So I started reading some
advertising criticism at
Slate, right? (Remember when they had Michael Kinsley as an editor? Did he leave before or after Salon became a pay site?) This piece on
Levitra (it's the teevee spot with the guy throwing the football through the tire), for example (here's another
Levitra mention). And that led, in that serendipitous hyperlinky way things go, to ex-
Slate writer and ad critic
Rob Walker's page, and to
AdWeak.com, which is a strange mix of real ad criticism and, largely, Maximesque Onion-style fake news. It seems like it's been a while since it's been updated.
I'm more of a fan of
Bushout.tv, though, which is all about campaign 2004 advertisements from a 'progressive perspective.' For a more pro-ad-industry perspective, here's AdWeek's campaign
coverage. For a more historical perspective, try the
American Museum of the Moving Image's wonderful
The Living Room Candidate. And, speaking of moving images, did you know that I daydream of someday working for the
Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association?