Advertising and Mad Men

I've been increasingly interested in advertising as of late - some of it may be from my recent obsession with the hit TV show 'Mad Men', nonetheless, it has something that has been with me for some time now.

Some personal history - I think psychology and human behavior is one of the most fascinating things on the planet. I used to want to get a doctorates and become a psychotherapist, but then I realized the main motivation behind this was money, and of course, once I realized this, I realized there are much quicker ways to getting to the money.

However, I still am infatuated with studying human behavior and finding out the simple things - why we do what we do, why we choose what we choose.

I know there are lot of recent ventures I have been involved in, many of which stem from my interest in the advertising and promotional business - as one may be able to tell from all of the promotional graphics I post on this blog - so it would be a waste of time to name all of them, so I'm going to end this post with an e-book I read this morning, it's really short and only about 75 pages long.

Fascinating read for anyone interested in human behavior, public relations, and of course, advertising:

http://www.hoffmanlewis.com/adcontrarian/The_Ad_Contrarian_eBook.pdf

I think my favorite quote is right at the beginning, talking about the "branding" philosophy -

"It's the Dennis Rodman school of marketing: if you don't have a personality, get some tattoos..."

"Brands need character, not tattoos."

Good stuff.

Cory Gunz: Heir to the Throne - Type of nigga I be

Name in the topic -

Oh and I made some logos for future ventures -

Mayweather vs Marquez & Oktoberfest 2009

Some pictures from Oktoberfest in Addison 2009 and the Mayweather/Marquez fight Kid Millionaires saw at the Dallas IMAX last night -

Audi R8

Porsche 911 GT2 - ONE YEAR IM COMING

I WISH LOL

Mayweather v Marquez Final Punchstat - WHY HE'S THE BEST

Platnum Status

I posted some stuff about this group I personally know and enjoy to stay up to date with - good music, etc., they asked me to design a couple logos - here are a couple I made real quick, more to come.

http://www.myspace.com/platstat

Mayweather vs Marquez 24/7

If you haven't started watching this - start now, finish by the end of Friday, and then go watch the fight Saturday at a MOVIE THEATER.

That's right - Mayweather vs. Marquez will be shown at Cinemark theaters - links below.

http://www.cinemark.com/theater_showtimes.asp?theater_id=207&show_date=9/19/2009

Kanye Jay Leno Apology - Jay Z and Rihanna

Kanye apologizes - really heartfelt, at least seemingly. I still love the dude no homo. And check the live performance - holy shit.

Phillip DeFranco

Awesome show - been watching him a long time now, absolutely hilarious take on everything.

"Two funny things to me about this story: 1) Beyonce actually WINS the best video of the year award LATER ON and 2) There was more outcry against Kanye West than there was about Chris Brown beating down his girlfriend, which goes to show you that as long as you don't do it when people are watching, you can always sway the public opinion back to you."

LMAO.

Kanye West at the VMA's and Taylor Swift

I feel bad for her. Sorry Ye - I kinda feel like you're just begging for attention on this one.

MTV Shows

Incredible Music

Just some songs I've been listening to more than often the last several days, maybe you've heard it maybe you haven't -

Blu & Exile - "So(ul)Amazing"

People Under the Stairs - Acid Raindrops

Lil Wayne

I have to talk about this dude for a minute -

What happened? I'm not here to hate on Wayne or do any of that - but does ANYONE remember 10,000 bars? Does ANYONE else that says 'Weezy is shit now' remember when he was in the Squad?

I doubt a lot of people do - there's no way he sold a milli to people that were listening to him since the beginning - and I'm not saying you're not a true fan if you didn't, I mean it's almost impossible to keep up with EVERY new artist that comes out. I mean who the hell saw DRAKE coming up in the game from Degrassi? HA.

For those of you that don't know - 10,000 bars was a 32 minute freestyle that is just beat after beat after beat. People that hate Wayne nowadays seem to forget that the dude used to be REAL SICK.

Check out the mixtape - download it, I know it's old but I also know a LOT of people that listen to Lil Wayne nowadays haven't even heard it.

Datpiff free download link - http://www.datpiff.com/Sqad_Up_Lil_Wayne_SQ7.m1888.html

For the record - Wayne went from this:

To this:

Graphic Design

Just some things I do in my spare time - people hit me up with a request with what they need through facebook or email, and I get it done within a day for free. Easy designing, and it's fun too.

Made this design as a logo for http://weknowbigsean.wordpress.com/

Made this one for J-Roc, check his myspace: www.myspace.com/atlawentjroc

That's all folks. For now.