Brice Blaisdell
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Posts by Brice Blaisdell
Some Brief Thoughts on the NCAA Tournament
March 19, 2010 - 9:53 am
Tags: basketball, BYU, Florida, ncaa, Notre Dame, Old Dominion, tournament, UNC, underdog, upsets, UVM
Posted in Rants and Observations, Stuff I Like | 1 comment
The first four days of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament have always been like a mini-holiday for me; as a huge fan of the sport, it’s something I look forward to for months. I love the shear overload of games going on simultaneously, the matchups of powerful programs against unknown mid-majors, the chances for upsets, [...]
Concert Review: An Evening With Slowhand
March 12, 2010 - 2:19 pm
Tags: concert, Cream, eric clapton, guitar, music, raleigh, roger daltry
Posted in Stuff I Like | No comments
A few weeks ago, I had written a post about the T-Mobile ad featuring Eric Clapton, and mentioned being a long-time fan of his music. What I didn’t mention at the time was that I had never seen him live in concert. As a self-admitted music fanatic, I’ve been fortunate to see most of my [...]
How To (And How Not To) Use Music In Ads
February 19, 2010 - 3:22 pm
Tags: advertising, ali in the jungle, emotion, human chain, marketing, music, nike, oingo boingo, radio shack, response, stimulus, the hours, weird science
Posted in Business Thoughts | 2 comments
Bruce and I were talking the other day about great songs in commericals, and he sent me a link to this new Nike spot that uses the song “Ali In The Jungle” by the British band “The Hours”. Human Chain from NikeSportswear on Vimeo. This is a beautiful spot to begin with, but the song [...]
The Requisite Super Bowl Ad Review
February 9, 2010 - 11:56 am
Tags: advertising, commercials, creative, david ogilvy, emotion, Google, marketing, product benefit, simplicity, super bowl, william bernbach
Posted in Business Thoughts, Rants and Observations | No comments
I believe it is a requirement of every marketing/advertising blog to write something about the Super Bowl ads, usually first thing on Monday morning, following the big game. Well, as Bruce told you yesterday, he was hanging out with his mom and didn’t watch the game, so I figured I should ensure he keeps his [...]
Hero Disillusionment: There’s an app for that
February 2, 2010 - 7:24 pm
Tags: advertising, apple, buddy guy, endorsements, eric clapton, iphone, marketing, music, t-mobile
Posted in Rants and Observations | 1 comment
One of my favorite bloggers, Where’s My Jetpack? just reminded me of a recent T-Mobile ad featuring one of my childhood heroes, Eric Clapton: Ok a couple of things. I’ve been a huge fan of Eric Clapton since I was a kid. I own most of his albums, I just finished reading his autobiography, hell, [...]
