Just Stop It

(via The Denver Egotist)

I met the Walrus

You're 14.
It's 1969.
You sneak into John Lennon's room.
You have a tape recorder.
He answers your questions.
38 years later you produce a movie about it.
It's nominated for an Oscar.

It looks like this:


I met the Walrus official site

(via The Denver Egotist)

Celebrate the Egotist's First Birthday

Get ready for the terrible twos...

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Gold Lion @ Cannes in the Press Category. From Contract India, Mumbai. (via The Denver Egotist)

Win tickets to see Beautiful Losers from The Denver Egotist

You could win a pair of tickets to the Denver premiere of Beautiful Losers by submitting your original artwork to The Denver Egotist. Full details at The Egotist.

Here's a quick overview:

The Denver premiere of the film Beautiful Losers is a week away and The Egotist has teamed up with online magazine, The Filmlot, for a special ticket giveaway. That’s right, you and that special someone can cozy up and enjoy an evening of creative inspiration along with the chance to meet a legend in the urban/street art movement.

All you need to do is submit a piece of your personal or non-commercial artwork to us via email. The Egotist’s readers will vote on the piece they like best (in the comment section when we post them next week) and the winner will receive a pair of tickets to see the special Denver premiere of Beautiful Losers presented by The Filmlot.

Students! Talk to the Denver Egotist!

The Denver Egotist just got done telling Colorado ad schools and students they suck. Now they want to be a part of the solution and are encouraging ad students to comment on what can be done to improve student work in Colorado. Thoughts?

The Denver Egotist Thinks Denver Ad Schools Suck. Meanwhile CU Students Win Some One Show Pencils

Irony strikes again! Recently the Denver Egotist was busy bashing Colorado schools for not pumping out incredible students filled with natural talent (they don't believe talent can be taught, but would like schools to try harder at teaching students how to... wait I feel a headache coming on). At the same time CU students Eliot Nordstrom and Phil Van Buren were busy accepting their gold One Show Pencil for their Doritos work. CU's Austin O'Connor probably didn't get a chance to read the Egotist story either, he was busy getting the Patrick Kelly Scholarship from the One Show. (to it's credit, the Egotist did name CU's program the best in the area)

Actually, speaking of students, I'd bet a lot of them missed the Egotist story since the New Denver Ad Club was holding it's "Connect 2008" job fair on Friday. I made the trip down to the event and found a lot of agencies eager to help develop Denver's talent. I may have even landed myself a fall internship. Strangely enough I didn't see The Egotist at the job fair even though they claim to have "seen almost all the portfolios" of all of Denver's ad students (granted, I don't know who is behind the curtain at the Egotist, so maybe they were there, anyone care to share some insight?).

Here's my take on this: I think the Egotist might be getting at something, but they're a bit off target. Schools can only take you so far, the rest if up to the student. If you want to succeed and go the extra mile you will, regardless of what school you attend. Schools can only augment and support the effort (and talent) provided by the student. For example, UNC's marketing program is almost devoid of any advertising classes / support (two classes are offered specifically on advertising). That doesn't stop me from pushing for more and getting my hands on all the ad books I can, reading CA, CMYK, countless blogs, and attending creative workshops. I want it, and if UNC won't give it to me I'll get it elsewhere.

So maybe the problem isn't with schools so much as it is with students? What do you guys think? Let's hear it in the comments.

New Karsh / Hagan Site: I report, You Decide

You might remember a post from a few days ago about the new Karsh / Hagan site. I liked it, but it appears the Denver Egotist is not a big fan, to say the least. So let's settle this the good old fashioned web way with a completely unscientific poll:

Opinion Polls & Market Research