Monday, December 05, 2005
Entry 2: "I don't want this for Christmas"
Has anybody noticed these posters plastered all over town? I started noticing these about a month ago around the neighborhood.
"In San Francisco, critics have expressed their disapproval by adding some spray paint of their own to the Sony ads. On a wall outside a beer garden in San Francisco's bohemian Mission District that caters to motorcyclists and bike messengers, someone spray-painted over every character, adding the commentary, "Advertising directed at your counter-culture." "
The excerpt above is from an article by Wired, Sony Draws Ire with PSP Graffiti.
Here are some defaced sony adverts taken in San Fransico published in the above Wired article:
The writing on the wall reads "Advertising directed at your counter culture".
Here is a photo I took the other day while walking past the corner of Melrose and Vista:
A few days ago I noticed that it has been painted over. ¶ 12:06 PM
"In San Francisco, critics have expressed their disapproval by adding some spray paint of their own to the Sony ads. On a wall outside a beer garden in San Francisco's bohemian Mission District that caters to motorcyclists and bike messengers, someone spray-painted over every character, adding the commentary, "Advertising directed at your counter-culture." "
The excerpt above is from an article by Wired, Sony Draws Ire with PSP Graffiti.
Here are some defaced sony adverts taken in San Fransico published in the above Wired article:
Here is a photo I took the other day while walking past the corner of Melrose and Vista:
A few days ago I noticed that it has been painted over. ¶ 12:06 PM
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Ugh. I spotted some on LA Mirada at Vine. They were painted over the next day as well (same color yellow on the wall, too.)
Link.
P.S. Thanks for the links and the kind words. I returned the favor.
Link.
P.S. Thanks for the links and the kind words. I returned the favor.
I saw something like this in Chicago a few years ago for Linux. Lots of penguins on the sidewalk put up by, I think, IBM or someone. Apparently they had a contract with a local advertising company, and thought the penguins would wash away in the rain. They didn't and the city made them pay for the clean-up. Since it's easy, you know, to deliver a bill to a large company.
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