Posted on June 16, 2008 by Ben Ayers
Famous for the searingly brilliant video for single Here It Goes Again, Ok Go would be well within their rights to be a bit peeved about this:
In case you’d forgotten, here’s the brilliant original:
Flattering eh lads?
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Posted on June 2, 2008 by Ben Ayers
When Brad Jakoby was asked to remove a T-shirt depicting a Transformers cartoon character before boarding a flight at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 he thought it was a joke.
Brad, from Bayswater, central London, said he had to change before boarding as security officers objected to the gun, held by the cartoon character.
He wrote about the incident on his [...]
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Posted on April 3, 2008 by Ben Ayers
No longer is fame reserved for stars of TV. These days, thanks to the internet, anyone can become famous - and the marketing effect on brands can be extraordinary. Below is an interview I conducted with one of the new stars of the Internet, Tom Dickson. Tom utters the catchphrase “Will it blend?” before putting [...]
Filed under: Brands, Business, Interviews, People, YouTube | Tagged: Blendtec, iphone, Tom Dickson, Will It Blend?, YouTube | 1 Comment »