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Unofficial Johnnie Walker Commercial - Dear Brother

Absolutely brilliant. Advertising, and the implied "unofficial" - homage to a whisky (or brother) - yet generating this amount of publicity and sentiment for a product they weren't even paid to endorse. Genius. Someone here should make a million dollars, and as Johnnie Walker has presumably made theirs, let the little folk have their well earned share...

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Walking the roads of our youth,
Through the land of our childhood, our home, and our truth,
Be near me, guide me, always stay beside me so I can be free.
Free...
Let's roam this place, familiar and vast,
Our playground of green frames, our past,
We were wanderers. Never lost, always home,
And every place was fenceless and time was endless.
Our ways were always the same.
Calm my demons and walk with me brother,
Until our roads lead us away from each other.
And if your heart's full of sorrow, keep walking. Don't rest.
And promise me from heart to chest to never let your memories,
Die. Never.
I will always be alive and by your side. In your mind,
I am free.

And if you liked that, there are more, paid for by Johnnie Walker spots. Compare them and see what you think is better:

Link: Johnnie Walker - The Man Who Walked Around the World 

Link: Johnny Walker - The Gentleman's Wager

Link: Johnny Walker - The Gentleman's Wager II

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Category: Film
Created: 28 December 2015
  • Commercial,
  • Scotch,
  • Whisky,
  • Johhnie Walker,

A Perverts Guide to Ideology

And, following the disappointment of Star Wars, downloaded and watched this. Engaging, like watching a favorite university professor discussing a topic near and dear to his heart, the explicit and embedded implicit ideology of popular culture as revealed through film. Agree or disagree, infinitely more intellectually engaging than the other choice...

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Category: Film
Created: 27 December 2015
  • Movie,
  • Documentary,
  • Lecture,
  • Ideology,

Star Wars - The Force Awakens

Finally, to see this tonight with the kids, they've both seen it already, the boy liked, the girl, not so much.

And I can appreciate both points of view - it's got everything, the "in" jokes, the familiarity of the Millennium Falcon, the original actors and 'droids, the same plot even, merely shaken up and rearranged. Everything but originality.

I knew it when I went, not sooo disappointed, not sooo impressed, but not an intelligent, or resonant movie by a long shot.

So I return to one I've been postponing - A Perverts Guide to Ideology. I'll let you discover that one on you're own...

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Category: Film
Created: 26 December 2015
  • Star Wars,

Ulay, Oh - How I Became the Bomb

If you're older than 30, 40, 50, the older the better, you'll understand this. I discovered it a while ago, found the comfort to post it now:

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Category: Link of the day
Created: 24 December 2015
  • Bomb,
  • Ulay Oh,
  • Romance,
  • Reconciliation,
  1. One Day Left
  2. Of the restaurant...
  3. 7 days to go
  4. Looking for candles...

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