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Is the Bank of Ann Arbor’s “non-local banker campaign” a hypocritical, pointelss mess of faux-localism?

By Mark | October 21, 2012

For the past few months, those of us who live in and around Ann Arbor have been subjected to a relentlessly pervasive advertising campaign featuring a balding, sunken-chested, Clearasil-colored cartoon banker with an often furrowed brow, and standard issue “nerd” glasses. He started showing up on billboards a little over a month ago. At first, […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Marketing, Observations, Uncategorized | Also tagged advertising, advertising campaign, analingus, Bank of America, Bank of Ann Arbor, banking, Banksy, billboards, Bongz And Thongz, Clear Channel, cool, Dustin Krcatovich, Encore Records, FM Dust, GG Allin, Half Ass, hipster, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, Iggy Pop, illustration, J.J. Sedelmaier, Jeremy Wheeler, JPMorgan Chase, local business, local economy, localism, localwashing, Mani Osteria, Matthew Altruda, Mayer Hawthorne, Nate Higley, Nike, non-local banker, Saagara, Saturday Night Live, social media, Sonic Lunch, TV Funhouse, VG Kids, viral marketing, Wal-Mart, what's cool and what's not | 119 Comments

The Ann Arbor Film Festival to celebrate 50 years with ambitious agenda

By Mark | March 1, 2012

In a few short weeks, the Ann Arbor Film Festival will begin celebrating its 50th anniversary. It’s a huge milestone that, to my knowledge, no other North American independent film festival has reached, and, as you might expect, organizers are pulling out all the stops. As luck would have it, I had the opportunity to […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Shadow Art Fair, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1963, 2 Live Crew, 3D, 826Michigan, A2Geeks, American Falls, animation, Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor Film Festival, art films, Arthur Lipsett, Barbara Hammer, Ben Rivers, Bentley Historical Library, bike-powered zoetrope, Bruce Baillie, burlesque, corporate rats, costumes, Craig Baldwin, Devo, Don Hertzfeldt, Donald Harrison, Encore Records, experimental film, Exquisite Motion Corpse, family-friendly shorts, feral films, Festifools, Film, film archives, film festival, founders syndrome, Gallery Project, George Manupelli, Gus Van Sant, Hauling Toto Big, Irina Leimbacher, Japanese avant-garde film, Jodie Mack, Krampus, La Jetée, Leighton Pierce, LGBTQ, Luther Campbell, Mark Toscano, Mark's Carts, Martin Thoburn, Matthew De Gennaro, Michael Robinson, Michigan Theater, MOCAD, Neutral Zone, Nickels Arcade, Pat Oleszko, Paul Clipson, Peter Rose, Phil Solomon, Robert Nelson, Scott MacDonald, Silvio's, Slusser Gallery, Spatial Shift, Star Wars, Summer Festival, Tate Modern, UMS, Voluptuous Sleep, Work Gallery | 8 Comments

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