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9.24.06 America's Test Pitchin' -- OR -- Turnover Turnoff A nonprofit piggybacks on a cooking site's e-mail list. 9.6.06 Denizens of Dorkdom -- OR -- Ava Life? A presidential hopeful boldly campaigns where no candidate has campaigned before: cyberdorkdom.... 7.3.06 Extreme American Makeover -- OR -- Red, White and Fabulous He got a Lowbrow Lowdown makeover five years back, and now Uncle Sam is due for a touch up. Get ready for Metro Samuel and our national mascot's other alter egos.... 6.14.06 The Branding Breed -- OR -- Marketing Doublethink Chapter II of Sales Pitch Society II: Could it be that WOM marketers have been spewing this Orwellian newspeak for so long, even they've fallen prey to it? 5.9.06 ¡Viva La Revolucion! -- OR -- Marketing Party Crasher The introduction to Sales Pitch Society II, featuring a college-age marketing conference-crasher caught up in the frenzied energy brought on by charismatic speakers, wry pundits, schmoozing execs and complimentary chocolate bars. 12.23.05 Hypochrists Unite! -- OR -- Christmastime for Hitler With all the mixed messages marketers get from consumers during the year-end gift-giving season, it's tough. Take the quasi-underground Santacon movement, also known as Santarchy, Santa Rampages and the Red Menace. 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.... Step into the Way Back Machine: Archives from 10.25.03 through 2.25.05 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.