Monthly Archives: November 2013

The Art Seen In New York (Magritte/Balthus Edition)

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled down to The Big Town last weekend and say, it was swell. (After, that is, we crawled our way through the Mother-in-Law of All Traffic Jams: From the New York City line to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 59E59 Theaters, Al Hirshfeld, Alexander Calder, All That Fall, American Modern, Balthus: Cats & Girls, Barneys New York, Calder Shadows, Cezanne, Charles Demuth, Dennis Freedman, Designing Modern Women, Dubuffet Frayeur, Eileen Atkins, Eykyn Maclean Gallery, Gauguin, I Saw the Figure Five in Gold, Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, Lincoln Center Library, Magritte, Malkine Untitled 1927, Marcel Duchamp, Matisse, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Michael Gambon, MOMA, Mother-in-Law of All Traffic Jams, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York Times, New-York Historical Society, Nude Descending a Staircase, Picabia, Picasso, Robert Indiana: Beyond Love, Roberta Smith, S.J. Perelman, Samuel Beckett, Surrealism and the Rue Blomet, The Armory Show at 100, the Big Town, The Line King, The Met, The Missus, Van Gogh, Venus Over Manhattan, Westward Ha!, Whitney Museum, WWD | 6 Comments

Ask Dr. Ads: What’s Up With The Ad Attacking Jimmy Kimmel?

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Doc opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, Imagine my surprise when I unfolded the Boston Globe the other day and saw this: My first reaction was WTF? What’s your reaction? Is … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC, Ask Dr. Ads, Change.org, China Foreign Ministry, genocide of all Chinese people, Hollywood Reporter, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Kimmel Live, jimmy-kimmel-wrong.com, Kids Table, killing all Chinese, mitbbs.com | Leave a comment

SEIU You, SEIU Me

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Boston’s SEIU Local 1199 has been dope-slapping HealthBridge Management for – well – ever, eventually seeing the nursing home company file for chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this year. But the labor union’s not done yet. A week ago Sunday, 1199 ran this ad … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, HealthBridge Management, HealthBridgeWatch, knife to a gunfight, SEIU 1199, Service Employees International Union | 4 Comments

Manga! Manga!

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Whiskey Tango Foxtrot desk The hardworking staff freely admits that it’s painfully out of touch with modern culture, but really . . . We have no idea what this ad is about or why it ran in Thursday’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 'Straw Hat' Laffy, Japan, Manga, New York Times, One Piece, VIZ.com, Weekly Shonen Jump | 5 Comments

Correction o’ the Year (Queens Chronicle Edition)

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From Politico’s new Capital Playbook, yet another marketing vehicle for the insatiable Politicoctopus. CORRECTION OF THE YEAR, from Queens Chronicle: “This article is wrong in its entirety.”http://goo.gl/ynFYgr The monumental error in its entirety: Queens dissed on City Council speaker meetings … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Capital Playbook, Peter C. Mastrosimone, Politico, Politicoctopus, Queens Chronicle, Ydanis Rodriguez | Leave a comment

Blackberry Still Whistling Past The Adyard

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Blackberry reminds us of Sidney Falco in Sweet Smell of Success when J.J. Hunsecker tells him, “You’re dead, son. Get yourself buried.” (1:35) Blackberry ads in Wednesday’s New York Times: Remain in power? Seriously? Rest in peace is more like … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BlackBerry, J.J. Hunsecker, New York Times, remain in power, rest in peace, Sidney Falco, Sweet Smell of Success, Whistling Past the Adyard | Leave a comment

Tanks For The Memories (Dukakis ’88 Part Two)

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

As we noted yesterday, the hardsearching staff has been trying to locate adman Ed McCabe’s legendary New York magazine takedown of the 1988 Michael Dukakis presidential ad campaign. And we finally did (via Google Books here. Click on Preview this magazine; piece … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Dan Quayle, David D'Alessandro, Dukakis and the Tank, Ed McCabe, George Bush, Google Books, New York, NO BUSH NO QUAIL, Politico, Scott Miller, The Campaign You Never Saw | Leave a comment

Hey, Politico: Tanks For The Dukakis ’88 Memories

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Losing Party desk Politico took a trip down Memory Lane the other day in this Josh King confessional piece from the new Politico Magazine. Dukakis and the Tank The inside story of the worst campaign photo … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 17 point lead, 1988 presidential campaign, battle tank, Christian Science Monitor, Dan Quayle, Democratic National Convention, Ed McCabe, Josh King, Matt Bennett, Michael Dukakis, New York, Politico, Politico Magazine, Sam Donaldson, The Campaign You Never Saw | 9 Comments

Dr. Dre Goes Double-Truck In NYT

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Beats by Dre, the fabulously successful head(phone)shop, is branching out, as this two-page ad in Monday’s New York Times announced. Lefthand page: Righthand page: How soon? From TheNextWeb: Beats says its new Beats Music streaming service will launch ‘within the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beats by Dre, Beats Music, Deezer, Dr. Dre, Dre for Pay, Google, head(phone)shop, iTunes Radio, Microsoft, New York Times ad, Rdio, Spotify, The Next Web | 2 Comments

Mark Zuckerberg Thinks You’re A Faceshnook

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Facebook CEO Mark (Data) Suckahberg has just sunk his talons deeper into your digital carcass. New York Times piece (via the Boston Globe): Critics probably won’t like Facebook’s policy SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook pressed ahead Friday with changes to its privacy … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, FaceShnook, FTC, Mark DataSuckahberg, Mark Zuckerberg, New York Times, Privacy policies, Red Lobster, Robert Pinsky, Sneak ADtack, Sponsored Stories | 2 Comments