Slogan t-shirts.
on Jul 29 in Culture, Frivolity, Projects, Random tagged by Peter Blackman
I’ve submitted a proposal to talk at Ignite London. It was entitled ’Slogan T shirts. What they say, and what they say about us’
The brief description that accompanied the submission went along the lines of “Why do we walk around with writing on our clothes? Why do we seem to be wearing more and more provocative slogans? Why do some of us buy our children t shirts which say ‘If you think I’m a bitch you should meet my mother’ ? We can all read what these garments say - but what do they say about us? I’m going to speak to t shirt manufacturers, t shirt wearing teenagers and twentysomethings, parents and children, psychiatrists and psychologists. All to try and find out more about the compulsion that makes people pull on an item of clothing that says ‘I’m with stupid’
I’d love some help with this. I’d love to know what is the weirdest, rudest, most inappropriate t shirt slogan you’ve ever seen. If you can think of one - mail me at info@thefreethinker.co.uk or tweet one to me at @freethinkeruk Find out more about why I want to do this talk….
Ignite Bristol #2
on Jul 28 in Bristol, Culture, Double Art, News tagged by Peter BlackmanI recently compered Ignite Bristol #2 at the Tobacco Factory Theatre.
The evening was great success (despite my involvement) with some inspiring and engaging talks by a wide range of speakers. The films, done by the lovely Beeston Media and Oli Kendall are going up on Youtube. Here are two of the first
Kaz Pasiecznik - Cryptic Secrets - Unlocking the Crossword
Liar Liar? Are my pants really on fire?
on Jul 27 in Advertising, Culture, Strategy tagged by Peter Blackman
The man on the right thinks Michael Jackson is alive
Is Michael Jackson really dead? I share an office with an art director called Damian who harbours a deep suspicion that he is in actual fact sitting on a beach somewhere. Sharing a coconut cocktail with Bubbles the chimpanzee. Finally happy in calm anonymity, and laughing at us between slurps of sugary sweet revenge through his swirly straw. He also doesn’t believe that Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon on the 11th September 2001. That’s my friend Damian. Not Michael Jackson. I don’t know what ‘Wacko Jacko’s’ view on 911 were. But given that well known nickname of his, I would guess that MJ might agree with Damian when he tells me that the hole (in the Pentagon) wasn’t big enough for a plane to have caused it.