File this under You know you are up too late when you run across this online.

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It’s a Flash site, meaning interactive, so you might want to think twice before clicking to learn more about Keso Cottage Cheese.

This is a not so subtle ad. Or a really bad guerrilla marketing idea for Coca-Cola.

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Recently I saw the trailer for Bad Movie Lieutenant and it looks like Cage is recycling the character from these Japanese commercials he did.

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I am very glad Wil posted that video. Previously, I had only seen the last spot with Nic Cage showing off his excellent dance skills. The man is a triple threat, he can dance, grunt and avoid paying taxes. What a national treasure he is.

That was bad. I’ll stop.

This video has been everywhere because liberal folks like seeing that they are right.  No, I don’t like Sarah Palin. I just think the video is a sad commentary on our political system all together. It’s all about image.

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We get real caught up in image. Look at Obama, gays & lesbians just assumed he was behind them. Yet, he defended DOMA.

Elections are just elaborate marketing campaigns, now. And everyone knows that advertisers always make claims about their products that just aren’t true. We joke about the fine print that is barely readable. Bush & Gore pandered to voters so much in the 2000 election that many political cartoons & sketch comedy shows joked that they were the same person.

Tell the people what they want to hear to get their vote. Once elected, make the corporations/lobbyists happy. Fuck the people.

INTERESTING: Boycott ghostwritten books designed for branding.

You can skip my rant and just watch the video.

I was just saying on Twitter how amazing it is to me that people are so eager to receive junk mail & advertising. I mean if someone asks for your name and address you get defensive about your privacy, unless they throw the words “Social Network” in front of their proposal.

Now we have people out there calling themselves professionals who are labeled Social Marketing experts. The job is to advertise the company they work for on social networks like twitter, facebook, etc. The name of the game is exposure. Forget quality interactions, lets just see how many fans we can get on our Facebook fan page because that means more customers! Let us worship our all mighty god QUANTITY!! As consumerism is our religion, MORE is our goal.

The folks who lampooned twitter have called out the LinkedIn in the following video.

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Nine or so years ago, during the hey day of dial up I was making silly desktop wallpapers and posting them up on the web because I thought I was cool. I was also learning how to use Flash and thought the Star Wars Gangsta Rap video was the coolest thing ever (I wonder if that old animation has hit the old people internet yet? Has your mom emailed the link to you?). Of course, times change and now I am sick of most of the Flash animations out there. I despise Star Wars for the most part because it is no longer an awe inspiring mythology, but a full force marketing company.

Yet, I did sort of enjoy the newest edition:

The I Like Juice folks posted another podcast! I believe they have 3 or more recorded. @pauld & @teendvl have just been busy with artprize, among work and the like, so the post production on those episodes has been delayed.

Artprize? Click the link above.

Who entered art? @teenydvl! Check out the goods on her website.

You can listen to the latest podcast here, or over on feedburner. You can access the past 9 episodes at iTunes also. And now another awkwardly strange listening guide:

00:00 – 05:00 @raislak proposes we personify an emotion for the duration of the show, the mystical powers of Mountain Dew, @teenydvl‘s Ice Cold Regret.

05:01 – 10:00 I Like Juice marketing, the part that makes you hungry: us ordering.

10:01 – 15:00 Emotionally branded products, encyclopedia brown and the case of the missing iPods, @raislak & the joys of Information Technology.

15:01 – 20:00 Amadeus, Amadeus, the man with the window blinds fetish.

20:01 – 25:00 Hey! smother that crying baby, @sikkdays wears high heels at home? A pen pal is you.

25:01 – 30:00 I embarrass one of you by telling everyone about your generous gift, elbows vs. boobs.

30:01 – 35:00 Chewing, loud restaurant is loud, microphones are shaped like penises, Venture Bros.

35:01 – 40:00 Frisky Dingo.

40:01 – 45:00 Yep, we are that cool, more Frisky Dingo.

45:01 – 50:00 Try my sauce, The Last Airbender, grandpa’s lap, jackals.

50:01 – 55:00 The hijacking of @pauld‘s twitter account, all you can eat seats, the loyalty test?

55:01 – 61:00 Julie & Julia review, @raislak sings for you but he doesn’t care, sign off.