UNDERDOG of PERFECTION

I spotted these while shopping at Rainbow yesterday:

Credit where credit is due: Someone braver (or stupider) than me actually bought the things, and I stole their photo.

I’ve updated my Bands page with a video clip of Dream Out Loud performing “Hope” at Breakers Music Hall on May 2, 2002.

Here’s the video…

That’s me standing stiffly stage left and playing my beloved (and former) aquamarine metallic Fender American Jazz Bass V. (Well, I do miss it, but I certainly can’t complain about the translucent orange Music Man StingRay 5 I bought to replace it.)

Note: This video requires QuickTime.

Mayor McCheese is rolling over in his grave.

The Golden Arches have been the source of plenty of lame ideas over the years — from the McDLT to the Arch Deluxe (“America’s favorite new burger”) to… well, whatever crappy new menu items they’ve come up with lately.

But even worse than any of their food, I think their new marketing campaign has to be the lamest thing they’ve ever thought up. Yes, even worse than “I’m lovin’ it.” (BAH-dup-bup-BAH-BAAAH! Proving the marketing axiom that it can be annoying as hell, as long as it sticks in your brain. But I digress.)

“Let us add the cream and sugar”?

Wow. Is that the best you can come up with? Really? It’s so lame, I can’t even think of anything non-lame to write about it!

It wasn’t my idea, and I didn’t find it on my own. Even the clever quip about it isn’t mine, but it’s just so good, I have to quote it verbatim from Wired: “What do you get when you pair random Family Circus cartoons with random Nietzsche quotes? I don’t know, but it’s a lot funnier than The Family Circus.”

And here it is.

All right, they didn’t really say that, but they might as well have:

Somehow, screaming “WE HEARD YOU” in 72-point type just doesn’t convey the sense of customer focus the folks in Redmond seem to be striving for here.