"A _____ grows in Brooklyn." It may sound like a good idea at the time. Turns out, it’s not. Here are the Top 100 offenders.
Photo: A tree grows.
EXCLUSIVE: Olympic Rings to be Draped in Construction-Site Orange
Daily Heights sat down (asynchronously) with the merry pranksters behind 2012landgrabs.net, originators of the "NYC20$12Billion" fake advertising campaign. Please read the exclusive interview.
The Olympics will bring us prestige, glory, post-9/11 rebirth, flowers and kittens. Why do you hate our freedoms?
The Freedom to be kicked around by a latter-day Robert Moses and a
CEO-mayor is a freedom we can all do without.
Who are you/you guys? Only graphic designers would post EPS files
for download. Bingo.
Are you buying any "official" advertising space, or is this purely a stealth campaign?
NYC2012 and Danny D grabbed all the ad space. Otherwise we’d be above ground.
Be honest. Some of those examples on the "spoofs" page are photoshops, right?
Honesty counts. Yes. But do you have any idea what it takes to get the New York Times interested? It takes Photoshop! Seriously.
Why 2012landgrabs.net? Aren’t you afraid the IOC or Bloomberg (or me) will grab the 2012landgrabs.com domain and dilute your message?
That is a very good question. ".net" is of the people. ".com" is of the board room. Having said that, I’ll race you to register.com.
Do you think New York has a chance of getting the Olympics in 2012?
Zero.
What do people of New York actually think of the Olympic bid, anyway?
I think they could care less. Honestly. Though if the Olympic Rings could be draped in construction-site orange, well then, maybe.
Have you seen any polls or anything?
63% are in favor, down from 67% in June. Supposedly Bush won Ohio too. But 57% or so are against the West Side Stadium. Those numbers might seem contradictory on their face, but New Yorkers realize that the Stadium is a sure way to kill any chances the City has to win the Olympic Bid.
What’s the best method for affixing these signs to a flat surface–keeping in mind, of course, that one won’t be vandalizing, or affixing the sign to a surface that one has no permission to affix something to?
Wheatpaste works. Many copy shops can print on stickers. Or one can buy Avery letter-size labels. That works well. A flat, smooth surface is best.
Why should people of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn care about all this?
The Ratner arena and the massive amount of shit that goes with it is a scam land grab. The Olympics are being used to slam it down your throat. Resistance is mandatory.
Anything else?
It is every New Yorker’s duty to download the EPS files, learn how to use Illustrator, print the files and affix everywhere and anywhere.
NYC20$12Billion: You and Your Friends, and Their Friends, and Their Friends, Will Pay for This
Martin told us about "a new Olympic spoof ad campaign just in time for the IOC visit. Keep your eyes peeled for slogans like ‘every billionaire gets home field advantage’ and others like it around town." Leave no Billionaire Behind!
The Power of Targeted Advertising
A selection of dubious Ratner-related products, courtesy of Ads by Google.
DROPPED DEAD OF STARVATION: Brought to you by Dewar's Scotch Whisky!
From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle archives at brooklynpubliclibrary.org. "DROPPED DEAD OF STARVATION" is the actual title of the article. (Interesting to note that "Ads By Google" aren’t much different than the advertising techniques used back in the 1930s.)
[this is offensive] [and unfunny]
Wow. Am I the last person in Brooklyn to hear about the Hot97 Tsunami Scandal? Here’s an MP3 of "USA for Indonesia" as played on the air. Give thanks to Angry Desi. I’m not even going to speculate on what the yelling
is all about. But if you want to see wall-to-wall coverage of this
scandal, go here:
"Racist Hot 97 Skit Mocking Tsunami Victims: … For the last week Hot 97 has been running a hideously offensive and unfunny skit named "Tsunami Song," that ridicules the victims of the
Tsunami as "ch*nks" whose children will now be sold into child slavery.
It’s being played on the station’s morning show, hosted by Miss Jones."
Complete lyrics are at Gothamist. Forget offensiveness for one minute, and notice that it truly is probably the most un-funny parody song ever recorded and played on a major market radio station. It’s stupid. Like, fifth-grade-kids-riffing-at-recess stupid.
Seniors Lash Out at World Leaders, Transportation Alternatives "Terrorists"
Aha… I knew I was saving this Jan. 10 copy of the Park Slope Courier for a reason. Highlights from the Jan. 10 Letters to the Editor:
–72-year-old Barbara Sheeran of Flatbush fumes that Prospect Park does not belong to the "Transportation Alternatives terrorists": "I will tell you why cars belong in the park … because it was built for all people to enjoy, not just those who live near the park." Later: "Since when did [the park] become the private property of those close by?"
-82-year-old Cornelius U. Morgan of Baltimore, Md. blows the whistle on the "Evildoer" in the White House who is ready to "give the bankers the assets in the Social Security Trust Fund": "George W. Bush is evil personified but because of his grand nature, a child of God, I love him as a brother and I pray that he will abandon his evil ways… "
Daily News: Masters of the Obvious
When was the last time this guy gave a speech that wasn’t about freedom?
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