new piece up on septic flesh

[John]

this is one of those pieces that probably would have worked better in the old heavy-design days because when it's just text on a page people have a hard time thinking they're reading anything other than unmediated me-talkin'-to-you stuff. nothing I can really do about that, but enjoy!

[WhereTheSlimeLive]

"it's because they're always in Doric mode or some shit like that"

lol

also, I played a song from it on my radio show a couple weeks ago and I was way into it.

[alistarr*]

maybe it's time for a third phase of lptj wherein it looks like it's just that text on a page but then there's all this like weird design fucking with it, but only sometimes.

or maybe you can just pretend that's what's happening and we'll be none the wiser anyway.

[TC]

I'll say this, though, about the shit ad companies come up with (and I know cuz I work at one). In a very great number of instances, the creative staff come up with shit that is funny or edgy or whatever the heck the client says they want, then the client comes back and says "we don't like it. can't you put a puppy or a rainbow or these additional 300 words into the ad?" Plus, any number of companies have to get things approved by several layers of marketing, management, middle management, upper management and by the time it comes out of that sausage fest, whatever spark of creativity or originality in it has been smothered by committee.

Dorothy Sayers wrote a fine little mystery called Murder Must Advertise and if I could find the precise quote I'd give it to you. It ran something like "the greatest obstacle to good advertising is the client." This is an eternal verity, I'm afraid.

Not that there aren't completely suck-ass ads that are greenlighted by companies without any questioning of the ad agency's product. But generally speaking, from my experience, the worse the ad, the more input the client had on it.

[jebreject]

Please don't stand up for the advertising industry.

I mean, I'm with the late Mr. Hicks on this particular question.

[plainenglish]

OK, man, you got me. I am not a'tall the metal gal, but I need to hear this because I need to hear a metal choir. or metal being played next to a choir. or whatever. Because one of the kinds of singing I do is classical choral (alto, thank you, the only ones who can read music) and listening to some heavy metal Praguean choir would be wicked awesome. (She said with great authority and confidence because she is from Massachusetts.)

[Greg Nog]

This album intrigues me very much, but I would mainly like to go on record as a New Hampshirite who will be nothing but delighted if "wicked awesome" spreads like wildfire across the globe.

[WhereTheSlimeLive]

It is sorta beyond me that most of nation does not say "wicked awesome".  To me it's as normal as saying hello. 

[alex]

I will attempt to incorporate it into my active vocabulary, even if that makes me a poser. Since I've already asked you guys to point out any grammatical mistakes that might slip into my writings here, perhaps you could also make sure to call me out on it if I fail to use "wicked awesome" on a regular basis? That would be wicked awesome of you.

[TC]

sorry jebreject, i love hicks as well, but guess how i heard about bill hicks. I saw an advertisement for a documentary. then a week later, i saw a poster for one of his albums. i said, "huh, that's twice now, maybe i should check this guy out."

again, yes, goes without saying, most adverts are pure crap just trying to get you to buy shit you don't need, but some shit you do need and how else are you going to find out about it? let's not get all holier than holy about it.

[jebreject]

lulz