ITV and Marketing magazine compiled the list. “Food and drink companies dominate 18 of the 30 commercials. The advertising industry still reveres the ten commercials filmed between 1978 and 1983 which featured Leonard Rossiter decanting his glass over Joan Collins. Also in the chart is the Carling Black Label spoof of the Dambusters’ bouncing bomb raid and two entries from John Smith’s beer.”
Tag: 08.21.05
International Body Advises On Content of NY Freedom Center
“A global network of human rights museums is urging the International Freedom Center to downplay America in its exhibits and programs at Ground Zero. The outrageous request is the latest controversy to torment the Freedom Center, whose leaders have tried to dispel the perception that it would be a home for America bashers.” Earlier this month the Freedom Center was told to give assurances that exhibits would glorify America.
Making A Mockery Of 9/11 Memorial?
So the International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience warns of what should go in the Freedom Center at Ground Zero? “The coalition’s annual report… certifies that 9/11 families were right to warn that the Freedom Center was being taken over by bash-America propagandists. It also shows, again, that Gov. Pataki had no clue what he was doing in giving the Freedom Center and a second cultural group, the Drawing Center, a franchise at Ground Zero.”
So Movie Sex Is Only OK If It’s Fake?
Michael Winterbottom’s new film features real actors having real sex on screen. And that’s evidently a problem. “The sex is real and quite explicit, and the minor furor surrounding the film — censorious editorials in the UK and Australia, the British-based Christian Coalition for Traditional Values condemning the film as ‘a rank piece of soulless pornography’ — comes from the unaccustomed conjunction of fake characters, real congress, and a ”real’ movie.”
Will Podcasts Replace Tour Guides?
“Aiming to replace the traditional tour experience of following the tour guide with the red umbrella, audio walking tours allow travelers to have an expert guide downloaded to their iPod or MP3 player. Audio tours run about 30 to 90 minutes and cost up to $15. A printed map usually comes with it, and you can preview samples to see whether they fit your style.”
For Those Midnight Couscous Emergencies
Need a book fix in the middle of the night? If you’re in Paris, now you can go to one of five book vending machines. “Stocked with 25 of Maxi-Livres best-selling titles, the machines cover the gamut of literary genres and tastes. Classics like ‘The Odyssey’ by Homer and Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ share the limited shelf space with such practical must-haves as ‘100 Delicious Couscous’ and ‘Verb Conjugations’.”
How Do You Say “You’re Fired” In Chinese?
Donald Trump is taking “The Apprentice” to Chinese television. “Trump will be the executive producer of the Chinese show, which will be hosted by Beijing property mogul Pan Shiyi.”
Holy Minimalism Batman!
“The radical fringe of serious music isn’t on Manhattan’s Lower East Side or at George Crumb’s house in suburban Philadelphia. It’s among the mystical and the devout of Eastern Europe and Russia, collectively called “holy minimalists” – and they’re championed by some of the world’s best-known performers. Spare in the extreme, might the music be too much an afterthought of the composers’ inner experience? Or do we just need a few decades to figure it out?”
Barnes De-attributes Some Of Its Art
The Barnes Collection has just completed its first-ever professional assessment of its collection. “An in-depth study of the foundation’s collection has determined that perhaps as many as two dozen of its Old Masters, while still old, aren’t quite as masterly as Dr. Albert C. Barnes was led to believe when he bought them.”
Get With The Program (By Email, And In Advance)
Who has time to read program notes at the concert? “Now the Los Angeles Philharmonic has come up with something it considers a solution to the problem: FastNotes, a brief set of program notes to be e-mailed free to interested parties a week or so before a concert. Thanks to the miracle of the Internet, the notes will include links to iTunes and similar websites that will allow FastNotes subscribers to hear a brief passage of the music to be played.”