Mad Men, Women and Children

It's been a little while since my last post and I'll explain why in my usual exagerated and overly offensive way, then ofcourse the actual post-advertising (about time)!!! Anyway, it gas indeed been a while, the main reason being that iv been subjected to a number of exams. Yeah, that stale shit based time of year has come around again! The exam period is much like mother natures period, it comes round like clock work, causes much anguish and involves a shit load of red! The anguish ofcourse is self explanatory-they're exams, and the red refers to the red ink that stains so many of those inglorious answer scripts (what else would red be about?). Cutting it short, iv got a couple of weeks before my next couple of exams so I'm gona take this oppurtunity to post a little something.

Advertising has grown from the days of old, when mad men strolled round the city, dreaming of the next big idea to sell the world to God. A marvellous day has come and gone, now sadly the world has been sold, to Google that it is. Whilst I'd never speak too ill of my masters (they've been both generous in providing me with infinite email accounts and ofcourse blogger). It's really not a good idea to shit where you eat, so I'm gona be a little cautious of what I say (yes, I'm actually being cautious!). The internet has gone far beyhond the grid that jeff bridges once dreamed of, the Internet has grown to a level that no one could have ever forseen, it is beyhond anything, anyone could imagine. And the crowning glory of this global network of porn addicts (you've probably got a tab open right now), advertising!

Adverts penetrate every apect of everyday of your life. Radio, tv, newspaper, bilboard, poster, Internet, everywhere. A company can be propelled to huge success through advertising, cadbury, apple, that stupid insurance selling meerkat, advertising has become a king maker. The idea that an image can get into your head, and then persuade you to go out and buy some random...espresso machine (George Clooney is a persuasive guy), is rediculous one. But it is something we are subjected to everyday. So ofcourse what must be asked is ofcourse, what are the effects of such a bombardment?

You know the sad thing, I don't know the answer to that question. What has become apparent whilst iv been writing this is advertising has been warped into a cool and glamorous industry, with huge luxurius companies at the helm, what we are missing here though is some truth, the big question is: What would Don do?