Monday, April 4, 2011
Not a triumph -- magazine shows lack of historical perspective
I'd prefer to believe the editors who wrote or approved the cover line on the current issue of Argyle magazine were somehow unaware of the implication of their main coverline -- Triumph of the Will. It lives forever in infamy as the title of filmaker Leni Riefensthal's propoganda movie commissioned by Adolf Hitler to trumpet the 1934 Nazi party congress at Nuremberg.We're in agreement with
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Jockey Shift
Gilbert Shelton's Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, 1971. I spent most of my teenage years reading the brothers exploits. Luckily I had a never ending supply of the comics thanks to the headshops on Portobello road back then.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Gone Fishing
Took the afternoon off. Bollocks to work. The weather is fantastic. I didn't have enough bottle to drop into that perfect Venice pool.
And by the way, I just invented sand skating so.......
Cross-country authors' tours may be replaced by online or virtual tours
The new, constrained, realities of book publishing means that the traditional author's tour is an endangered species; proof is provided by the launch of a new program by the Canada Council for the Arts to fund "travel" grants to authors so they can do their publicity tours completely online. According to a story by Quill & Quire magazine, authors must supply tour plans listing sites and blogs
Starch Research to launch expanded ROI research tool in Canada
Starch Research Services Ltd. of Canada and its parent firm GfK MRI are launching a syndicated magazine ad return on investment (ROI) measurement service this month in Canada called StarchMetrix, according to a story in MediaDailyNews.It will measure advertising readership and effectiveness -- much as traditional STARCH reports do -- but will go beyond ad noting, branding and reading to measure
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