Does this disgust anyone else but me? I mean, I get pissed every time I hear Westbury Music Fair announced as "North Fork at Westbury" or when I hear Jones Beach described as "Jones Beach Nikon Theater." Advertising has taken over. That's not new or profound. But when you watch broadcast TV, you understand that advertising is the only source of income for them. But now movies have slides of print ads as you sit down while you listen to commercials for pop songs. Then you get to watch commercials before the film in addition to product placement within the film itself. And I'm paying THEM?
The TV show SURVIVOR is maggoty with product placement. The entertainment/advertising ratio is slipping. The movie DEMOLITION MAN portrays the future with the top ten songs being advertising jingles. Can you name one current commercial's music that isn't a pop song? What percentage of Youtube clips are "funny commercials?"
Wow, my preface is longer than the actual story. OK, let me summarize: Too many commercials are bad. Thanks.


Advertiser Dictates Start of White Sox Games

Not content to rename their stadium for an advertiser (U.S. Cellular), the Chicago White Sox has agreed to start its weeknight home games at 7:11 p.m. as part of a deal with the 7-Eleven stores. (The team's cross-town rivals, the Cubs, may have started the stadium-naming trend when it called its stadium Wrigley Field, but the team and the stadium were then owned by chewing-gum magnate William Wrigley.) "Every time the media announces the game's start time it will be a gentle reminder of our sponsorship," 7-Eleven spokeswoman Margaret Chabris told the Associated Press


I am going to protest by not watching any White Sox games. I will not protest 7-11 beacuse I like their coffee and they're just so convenient!