October 2011
15 posts
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Canada's Alberta Province (@Albertans) Seeks to...
From the Toronto Star:
As provincial slogans go, Alberta’s is a bit of a mouthful.
In fact, the tagline, which reads, “Freedom to create; spirit to achieve” is so hard to remember that Premier Alison Redford has gone so far as to call it “useless.”
Now, less than three years after the province spent $25 million on a rebranding campaign that included the creation of the ...
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Kingston Radio Station @KRock1057 Cut The Crap...
Now this really stinks, literally!
On Friday October 21st, five contestants took part in “Kingston’s Dirtiest Radio Contest Ever!” to cut through Jeff and Sarah’s crap at K-Rock World Headquarters, 863 Princess St. during the morning show. The “lucky” listeners had to cut the crap by digging through a pool full of Buffalo dung for their chance to win a...
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@Drake’s Toronto #TakeCare Billboard near the...
Promoting the November 15th release date for the Take Care album. BIG move, marketing-wise by the OVO team. Wonder how this album’s gonna do as compared to the first one?
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[VIDEO] Jay-Z Interview With @SteveStoute (Part...
I’m reading the Tanning of America book right now. I don’t love it to be honest.
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Arrested at the #OccupyWallStreet Protests?...
Read about the “I’m Getting Arrested” app, created by Brooklyn software developer, Jason Van Anden, here: USA Today | Globe & Mail
Get the app for your Android phone (no iPhone app??!) by CLICKING HERE.
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New Herman Cain Video Showing Campaign Adviser...
And here’s my dude, Jay Smooth’s hilarious spoof repsonse video:
[via Politico]
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Is rapping advertising?
From the Toronto Star:
If a rapper rhymes about Patrón Téquila, is it advertising?
That’s the question being raised by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in a study released today in the journal Addiction.
The researchers parsed 793 songs on Billboard Magazine’s top 100 lists from 2005-2007 and found that 21.3 per cent of them referred explicitly to alcohol...
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Go Beyond the Cover: L'Oreal Dermablend's Amazing...
Click HERE to learn more.
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Vancouver spa offers free massages, manicures to...
Vancouver spa Eccotique wants those knotted up by guilt over their participation in the Stanley Cup riots to chill out. Guilty parties get a $50 gift certificates, should they meet a few requirements first.
Sayeth the press release: “To qualify, each suspect must show photo ID and describe how they were involved in an illegal activity, such as looting, arson or an aggressive act. They...
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27 years later, @Wendys resurrects the classic...
Read more here here: Toronto Star | The New York Times
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Via @metrotoronto: 'Occupy' protests spurred by...
Forget Twitter: the best way to organize a protest in 826 cities around the world is the old-fashioned word of mouth, as trending topics like “#event15october” are not ranked high in social media. Social networking sites Facebook and Twitter appear to be an outlet for anti-establishment ranting rather than an almighty mass-mobilizing tool. In fact, despite the rallying cry on a...
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Did @Blackberry Just Hand Over the Last of the...
Or has Apple dropped the ball too?!
Related:
Was RIM’s YouTube apology too little, too late? [Toronto Star]
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Debut collection from @KanyeWest's KW line is...
Read more via The New York Times.
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[Video] ART THOUGHTZ at the Museum of Contemporary...
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U.S. Postal Service (@USPSConnect) releases new TV...
