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San Francisco club promoters DJ Jeff Johnson and Kurt Cooper have generated some unpleasant attention for their June 1st “Fag Bash” party , with some taking great offense to both the name and ad image used. The ad appeared in two issues of the Bay Area Reporter and on fliers posted around town. The ad also appears on the Folsom …

You gotta love the copywriter that came up with this Virgin Mobile ad that Superdaddy and I found on a phone booth on 8th Avenue, which playfully compares sexual versatility to Virgin’s phone plan. Super and I walked all the way from the West Village to the GB:NYC4 drink-up at Therapy, where a massive crowd of sodden bloggers awaited. Along …

Message: Why stay with that old hag of yours with hotties like THIS is the world? The above billboard from a Chicago law firm is causing national news, with even an association of divorce lawyers calling it “grotesque, undignified, and offensive.” (Because divorce lawyers are such a tender, easily offended bunch.) Whatever you think about the billboard, you have to …

Ack! Advertising is now fully raping my favorite 80’s songs. In the past few days I’ve heard a JC Penney ad that uses a remake of Yaz’s Only You, a Reese’s Pieces ad that uses a remake of New Order’s True Faith, and some make-up commercial that uses Visage’s Fade To Grey. Original versions are not safe either. Witness Chip’s …

With the help of Aaron, I’m still trying to figure out how to use the BlogAds site, but as you may have noticed, JMG now features an ad from the ACLU which asks you to submit your personal LGBT-related job discrimination stories for use in their vital work on behalf of ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Please visit the ACLU …

My hormones must be off or something, because a dog food commercial just brought me to tears. Damn. The voice-over is by David Duchovny. Congratulations to Pedigree’s ad agency, TBWAChiatDay out of Los Angeles. Simple, perfect. They deserve an ADDY or Clio for this one.

The best commercial during the Super Bowl came from Coca-Cola. The crowd I was watching with roared when an apparently gay guy (wearing a pink shirt with a sweater knotted around his neck) was pulled from his red convertible so that the main character could give him a Coke. I thought it was cute. The “gay kiss” Snickers ad didn’t …