Minneapolis Michael

Advertising + media news filtered; then skewed by a Minnesotan.

Jun 30, 2009 1:04pm
My inner 12 year old will NOT apologize for finding this funny; furthermore, neither will the 26 year old version - which, truth be told, aren’t that dissimilar.
Jun 19, 2009 6:16pm
Minneapolis represent! I really like this new work from BBDO Minneapolis and Laika for SPAM.
Jun 17, 2009 10:39pm
Stellar work from Wieden+Kennedy for Honda announcing the re-opening of a plant that’s been inoperable for four months due to the shitty economic conditions across the globe, and, in this case, specifically in the UK. Stellar work from Wieden+Kennedy for Honda announcing the re-opening of a plant that’s been inoperable for four months due to the shitty economic conditions across the globe, and, in this case, specifically in the UK.
Jun 10, 2009 2:53pm

This Dude Need an Assistant?

I wonder if Christy Peacock needs an assistant. The right honorable Mr. Peacock was recently named Head of Art for Fallon North America, according to my favorite “blog for advertising creatives in Austrailia,” Campaign Brief. Head of Art? What, precisely, does that mean? According to Darren Spiller, the new ECD at Fallon,

“…one of my first tasks was to ensure that the execution of our work would be of the highest standard. It was apparent to me that we would need a world class head of art. Christy has a great eye for detail and a wonderful nose for sniffing out the latest and greatest.”

How badass is the title Head of Art? Yo, Peacock, give a blogger a tweet if you need a Head of THE INTERNETZ; I could own that shit.

Jun 6, 2009 1:58pm
“Mad Avenue Blues” to the tune of Don McLean’s “American Pie.”
Jun 2, 2009 11:49pm
I’m famous. I’m famous.
Jun 2, 2009 11:24pm
steveanderson: Fenway. 5/31/09. Only 17 days until Alpine.

steveanderson:

Fenway. 5/31/09.

Only 17 days until Alpine.
Jun 2, 2009 1:05pm
One more. One more.
Jun 2, 2009 1:04pm
Killer work for the second season of “True Blood” by Digital Kitchen. Killer work for the second season of “True Blood” by Digital Kitchen.
May 31, 2009 5:07pm
“ When I asked whether setting up the audience that way was satisfying for a comic — revenge, of a kind, for being misunderstood — Galifianakis surprised me by shaking his head soberly. “That’s one of the great things about comedy: we can — and should — say the things that other people aren’t supposed to say. If we didn’t do that, if we didn’t push against those limits, we’d just be standing around onstage and yelling. ” - From a profile of Zach Galifianakis in this week’s New York Times Magazine.
May 27, 2009 9:00pm
suicideblonde: Work it out, gurl I’m honestly not sure that I’ve heard a Lady Gaga song in my life. Judging the book by its cover, I think I’m alright with that.

suicideblonde:

Work it out, gurl

I’m honestly not sure that I’ve heard a Lady Gaga song in my life. Judging the book by its cover, I think I’m alright with that.
May 24, 2009 9:02pm
It’s unusual to see a full page ad for a film 12 days in advance of its release in 2009. It’s unusual to see a full page ad for a film 12 days in advance of its release in 2009.
May 24, 2009 8:43pm

The Girlfriend Experience

I saw Soderbergh’s latest piece yesterday, and I’m still digesting it. It’s either the best thing I’ve seen all year, or the worst (after I Love You, Man). I’ll tell you this: the last scene left people at the 5/23 1:20 p.m. screening at Lagoon audibly gasping at its audaciousness. This alone leads me to believe it is so best.
May 24, 2009 8:32pm
whatevs: leitch: Bill Simmons’ highly anticipated The Book Of Basketball, coming out this October, seems to finally have a cover. I see they are keeping the Finger Touching Round Object motif from the last one. Foreword by Malcolm Gladwell, obviously. Listed at 720 freaking pages. Seven hundred and twenty. Anticipation levels soaring… If Leitch and Grambo like it, I like it. WAIT! I’ve always loved The Boston Sports Guy; I don’t need pop cultural icons to tell me what to like, or do I?

whatevs:

leitch:

Bill Simmons’ highly anticipated The Book Of Basketball, coming out this October, seems to finally have a cover. I see they are keeping the Finger Touching Round Object motif from the last one.

Foreword by Malcolm Gladwell, obviously. Listed at 720 freaking pages. Seven hundred and twenty.

Anticipation levels soaring…

If Leitch and Grambo like it, I like it. WAIT! I’ve always loved The Boston Sports Guy; I don’t need pop cultural icons to tell me what to like, or do I?
May 22, 2009 11:29am
“ Mr. Soderbergh, like Jean-Luc Godard in the second half of the 1960s, is less concerned here with finish or coherence than with an authentic, on-the-fly recording of a moment, and right now that moment — the weeks just before the last presidential election, when the financial system was in midcalamity — is at once too close and too emphatically in the past for it to make a lot of sense. ” - from A.O. Scott’s review in today’s New York Times. Very much looking forward to seeing this tomorrow.
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