Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Ad Nauseam

Jay Leno Plays Vehicular Manslaughter for Laughs

By Damien Newton | Aug 21, 2009 | 4 Comments

According to Movieline (via New York Mag), Jay Leno’s new prime time show, set to debut on NBC in September, hasn’t exactly been generating a lot of buzz. But since nothing says funny like a grisly hit-and-run, this promo, co-starring Fred Armisen of "Saturday Night Live," should turn things around. Though I’m pretty sure Leno […]

Ad Nauseam: Antisocial Thuggery From Pioneer

By Damien Newton | Jun 26, 2009 | 5 Comments

Last week Streetsblog NYC’s Brad Aaron posted what is sure to be a car-culture classic. This three minute web-only commercial celebrates people that enjoy putting so much money into their cars’ sound systems that they can terrorize entire neighborhoods by blasting music at ear-splitting volumes. A lot of times when I’m writing an "Ad-nauseam" post […]

Battle of the Bike Safety P.S.A.’s: LADOT vs NYCDOT

By Damien Newton | Jun 22, 2009 | 15 Comments

Even without the taglines at the top of the video, I’m guessing that you could figure out which city’s P.S.A.’s were a strident warning to drivers to pay attention or they’re going to kill someone and which city’s compared cyclists to insects. Over at NYC Streetsblog, Brad Aaron notes that these new advertisements "don’t flinch" […]

Ad Nauseam: What Are You Implying, Chase?

By Matthew Roth | Apr 16, 2009 | 4 Comments

Photo by Matthew Roth Welcome to town Chase. I’m super impressed you have been reading Streetsblog San Francisco and made an ad that reflects some of the knowledge you’ve acquired here. This is obviously a shout out to the car-free community. Might the admen understand the incredible cost savings of ditching the car for a […]

We’ll Find a Place in the Sun…

By Damien Newton | Apr 6, 2009 | 1 Comment

Over and over again, I hear from transportation planners and leaders at LADOT, Metro, and beyond that Livable Streets projects can’t move forward because we would take away space from cars. If you follow that view, you’re basically saying that the people that use their cars are the ones doing the right things, living their […]

Ad Nauseam: Kentucky Fried Potholes

By Matthew Roth | Apr 2, 2009 | 2 Comments

Not so Good Frickin’ Chickin’ In casting around for a good April Fool’s Day joke, I found yesterday’s New York Times Lede blog report on the chicken frying corporation KFC doing some pothole repair in Louisville, complete with this photo of Colonel Sanders in a hardhat and construction bib. I thought for sure the Times […]

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