Gomez – “See The World”

“See The World”
Gomez

Day to day
Where do you want to be?
‘Cause now you’re trying to pick a fight
With everyone you need

You seem like a soldier
Who’s lost his composure
You’re wounded and playing a waiting game
In no-man’s land no-one’s to blame

See the world
Find an old fashioned girl
And when all’s been said and done
It’s the things that are given, not won
Are the things that you want

Empty handed, surrounded by a senseless scene
With nothing of significance
Besides a shadow of a dream
You sound like an old joke
You’re worn out, a bit broke
And asking me time and time again
When the answer’s still the same

See the world
Find an old fashioned girl
And when all’s been said and done
It’s the things that are given, not won
Are the things that you want

You’ve got a chance to put things right
So how’s it going to be?
Lay down your arms now
And put us beyond doubt
So reach out it’s not too far away
Don’t mess around now, don’t delay

See the world
Find an old fashioned girl
And when all’s been said and done
It’s the things that are given, not won
Are the things that you want

Posted on August 24, 2010 in Music. Tagged with gomez, lyrics, see the world, video.

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The Day’s Delicious

Assorted nonsense and marginally relevant shenanigans via my personal delicious.com bookmarks.

- brand new: Post digital briefs and stuff: A great presentation here on the necessary evolution of the creative brief in the post-digital age.

- A Movie for Anyone On FaceBook: A fantastic and short deconstruction of Facebook…using construction paper and common sense. (Props to @jharr)

Posted on August 19, 2010 in Links. Tagged with Advertising, brand, briefing, briefs, business, digital, documentary, facebook, marketing, media, movie, planning, privacy, social, video.

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A “Mad Men” Makeover For Jantzen: Don Redux

As most folks know, I’m pretty active with our local Kansas City chapter of the American Advertising Federation. Not only is it a great organization when it comes to professional development, both in terms of ongoing education and networking, it also doubles as group therapy any time we get together. Client issues? Internal agency turmoil? Big wins and tough losses? We talk, laugh, celebrate and bemoan it all together. If you’re an advertising or marketing professional in KC, you really ought to be a member. </plug>

As we start to ramp up into our fall season of programs, one of the first things that’s been done is that the AAF-KC’s Art+Copy Club has issued a “Mad Men” creative challenge. Check it:

Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Hiring KC Creative Team.

Mad Men is not a show about great ads. It’s a great show about ad people. So it was no surprise that Don’s bikini ad from this season’s first episode fell flat. “So well-built, we can’t show you the second floor?” WTF, Don!

In an effort to regain the trust of their prospective client (and keep them from the evil clutches of Y&R), Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce is looking for new …creative concepts.

Assignment:
Use Don’s strategy but in a more effective creative execution.

Incentive: (because spec work sucks)
All work that doesn’t end up in Don’s wastebasket will be posted on the Art+Copy Facebook page. The three best concepts will win:

1st Place Two free tickets to the September 23rd Art+Copy event with Stanley Hainsworth, former Global Creative Director for Starbucks.

2nd Place Drinks with Mad Men and AAF-KC hunks, Kevin Fullerton and Jeremy Johnson.

3rd Place Bottle of bourbon and a cocktail recipe book.

Due Date:
August 17, 2010 (it’s advertising, it’s okay to be a few decades late)

Winners will be chosen as soon as we get around to it. You know how it works: the creative deadline is always rushed to give the client ample time to sit on his hands and make you wait for a decision.

Submit Your Work To:
Send a PDF to Jeremy Johnson at president@artandcopyclub.com.

Mad Men fictional ads: So poorly written, we can’t wait for you to do better.

Not being one to miss a chance to out-Don the great Don Draper, I decided to whip up four of my own concepts. Whaddya think?

[Click each thumb below to bigify/enbiggen.]

Posted on August 12, 2010 in Advertising, Humor, Photos. Tagged with aaf, AAF KC, don draper, fake ads, jantzen, mad men.

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2010 Kansas City Chiefs Training Camp Family Fun Day // St. Joseph, MO

On Saturday of this past weekend I took the family up to the Kansas City Chiefs training camp in St. Joseph, MO, for their annual Family Fun Day. My mom, the family’s resident super fan, was thrilled. Meanwhile the missus and I were pretty much preoccupied with making sure the kids didn’t melt in the heat. Regardless of not getting much time to watch the drills, I did manage to help mom get autographs from Dwayne Bowe, Chris Chambers, Alex Magee and Tyson Jackson. And ice cream was enjoyed by all.

I’m looking forward to this football season. Win or lose, the Chiefs are my team and I suspect they’ll have at least a few interesting moments this year. Here’s hoping they can catch some early momentum when they open up the season at the newly renovated Arrowhead Stadium on Monday Night Football against the San Diego Chargers.

Yes, I’ve already bought my tickets. Can’t. Wait.

Posted on August 11, 2010 in Local, Photos, Sports. Tagged with chiefs, family fun day, football, kansas city chiefs, kc chiefs, nfl, st. joseph mo, training camp.

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Lucero & Old 97s @ Crossroads KC // 07.29.10

It’s been an awesome if not exhausting week for shows for me. Thankfully, last night’s bill at the Crossroads KC was just what I needed. Memphis-made rockers Lucero and the Dallas-bred quartet the Old 97s transformed the lot behind Grinders into a makeshift roadhouse dive with their distinct brands of swaggering liquor-soaked country rock. With a mulch floor beneath the crowd’s feet and a beautifully open evening sky above — not to mention about as a bearable of an evening as you can get in KC in late July temperature-wise — the setting couldn’t be more perfect.

While some in the crowd were muttering about who should really be opening for who, with the majority opinion seeming to be that Lucero should have been topping the bill, the derision was nullified by the robust setlist delivered by both bands. Lucero frontman Ben Nichols trademark whiskey-on-gravel vocals were delivered with an intense sense of sincerity as the band paced through a generous mix of well-established and newer material. Meanwhile, the Old 97s’ Rhett Miller took more of a hammed up alt-country approach by working the crowd with hip sways, leg kicks and hair tosses while the band blasted through their core cuts with a few cover song surprises thrown in (Merle Haggard’s “Mama Tried” and REM’s “Driver 8″). For a crowd looking to shake off the dust and dirt of the KC summer, this was a show custom-built for the beer-and-barstool jetset.

Many thanks to Concert Chris for the hook-up on the tix. My photos of the evening are below…