Monthly Archives: August 2014

Round Midnight at the Global Worldwide Headquarters (Flying Burrito Brothers Memphis Edition)

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Next in a series of live music performances the hardwatching staff has enjoyed (via YouTube) at end of day Back in 1971, the hardsmoking staff glommed on to the Flying Burrito Brothers – one of the endless Byrds spinoffs (we’ll get to Dillard & … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Byrd Watcher, Byrds spinoffs, Chris Etheridge, Chris Hillman, Colorado, Dillard & Clark, Ellis Auditorium, Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons, Memphis, Round Midnight, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Tried So Hard | 5 Comments

Jason Gay’s Sweet Farewell to His Dad

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Gay is one of the funniest newspaper columnists around. (See here for further details.) But his piece in Friday’s Journal was more poignant than piquant, since it was a valediction for his father, Ward Gay. From … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bud Collins, Cambridge Rindge and Latin, Harry Hopman, Jason Gay, Rod Laver, Wall Street Journal, Ward Gay | Leave a comment

Welcome to Boston’s Museum of Fine Apps

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

During his two-decade tenure as director of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, Malcolm Rogers has consistently strained to stretch the locals’ definition of art, from the photographs of Herb Ritts to the motorcars of Ralph Lauren. Now, as Rogers prepares to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Big Baby Heads, Boston Globe, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Conversation Piece, Geoff Edgers, Herb Ritts, iPhone app, Malcolm Rogers, Marina Abramovic, MFA, Miley Cyrus, Miranda July, Museum of Modern Art, Ralph Lauren cars, Somebody, The Artist Is Present, The Harvard Crimson | 2 Comments

Nike Pimps Out Air(time) Jordan at U.S. Open

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Product placement is no longer just a function of plunking down a Starbucks mug on the set of MSNBC’s Morning Joe or handing Seinfeld’s Kramer some Junior Mints. That’s so 1.0, yo. Welcome to Product Placement Umpteen.0, yo. From yesterday’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Air Jordan, ESPN, Junior Mints, Kramer, Michael Jordan, Morning Joe, MSNBC, Nike, NikeCourt, Product Placement 1.0, Roger Federer, Seinfeld, Sneak ADtack, Starbucks, U.S.Open, Wall Street Journal, Zoom Vapor AJ3 | 2 Comments

Confessions of a Journo-Sneak

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardtracking staff has previously noted, journalists have been two-time losers in the native advertising dodge. They’re either 1) bypassed by their publications (a good thing in our estimation, a bad thing in their bank accounts), or 2) hired … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "Confessions", Digiday, FishbowlNY, native advertising, Sneak ADtack, The Daily Beast | 2 Comments

Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times (Ronald M. Firman Edition II)

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

For the second time in a month, Ronald M. Firman of Miami, FL has purchased a full-page ad in the New York Times to air his sentiments about Middle East affairs. First installment: Yesterday’s Times addition: We’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ahmad Abu Halabiya, Anthony Farhat, campaignmoney.com, Curt Clawson, Hamas, Israel, Martin Burns, Middle East, Mosab Hassan Yousef, New York Times, OpenSecrets.org, Paige Kreegel, Roll Call, Ronald M. Firman, Skeikh Hassan Yousef, Trey Radel, Values Are Vital | 1 Comment

Euphemism o’ the Day (Joe Biden Edition)

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From Politico yesterday: Joe Biden’s secret fundraisers Vice President Joe Biden has been crisscrossing the country attending closed-door fundraisers and donor events for Democratic House candidates — but you won’t find many on his schedule. In Seattle, Biden worked a photo … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged donor maintenance events, George Soros, Joe Biden, most transparent administration in history, Politico, secret fundraisers | 2 Comments

NYC Cops Have Sharp(ton) Words for Mayor Bill de Blasio

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

It’s DEFCON 4 between the NYPD and Bill de Blasio. Exhibit Umpteen: This full-page ad in yesterday’s New York Times. Money grafs: Got that? – demagogues, anti-safety political opportunists, blowhards . . . Al Sharpton, c’mon down! (See also Tawana … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Al Sharpton, Bill de Blasio, Ed Mullins, Freddy's Fashion Mart, New York Times, NYPD, Sergeants Benevolent Association, Tawana Brawley | 1 Comment

Round Midnight at the Global Worldwide Headquarters (Thelonious Monk Edition)

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

First in a series of live music performances the hardwatching staff has enjoyed (via YouTube) at end of day The hardworking staff has taken to watching music videos before bedtime, so we’ve decided to share some of them with you, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1966, Ben Riley, Charlie Rouse, Larry Gales, Norway, Round Midnight, Thelonious Monk | 5 Comments

Quote o’ the Day (Robert Capa War Correspondent Edition)

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From the Weekend Wall Street Journal’s Review section: “For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner.” – Robert Capa Sadly, Lana Turner is dead. H.D.S. Greenway, on the other hand, is very … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Behind the Front, Craig Gibson, Doonesbury, Foreign Correspondent, Garry Trudeau, H.D.S. Greenway, James Foley, Lana Turner, Margaret Asquith's Great War Diary 1914-1916, Martin Rubin, Review, Robert Capa, Roger Lowenstein, Stephen Brumwell, Vietnam, Wall Street Journal, World War I | 3 Comments