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July 15, 2008

Dear 9/11 Enablers

If anybody is confused about what constitutes satire, this is the opposite of it:

via Gawker

July 9, 2008

Wesleyan in Converse's Drive Thru

Left to right: Julian Casablancas (The Strokes), Santogold, and Pharrell Williams

Converse is celebrating a century of its existence with an ad campaign, "My Drive Thru", that's currently assaulting major cities, featuring an array of hip artists in standoffish poses - 3/17 of whom, Santogold and Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT, are Wes alums.

Left to right: Ben Goldwasser (MGMT), James Rushent (Does It Offend You, Yeah?), and YACHT

Left to right: Eleanor Friedberger (Fiery Furnaces), Sophie (Care Bears on Fire), and Andrew VanWyngarden (MGMT)

The campaign is spearheaded by Pharrell Williams (N.E.R.D.), Santogold, and Julian Casablancas (The Strokes), who apparently bonded over their love of Chuck Taylors to pump out a thumping original collaborative track, "My Drive Thru", best described by Converse as "Three Artists. One Song.", which has been available for free download at the Converse website for the past month.

If you're gonna call this selling out, it looks/sounds pretty good.

[edit 7/10, 1 pm]
Here's the music video:

From Sophista-Funk.

Links:
Converse - My Drive Thru (for info)
Converse - Connectivity (to listen/download track)

March 6, 2008

Big telco (heart)s Wesleyan alumni

It started with Wes alum and King of Awesome Michael Bay. Now, it's twins Adam and Todd Stone '05 in an ad for Verizon's fiber-optic, we-steal-all-your-copper FiOS service:

June 20, 2007

OMG! It's (EDIT: NOT) the Apple iSalesRep!

EDIT, by Brian: Ok guys; I've been had. Where are the hidden cameras? As a result, it appears the series of pictures which follows this text is misleading. Justin D responds:

> Your recent post on Wesleying is more than a bit misleading. I am not
> yet officially employed by Apple (and technically, won't be for the
> foreseeable future) and, as such, I am receiving no compensation of
> any kind for spreading the news about the most revolutionary mobile
> device ever created (mm, mm, good: iPhone). I'd like it if you would
> clearly state, as an addendum to your post, that there is no conflict
> of interest in this situation�and do so as soon as possible.

Definitely. Sounds like there is no conflict of interest in this situation, I was wrong, and that was weak.

Mr. T, your verdict?

True that, Mr. T. This article was written without enough info, not enough fact checking, and once, in the late 1980s, this article smoked but did not inhale. Brian's current credibility: down the shitter. Justin's current cred: top notch.

Just for Brian's criminal record: a series of images that will probably be deleted soon (note to self: save sweet dramatic word enlargement graphic)