It's got it all, folks. Awkward articles, poems, and even trash cans. There are puns too... Several, very awful puns.
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Made this ad, too. If you'd like to read the article from Lapham's, check it out here. Shout out to Garret Keizer for writing such a freaking cool article.
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Lind's Redding wrote a brutally honest essay on life in advertising right before he died. Long story short, he didn't care much for it.
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William Safire of the New York Times once suggested that "the root of this pace-growing use of puns is often a headliner-writer’s need for quick catchiness, and has resulted in a new tolerance for a long-despised form of humor." This was pun-intentional.
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Turns out Paul Rand wasn't that stoked about stuff either. Huh.
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The secret is out. I love graffiti on trash cans. With this passion for the gross in-tow, I set out to catalog the most well curated cans in the cleanest neighborhood in Seattle. Capitol Hill.
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Terrance Hayes is an incredible author and poet. And Lighthead's Guide to the Galaxy is something special. It was the perfect poem to get artsy with.