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Author Archives: Campaign Outsider
What To Do In The Big Town (Picasso Guitars Edition)
Well, the Missus and I were out and about in the city today and here’s what we discovered (links and graphics to come, since we’re still iPadlocked): * The spectacular Picasso Guitars exhibit at MOMA, which features a stunning array … Continue reading
What To Do In The Big Town (Andy Warhol Edition)
Well, the Missus and I came down the city and here’s what we found (links and graphics to follow when the hardworking staff returns to the Global Worldwide Headquarters): * The fabulous “Abstract Expressionism: Reloading the Canon” exhibit at Michael … Continue reading
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A Tweet New Advertising Gambit
Consumer-generated ads are so last Super Bowl. (See Pepsi Max and Doritos spots from version XLV.) Trending now are social-network-fueled ads. Thursday New York Times report: Chobani, Greek Yogurt Leader, Lets Its Fans Tell the Story THE leading brand in a … Continue reading
Harry Houdini And The Boston 1600-Pound Sea Monster
Houdini: Art & Magic at New York’s Jewish Museum was pretty much panned in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal review: [T]he exhibition, whose dramatic presentation at times upstages Houdini’s magical effects, falls somewhat flat. The artistry of one of the greatest … Continue reading
Dead Letter Artifice: The Triangle Waist Company Fire
Excellent piece in Tuesday’s New York Times about documentary filmmaker Anthony Giacchino’s project to memorialize the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Waist Company fire in the Big Town that claimed 146 lives. Anthony Giacchino thumbed through a stack of letters, … Continue reading
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Who’s More Ridiculous: Robert DeLeo Or The Boston Herald?
From our Late to the Party desk: Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Broken Ankle) has decided to goose his profile by cracking down on welfare abuse. To wit (via the Boston Herald): A frustrated House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo is cracking … Continue reading
The Redemption Unit, VI
(See I, II, III, IV and V) It was something to be in Boston that summer. The spirit of ’76 was everywhere, from the massive fireworks displays on the Esplanade to the stately procession of Tall Ships into Boston harbor to the red-white-and-blue redecoration … Continue reading
Not Everyone Mad About ‘Mad Men’
From the Sunday Boston Globe Ideas section: Everybody loves “Mad Men” — except, apparently, Daniel Mendelsohn, a distinguished translator and critic who writes for The New York Review of Books. In a smart and scathing review of the show, Mendelsohn … Continue reading
The Slow Journalism Company: News Only A Dead-Blogger Could Love
This week BBC radio profiled the Slow Journalism Company, a news organization which “offers an antidote to throwaway media and makes a virtue of being the last to breaking news.” That’s reflected in the magazine Delayed Gratification: Delayed Gratification is … Continue reading
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