reading my blog for? Shouldn't you be watching porn or something?
Cheers/George
Posted by: George Parker | October 18, 2007 at 09:54 PM
did i touch a nerve, george parker?
methinks you missed the (admittedly easy) play on buzzwords. web 2.0 would mean an advanced, community driven site, i.e... not the site you just linked to. it looks like 1996 round that neck of the woods.
as for taste: wedding day? WHITE! wedding night? RED! miaow, motherfuckers; someone set the write on fire.
enjoy the embers of your career. i'll be the one beating off as they read your eulogy.
yours,
dickface
Posted by: wtf | October 19, 2007 at 12:15 AM
alright...admittedly that was not the best site nor the best writing, but damn, wtf, ease up son...
george may not be the springiest chicken in the henhouse but he does have an awful lot of metal and glass trinkets from the ad industry honoring his achievements. i worked with him and can vouch for his cantankerous (sometmes) nature, but when he put pen to paper it was solid stuff.
the same can be said about most people from previous generations in ANY field of endeavor. it's an old song "what you done lately", maybe should change the words to "you did just fine" and let it go?
Posted by: the lower depths | October 19, 2007 at 05:11 AM
Hey, DickFace-
Most people come on here with some nom de plume.
But I salute you for having the balls to use your real name.
It clearly suits you.
Posted by: OyVey! | October 19, 2007 at 03:30 PM
Holy shit... who brought the smackdown? Bet it stings to be on the receiving end for a change ;)
Posted by: holla_front | October 19, 2007 at 03:31 PM
Wahhh!!!
First off... I liked the Clara Williams stuff. If you don't, that's OK... But... It's my blog, so, I'm expresing my opinion. You are more than welcome to post yours. That's why I don't have filters, or pre-approval checks on the comments section... I'm a big boy and I've been hammered (Ooops, sorry "Hammer") enough in the past. I have a skin like a fucking Elephant. Anyway... I'll stick to my POV... I like the print... Compare it with most of the other stuff in that category and it's far superior. If you don't agree, slag me off with a comment. But never forget... It's my blog, and if I think you are a dick... I'll say so. In fact, I'll do it in caps...YOU ARE A DICK. There, I feel better now!
Cheers/George
Posted by: George Parker | October 19, 2007 at 06:03 PM
i like the stuff that john doyle did in the jewelery category better, half the page taken up with big type posing a smart premise and a small pictue of the object, nice, smart, tasteful...
the clara williams stuff is o.k but the writing seems to be pedestrian...but then again, maybe that's their market?
i have to admit one of the things i liked least was the actual jewelry on the site. the art direction was alright, so too the shots and typography.
Posted by: the lower depths | October 20, 2007 at 06:39 AM
Speaking as someone who has tried to get you to write up my own stuff, I have to say I am a little disappointed.
Not that you didn't deem my stuff worthy, but that you thought that jewelery campaign was.
Just because 99% of ads in the category are shite, that doesn't mean those average Clara Williams ads are worth talking about.
As for the dinosaur accusation - I'm on your side George. It's not like you've ever pretended to be a web guru. I get the impression you'd be daubing toilet doors with cutting remarks and exhibition swearing about BDAs if you hadn't discovered blogging.
Dickface; what's your next gag? The one about how George doesn't know anything about the inner workings of particle accelerators? Can't wait for you to break that badboy out.
Posted by: Assorted Wanker | October 20, 2007 at 11:21 AM
yes. will let you know when it's ready.
kidding. i'm not having a go at george cause he doesn't know the web. i'm taking a shot at him cause he is a venomous, noisy, hollow hack whose time - if there ever was one - has passed.
all this could be forgiven if his work had ever been good enough to back up his vitriol, or if he had a shred of humility. but alas,
-dickface
Posted by: wtf | October 20, 2007 at 01:08 PM
WTF wtf.
If you review Parker’s resume, you’ll see he’s won about, oh, 400 more awards than most of us. While even he’d probably admit the bulk of his success came a decade or two ago, it hardly invalidates his accomplishments. If he’s a hack, we should all be so lucky.
You ought to consider reading his book, MadScam. It’s probably the best contemporary overview on advertising out there right now. The old geezer is passing knowledge and inspiration along to the next generations—how many Mad Ave Boomers out there are doing that? How many even have the ability to do that?
As for the “shred of humility” jab, what industry are you working in? Humility is cool, and it makes one more likeable. But it’s often got to be put aside if you really hope to sell and succeed. Just saying.
Posted by: omg | October 20, 2007 at 08:18 PM
omg, wtf. wtf, omg. a pleasure.
the thing about humility that people like george, who excel at nothing more than yelling from the steeples, don't recognise:
we all know people with more arrogants than confidents. funny then, when you think about it, how arrogance and insecurity are intrinsically linked.
Posted by: wtf | October 21, 2007 at 01:09 PM
wtf,
Is that some sort of self-analysis on your part?
Insecurities will always be present in our line of work. However, any regular visitor to this blog realizes Parker’s arrogance is borne of confidence, not insecurity.
Posted by: omg | October 21, 2007 at 03:25 PM
arrogance, not arrogants
cofidence, not confidents
you'll have to try harder to be taken seriously. and that's not about your spelling.
arrogance is going on someone's blog, making comments that don't really say anything and then getting pissed off if no one really gets what your saying or why.
confidence is having your own blog and speaking your mind regardless of the guttersnipes.
do you have a blog we can visit and play with? if so, please post.... would love to see what your hot topics are.
Posted by: the lower depths | October 22, 2007 at 08:02 AM
I'm not saying I agree with WTF, but he's got style.
Posted by: Sean | October 23, 2007 at 05:25 AM
how can you tell? he's only written a few badly formed, misspelled sentences here that had no real content ... unless you count the attempt to rip at george that came off like high school locker room grumbling ... and that was weak.
Posted by: the lower depths | October 24, 2007 at 04:54 AM