Archive for June, 2007
Some Cherryflava now printed on paper
Posted on 19. Jun, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
If you can’t get enough of us online – we, along with an illustrious group of South African bloggers, have humbly accepted an invitation of a weekly column blogum from the brand-new, daily, subscription-based, national newspaper, The Times.
Our slot is on a Monday – page 2. If you want to read the blogum’s (one per blogger per day) in the paper, you will need to subscribe to be in the know.
However, archived copies of our posts can be found on our Cherryflava / Times page here – subscribe to the RSS feed here.
See: The Times Blogumists
Adidas: Vertical soccer billboard
Posted on 19. Jun, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
And more from Japan – this time from the over-crowded, over-billboarded Toyko. [Many thanks to Richard for sending this in]
Nothing like a live, vertically impossible football billboard to stop people in their tracks and whip out the old-fashioned camera phones.
As we thunder, head-long towards 2010 – it’s going to take more than just stadiums ‘on time’ to gee the world up for the little tournament we’re planning on hosting.
So that’s a cheese burger, fries and a cucumber Pepsi?
Posted on 19. Jun, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
Mmmmmm….yummy.
Don’t you wish you lived in Japan right now? Along with used-underwear vending machines and Pokemon theme pension portfolios – you can now buy Cucumber-flavoured Pepsi.
Just in time for the heat of mid-summer in the northern hemisphere, Pepsi have released the cooling cucumber-flava’d drink to satisfy the thirsty nation.
"We wanted a flavor that makes people think of keeping cool in the
summer heat," Takemoto said. "We thought the cucumber was just perfect."
The only person brave enough to try the stuff – posted their review here.
We’re thinking it’ll mix perfectly with Black Sambuca.
Cucumber-flavoured soda sold in Japan – Washington Post
Can that Coke, keep cool with cucumber Pepsi – MSNBC
Plasters made for your shade?
Posted on 19. Jun, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
Here’s a find that sparked a little light in our minds this morning.
Well…to be honest, it was more like the beam of light accompanying the opening of the arc of the covenant, upon realising the massive marketing potential this has.
Why are plasters only made for Caucasian skin?
Seeing the glaring gap in the market, Ebon-Aide are marketing plasters for people who have a skin colour other than milky-pink. From Congolese to Swedish – they seem to have the full colour spectrum covered and healed.
Elastoplast must be loosing a whack of potential income by sticking to their one available colour-way.
Giant poledancer ad sets the standard for Gatwick
Posted on 18. Jun, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
‘Ladies and gentlemen we have started our decent to Gatwick International and will be touching down within the next 10 minutes.
Please ensure that your tray tables are are put away and that you take note of the giant pole-dancing ad on the left hand side of the aircraft, which has been so carefully manicured onto the English countryside.’
Classy.
Looks like a crop circle that only aliens could have done. Too bad the advertiser owned up and took the rap for the stunt.
Read: Nude dancer greets air travelers – CNN
The new Renault really can handle ANYTHING you throw at it
Posted on 15. Jun, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
This is a totally freaky weird ad for a car. It’s as if the director popped one too many rails before stepping on the set. But, it does clearly demonstrate that the car can handle almost any acid induced obstacle along the way….including Richard Clayderman and an alternative group of Tour de France riders. [link]
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Marshall Music’s Cape Town stunts
Posted on 15. Jun, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
Marshall Music – heard of them? Nah? – us neither. Anyhow their ad agency created this elaborate billboard, incorporating the wires of an electric fence into the billboard. Looks like the thing was in Greenpoint. Not sure how many rockers hang out on Somerset Road – it may have worked better in Obs. [via]
This one was done at the Metropole Hotel in Long Street. Apparently rock stars still throw old TV’s out of hotel windows- and from this display of poor behaviour you need to figure out that you too can be an arrogant prat by buying a guitar from Marshall.
Only reason a rocker would throw that TV out a window, is ’cause it’s damn old and crappy.
Jeez -a gospel group probably would have done the same thing. [via]
Both were done by BBDO, Cape Town.
Beat the bubble
Posted on 15. Jun, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
There’s something quite soothing about beating the crap out of somebody in a character suit. It’s not as much fun online, but gets your eye in for when you’re faced with the real thing.
Hit the bubble here - it’s the orange bubble in the right that says ‘Hier Klicken’. Ja. [thx Harald]
Latest trend from Europe – a cardboard box cot for baby
Posted on 14. Jun, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
If this were to happen here – it would be a shocking tale of abuse on 3rd Degree, but in Europe it’s the latest thing and you’ll be knocked £149.76 for your sense of taste.
It’s a baby’s cot made of cardboard – which apparently comes flat and un-assembled [they thought you’d have fun putting it together after relieving yourself of over R1000} and fully customisable.
The cardboard is said to work well with poster paints, spray paint and cuttings from Cosmo.
Different, practical, stylish and presents an interesting situation when baby throws up all over it.
More: Little fashion gallery
First seen via thecoolhunter
The secret disco
Posted on 14. Jun, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
Remember the old Lucky Strike parties – where you had to follow the weird, but intriging rabbit hole of stompies to pick up tickets to eventually see Cypress Hill rockin’ in an old warehouse in the dregs of the city?
No advertising, all hush hush – and they were damn successful….parties we’re cool too mind you.
Well – the spirit of secret parties is alive and bopping in the London club-land with the Buttoned Down Disco.
The idea behind Buttoned Down Disco is that it’s an invite-only, secret location party held at various night club locations around the city of London.
Entry is free, but you have to be in possession of the all important secret invite, which is emailed out to the disco bunny teenie-boppers.
Whoa – we just had a flashback to that Massive Attack gig at the 3 Arts a few years back and fully appreciated the concept.
See: Buttoned Down Disco
Read: Interview with the founder – Londonist
Previously: Silent Disco – Cherryflava
