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I am considering moving to some remote south east Asian nation, just so I can see commercials like this…

The above ads for the CW11’s Gossip Girl have created the latest controversy in TV land. Now when I speak of controversy, I am not referring to the raciness of the ads, nor the fact that they are for a “teen” drama, instead I am referring to the foolish parent watchdog groups that are all up in arms over these ads. Perhaps these ads have parents going crazy because the true nature of the show they allow their 13 year old girl watch is being shoved down their throat. Imagine parents knew what their children were watching on TV without the network putting right in front of them, more so then the fact that their kids are watching it in their OWN HOME! While these shows may have actors in their 20’s and 30’s portraying teen characters, these shows are not exactly for your kids. We aren’t talking about Saved By The Bell here people! These shows are coke and sex fueled raves with a little violence and statutory rape mixed in. So, you have two choices here, you can either accept the fact that your kid is out there drinking, getting high and having wild sex with everyone and anyone, or you can get involved in your child’s life and be a parent, which sometimes means saying NO to what your child wants! You’re their parent, not friend! Stop blaming television for what you allow your children to do!

The Warped Tour, featuring the incomparable Paige Wood, is coming to Nassau Coliseum, this Saturday, July 26th. By now you should know that Paige is a dear friend of mine and needs everyone to head out to the show and give her your support! Even if you don’t get to be blessed and know her personally, you are going to want to know her music and see her before she blows up. When this time next year rolls around you will be able to say you were rocking out to Ms. Wood before all your hipster, “too cool” friends even knew who she was!

Paige, I’ll see you on Saturday!

AS for the rest of you, get your tickets now!

Is it just me, or is the girl in this BMW ad all of 10 years old? She reminds me of one of those kids psycho parents enter into “I have emotional and ego problems, why doesn’t anyone love me” child beauty pageants.

Source: [Ads of the World]

It is a sad day in NYC when you can ask random people going down the street what Manhattan Special is and hear every answer except the coffee soda that puts all energy drinks and lattes to shame! If you are ready to move on from the bush league of mid-afternoon fixes demand that your local bodega starts carrying Manhattan Specials for you!

For a great article on the pick me upper, read what Michael Wilson of the NY Times had to say;

For the New Yorker of a certain age, the first sip was a rite after nursing: from mother’s milk to Manhattan Special. Those little glass bottles may as well have come with nipples.

And brother, what a sip. In today’s world of energy drinks and juices and endless vitamin boosters and ginger and ginseng, there is still nothing that resembles a cold Manhattan Special, a thick and fizzy, jet-black blend of espresso and seltzer topped off with a bracing wallop of pure cane sugar. It muscles its way around the mouth, making itself at home, before bounding down the throat like a big, goofy kid going to play in the basement.

The first sip was often the start of a lifetime of little glass bottles, for Manhattan Special, a hand grenade of caffeine and sugar, is nothing if not addictive. Generations of New Yorkers, especially Italians, grew up jittery as junkies on the stuff outside its big plant in Williamsburg, on the street that gave it its name, Manhattan Avenue.

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After being proposed to as she always dreamed of as a young girl, Shineka quickly put down her chicken leg and ecstatically agreed to marry Billy Joe Bob.

Following their immediate wedding at the Elvis drive thru chapel, and reception complete with PBR and pigs in a blanket, the young love birds headed over to their lavish accommodations, complete with continental breakfast and color TV!

A heartfelt congratulations goes out to Shineka and BJB! I am so sorry we couldn’t be there, but the entire AS|D staff chipped in, and the Confederate flag chinaware is on its way! Yeehaw!