Every now and then you think: I wish I’d been there. I wish I’d been at the 2008 Grammys when Prince appeared live with Beyonce. Prince died today aged 57. In some respects he was, indeed, the ‘purple pain,’ but ...
Read More »Memories of David Bowie
David Bowie, whose death from cancer at 69 was announced today, made surprisingly little impact on advertising as a performer although his music appears in countless ads. But, as a genuine musical great, maybe he didn’t need to. If he’d ...
Read More »Louis Vuitton flashes its (considerable) wallet with David Bowie ‘Venice’ extravaganza
Money is a nice thing to have of course and French luxury brand Louis Vuitton has buckets of it (the one-time luggage maker’s ‘brand’ alone is valued at about $26bn). So it’s splashing the cash on this opus (running on ...
Read More »Sony and McCann London plug brand heritage for global Xperia Z smartphone launch
What do you you say about (yet) another smartphone? Sony and McCann London have decided to tell us all about Sony too via a quick history of its products from tellys via the Walkman and PlayStation to the new Xperia ...
Read More »David Bowie bounces back with a new record – are we set for a Ziggy era in advertising?
David Bowie’s new single Where Are We Now, the prequel to an album apparently, is certainly polarising. Some people thinks it’s the greatest, others that he’s just talking his way through it (Bowie is 66, Leonard Cohen gets away with ...
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