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so, in the business of advertising, we’ve come to terms with prettying up unlovely facts and faces. “how do you people sleep at night?” one might ask. not too well actually, truth be told sleeping on 50 ringgit notes is pretty disconcerting. anyhoo, we tip our hats off to the world’s greatest liars advertisers.

shave, curl, pluck. make up is your real life healing brush. and women have taken the art to new levels of omgwtf. don’t believe us? “after” pics for the freaking win!

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it was tough. simon, paula & randy aka ajay, ajay & roni were drained from sifting through the eye-opening (sorry, can’t help it) standard of entries. just goes to show what some carrot, in this case an RM200 carrot no less, could do to improve work quality. anyway, in the true spirit of co-creation plus the fact that we’re living in the powerful age of consumer’s voice, the judges have decided to go all american idoly and let the public choose the winner!

the finalists shown above are:

A. suet’s craftily designed 360-degree conceptual eye on change
B. alvin’s out-of-the-box in-a-box convention-slicing interpretation
C. sharon’s intricately patterned multicolored masterpiece
D. joseph’s spring-loaded eye-popping shock value

so quick quick people people, cast your vote right HERE by leaving a comment, stating your favorite eyepiece before 2pm tuesday, 8 april 2008!

note: email votes, sms or call-ins would not be entertained. bribes however, are discreetly welcomed.

(for a better look at the real thing, they’re stuck on roni’s a-wee-bit-too-dark glass door)

voting is closed.

and the winner… suet!

so we love american tv series that peeps into the lives and stories of lawyers, cops, tattoo artists, heroes, house-wives and bla bla bla. has anyone here ever wondred why hasn’t been any shows about our lovely industry? don’t tvproducers realise that the life of an advertising dude is as interesting as the one of a forensic officer?

come Mad Men, a new tv series set in the new york city of the 1960s, a time in a city where advertising executives and creative directors were all so powerful and extremely flamboyant. personal and professional manipulations, power struggles and sex-ploitation are all it takes to seal a deal and get a product sold.

produced and written by the people behind “the sopranos”, this show just bagged the recent golden globe awards for best drama tv series. tough expecting starworld or 8tv to broadcast this show soon, so cop it on torrent or any dvd if you get the chance to.

tan “im not really that stubborn” kuai lan

just for a change in pace/direction/staying clear from work, this is a light-hearted posting brought to you by the letters o, m, and g. a compendium of 150 monty python skits may not mean much to compulsive facebookers, but for those repeatedly butting their heads against that creative mental block, perhaps a little british humour may help with that “breaking out of the box.” also recommended, “bits of fry and laurie.” especially hilarious at 4am after a few shots of vodka.

spotted at heineken music’s impulse: a junk music project, the reclusive nightlife camera looked – and sounded – like it’s never stopped gigging. frontman jit woei wrapped the opening act with jack trade’s all-time favorite “dancing in the rain”, still sounding as good as ever but this time with renewed intensity. is the long-anticipated second album finally materializing?

looks like there are always local acts to fall back on in times of erm, desperation. jokes aside, rock genesis, an event sponsored by momentum (look it up), brings together up and coming bands plus the country’s more established not-quite-mainstream-but-no-longer-underground acts – dragon red, one buck short and tempered mental. half the cover charge to be donated to welcome community home.

*photo of melina knicked from local blogger.

date: sunday, 08 july 2007 at 1630 hours
venue: zouk, kl
cover charge: rm20

brightly coloured quirks. meaning-ful (or -less) squiggles. spiders and tigers and bears. oh my. some in dire need of a touch-up. others of a shave. once only found on big, bad harley riders or hong kong triad members; today every khang, hwe and alex has one. while one often wonders about the story behind those tatts, the bibgang simply wants to know if anyone bawled like a baby getting inked.
p/s our eyes and ears tell us julian’s getting prepped for another huge one.

bates’ work for the attic art cafe is amongst the finalists in the new york fest. campaign and singles. keep those fingers crossed, boyos.

box in the sidebar. random tunes. in no particular preference.

la la la / the bird and the bee
turn on me / the shins
dancing in the rain / nightlife camera
my violent heart / nine inch nails
send my love to the dancefloor, i’ll see you in hell (hey mister dj) / cobra starship
hunting for witches / bloc party