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11.4.05 Missing the Forest for the Bees -- OR -- Commandment Alert While they're right to go after "buzz marketers," anti-commercialism organization, Commercial Alert, is way off base in its knee-jerk "there oughtta be a law" reaction. 8.31.05 Freaks 'n' Beaks -- OR -- Coq Balk Ghoulish rockers Slipknot end up looking like a bunch of chickens when striking out against Burger King's latest poultry product push. 8.1.05 Brigham Stung -- OR -- Mormon Tabernacle Conspire A Utah-based marketing design firm has the audacity to create a billboard campaign to pitch an unwitting employee as potential date bate for the Brigham Young crowd. 7.22.05 Lemon-Aides -- OR -- Tycoon Tikes Lemonade stands become business lessons for the victims of extreme parenting and the marketers fueling the phenomenon. Features the first Lowbrow Lowdown podcast -- a downloadable audio reading of the column by author Kate Kaye! 5.31.05 Sound Off...Er...On -- OR -- Audiophiles Audio download favorites including Howard Stern's Backside's Back...The Oompa Loompas' ditty...German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Hol Mir Mal 'Ne Flasche Bier...Buffalo's Talkin' Proud and The Buffalo Bills' Shout...Keith Moon's Great Shakes Ad and Pete Townshend's U.S. Air Force Ad...Cheech 'n' Chong's Acapulco Gold Ad.... 4.8.05 The Windbag City -- OR -- Promo Pilgrims Get Saved Don't Chew the Brown Pens...no taxation without amplification...all the plugs fit to print.... 2.25.05 Who Ordered Lampoon Service? -- OR -- Retched Record Promotion Nostradumbass...the revolution will be self-aggrandized...7500 sheets to the wind.... 2.4.05 Power to the Sheeple -- OR -- Futurist Folly Suicide brander...the search for the holy sale...consumerist youth league.... 12.17.04 And Now A Blog from Our Sponsors -- OR -- Blogging for Dollars Blogvertorials...vast spamming conspiracy...say it ain't cell.... 10.29.04 Poli-trick or Treat -- OR -- Barnstorming Baby Boobah for veep...operation alphabet freedom...defacement of democracy.... 10.12.04 Lowbrow Lowdown Lookback -- OR -- Dereliction of Doodie California uber coffee...rose colored masses...support our Froot Loops...yea or neigh?... 9.14.04 Lowbrow Lowdown Lookback -- OR -- Brand of Brothers Imperial wiz-ad...carosell of progress...puttin' the kibosh on the car wash...capitol commercialism.... 8.12.04 Lowbrow Lowdown Lookback -- OR -- Ask Not What Your Country Can Do for You   but What You Can Buy in Your Country This is your tax money. this is your tax money on TV...rail under Nader radar...amber waves of tobacco...sodanistas attack from the left.... 7.27.04 Lowbrow Lowdown Lookback -- OR -- Body Poli-shtick A kinder, perkier nation...pop-up politicos...stein of the times...get out the smokes!.. 6.22.04 Thug Plug -- OR -- Pooch Pitch Who let the lucrative canine demographic out?..holy schvitz...wolf in peeps' clothing.... 5.17.04 Natal Gazing -- OR -- Fetal Product Positioning Have you seen junior's grades?...super sized denial...chantin' loud and sayin' nothin'.... 4.16.04 Promotional Correctness -- OR -- That's Annoye Degrassi junior jeer...extra self-absorbency...separation of merch and state.... 3.15.04 Spanking the Cheeky Monkey -- OR -- Cool Clitannia Bone of cuntention...faux fur pas...queer eye for the small fry.... 2.13.04 Rubber Necking -- OR -- Dinner and a Webcast Highway snoggery...no Red Lobster on red planet...needs of the many screw the few.... 12.31.03 Judging a Book by Its Sponsor -- OR -- Marvel Uses Super Strength to Bust Through School Walls Super-hawkers...the gospel according to Acotel...this is your brain. this is your brain on advertising... 12.5.03 Lowbrow Lowdown Lookback -- OR -- Punching a Gift Horse in the Mouth Gift bullies demand knickknacks for house-not-so-warmings... 11.7.03 Lowbrow Lowdown Lookback -- OR -- Oh Lord, Won't Ya Buy Me a…Vote? Bush's faith-based photo-op... 10.25.03 Lowbrow Lowdown Lookback -- OR -- The Night of the Living Logo The sycophantic spawn of sponsored society return...again... Step into the Way Back Machine: Archives from 10.25.03 through present Archives from 8.9.02 through 9.19.03 Archives from 9.21.01 through 7.19.02 Archives from 2.28.01 through 9.7.01 Archives from 10.12.00 through 2.21.01 Archives from 5.12.00 through 9.28.00 The Lowbrow Lowdown is available for syndication. Disclaimer The The Lowbrow Lowdown™ is a registered trademark. Any use of The The Lowbrow Lowdown™ name or content without consent of Kate Kaye is strictly prohibited. While best efforts were used in collecting and preparing the information contained herein, The Lowbrow Lowdown™ does not assume, and hereby disclaims, any liability for any loss or damage caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions resulted from negligence, accident or other causes.