Diversionary Tactics... Psychedelic Ads!

In honor of John McCain's never-ending, chicken-shit diversionary tactics, I take this opportunity to step away from all the political and economic silliness swirling around right now, to show you some really trippy ads and psa's from the 1970s:

Here is a psychedelic bicentenniel ad by the U.S. Information Agency:


Peter Max video for The Beatles, "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds":
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Here is the infamous 1974 7-Up "Bubbles" ad ("We see the light of 7-Up!"):


Here is the follow-up 1975 ad by 7-Up:


Sesame Street's Psychedelic Alphabet:


Here is a Hanna Barbara Anti-Drug PSA from 1970:


Here is an anti-smoking PAS by Peter Max:


Here's a 1968 Peter Max 7-Up ad:


Here is a 1970s Peter-Mix-ish Intermission Cartoon:


Trippy 1970s Cinema Ad:


Psychedelic McDonald's Ad:


Here's a trippy Levi's Blue Jeans ad from 1977:


F&F Throat Aid psychedelic ad:


And even Campbell's Soup got in the act:

In An Absolut World

Absolut brand vodka recently caused a bit of a stir when they ran this print ad, featuring Mexico as it was before the U.S. took over about a third of that country in the mid-19th century. What do you think? Controversial or not?

Say It Loud (I'm Progressive and Proud)

The Center for American Progress has created four tv ads to reclaim the label "progressive" and artciulate what it means today in terms of core values and policy details. Here they are. What do you think? Which one do you like the best? Which one do you find least effective? If you were going to make a spot about your core political values, what would it look/sound like?









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