Posts tagged as Pepsi
Each Generation Has Found They’ve Got Their Own Kind of Sound
Rumors have circulated that Madonna, recording artist, will sing with M.I.A. at the Super Bowl. Nicki Minaj is also implicated. Both artists have had success, but can either bring back the monoculture? Leaving the fleeting sensation of a Lynn Hirschberg truffle-fry ambush aside, if M.I.A. were interviewed by Barbara Walters, who would care? Neither M.I.A., a self-consciously “edgy” singer of extraordinary gifts of curation, nor Nicki Minaj, a self-consciously outré rapper of extraordinary gifts full-stop, have cultivated personae beyond “hardworking,” “talented,” and (in M.I.A.’s case) “prone to ignorable political pronouncements.” It’ll be a good show, but no one should expect an iconic moment on par with Madonna heaving in a wedding gown or re-enacting Versailles to the tune of “Vogue.” Having marketable personality upon which to hang a moment is, now, left to those “famous-for-being-famous.” READ MORE
Off to the Movies? Would You Like Some World Peace And/Or Pepsi?
It's only in the last ten years or so that we in the US began seeing commercials before the movie. The exotic and bizarre cinema-going experience in the UK, which once included not only the opportunity to buy cocktails in the lobby and to smoke (usually in the balcony) during the movie (I know, gross, whatever, I am just saying-it was a lot worse on the plane, believe me), has featured commercials for about forever. I had a special fondness for the hallucinogenic Babycham ones ("Nothing sparkles like a Babycham!"). READ MORE
This Uganda Thing Is A Mess
If you watch that Rachel Maddow, you know that her pet project has been taking on the proposed legislation in Uganda that severely, insanely criminalizes homosexuality. It also criminalizes not reporting homosexuals. (She lays much of the blame on The Family, for their frequent religious interventions in Uganda.) So everyone is enjoying today how Pepsi sponsored a concert by a performer who writes songs about killing gay men. (However, he also called for death to both Osama bin Laden and George Bush. Politics are complicated! I recall our President calling for the death of one of those two recently.) By the way? No one has a clue where bin Laden is. Again/still.
Gluttony with Mary HK Choi: Milkis & Calpico
Pepsi has just announced their new limited-edition flavor: Azuki! Which is red bean. Which, unless you're all, "I CAN HAZ CHEESEBURGER?" at every non-white people restaurant, you'll know is considered a sweet in Asia. We add a gang of sugar to the legume (LIKE ANIMALS) and eat it in desserts like popsicles, donuts, and cheesecake (LIKE ANIMALS). [Random sidebar: Koreans also treat tomatoes like a fruit and toss 'em in ice cream sundaes like cherries. I fully consider this to be some hardcore, mayonnaise-on-your-pizza, confounding freakshow stuff. ANIMALS.] READ MORE
The Footnotes of 'Mad Men': Episode 302, with Ada Louise Huxtable, Patio Diet Pepsi and Yetta Wallenda
To think, rough and tough New Yorkers were once scared of a little 'urban renewal project'! Here in California-where, according to Don Draper in last night's episode, "everything is new and the people are filled with hope"-we demolished an entire ravine populated with salt-of-earth immigrants to build our fancy stadium. And our stadium is still in the same place! Anyway. True to form, the show's casual historic references highlighted the episode's (Love Among the Ruins) theme: diminution and renewal. Starting with the destruction of Penn station and ending with-well, no spoilers here!-the episode's references encapsulated a waning generation's anxiety about the future. READ MORE
