“I just ate at McDonalds and I’m absolutely beside myself. I’m so upset that I can barely type. Do you know that nowhere on the packaging for their Filet ‘O Fish does it mention that Jesus Christ died for our sins upon a cross? It doesn’t even mention that he was known to have enjoyed […]
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Our primary platform for communicating our most deeply-held religious beliefs should be fast food packaging
Posted in Marketing, Religious Extremism, Uncategorized Also tagged brand jamming, branding, broiled fish, Christianity, Christians under attack, coffee, cups, Donald Trump, fast food, filet 'o fish, fish, Glengarry Glen Ross, honeycomb, Jesus, logos, McDonalds, packaging, paper cups, resurrection, war on Christmas, What Would Jesus Eat? 31 Comments
Art, Food, Sex and Trauma: Mark Maynard shoots the shit with the most important artists of our day… Episode 2: Rebekah Modrak
In December, I posted something about a brilliant piece of satire directed at the company Best Made and its line of high-end, artisanal axes. The artist behind the work, who called himself Peter Smith-Buchanan, I thought, lived in New York. As it turns out, however, the artist lived just down the road… Today’s interview is […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture Also tagged anxiety, artisanal goods, authenticity, axes, bearded entrepreneurial hipster outdoorsman, BEHO, Best Made Co., class, coined phrases, cultural tourism, culture jamming, design porn, family recipes, gender, identity, illegal art, interviews, manly, parody, Peter Buchanan-Smith, Peter Smith-Buchanan, pioneer fetish, plungers, porn, Re Made, Rebekah Modrak, Risto Moisio, River in the Catskills, Shinola, shopdropping, Stamps School of Art and Design, taming the wilderness, Thomas Cole, toilet plungers, turkey croquettes, University of Michigan, ZaneRay Group 33 Comments
Which Wendy’s Location are You? …the online quiz that’ll surely make me rich
A week or so ago, in a post about how much I despise the Buzzfeed quizzes that are slowly choking the life out of the internet, I speculated that, in the not too distant future, we’ll likely arrive at a point where media companies begin partnering with corporations to offer specialty quizzes intended to reinforce […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged advertising campaign, Buzzfeed, chili, Dave Thomas, fast food, marketing, quiz, slogans, social media, Where's the Beef, Wnedy's 8 Comments