Something Lovely For A Monday
A friend of a friend did this, a very talented chap by the name of Gavin Leisfield. It is three minutes forty-four seconds of unremitting, unalloyed, haunting loveliness. You should all watch it and...
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Ah, Books
As a mild change of pace here at ALS, I thought I’d run you through the books I read whilst I was away, and share my thoughts thereof. First off, a couple of things I believe: anyone who wants to be a...
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You'll Always Be An Account Exec To Somebody (or, Everything Is Your Fault (3))
It's been a while, but it's time for another one of those fairly-noticed and much-liked-a-bit posts on tips for Junior Suits. Except that this one isn't really for Junior Suits - it's for all of...
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I Heart LOVEFiLM
Unashamedly, and completely. I heart them, crazy upper-case/lower-case wackiness and all - so much so that I'll even go to the trouble of typing their name how they'd want it to be typed.I love that...
View ArticleBastards Of Advertising - Richmond Sausages
This is a television ad for Richmond sausages. Our hero is, for want of a better word, a Bastard. One of those Bastards that want to build luxury flats on hills - you know the sort. Bastards. He's...
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How TUPE Fucks Everyone
You may not be familiar with TUPE (or Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) to give it its full, somewhat grand title). Unfortunately, what with this whole credit crunch malarkey, it's...
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All It Takes For Evil To Prevail
Latterly, I've begun to realise that whilst everything advertising-related may be the fault of Suits, there's a whole other world out there - a world in which everything is not necessarily our fault....
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I Love You, Campaign, But You Got It Wrong
You can click on this to make it bigger. Should you want to.Yesterday, as some of you may have noticed, Campaign published a teaser for their 'end of year honours list' - 'Adland's Top Ten Twitterers'....
View ArticleHappy Advertising Christmas!
As anyone who's ever worked on a 'fast-paced retail account' will know, Christmas doesn't begin when Darius turns the lights on in your local high street at the beginning of November. No, Christmas...
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Why I Love Twitter. And Why I Need A Break.
2009 has been the year of many things: the year of the first Irish Grand Slam since nineteen fifty something; the year pop ate itself on X-Factor; the year Gordon Brown got somebody's name slightly...
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Being A Decent AD - It's All About Swings And Roundabouts
So. You're in advertising. In fact, you've been in advertising for three or four years now: you've got a few campaigns under your belt; you've worked on a couple of pitches; you've started to get your...
View ArticleThere's No 'I' In Suit. If You Know What I Mean.
Because there is an 'I' in Suit, obviously. But there isn't one in Account Team. And that's the point. Any Account Team is only as good as its weakest member - it doesn't matter if you're the best...
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Twitter is...
[The below list has already appeared in an earlier post, but people seemed to like it - as such, I thought I'd publish it separately so that people don't have to read through the pro-twitter polemic...
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X-Factor. Wham Night. THE LIVE SHOW.
Right. In the self-enforced absence of twitter (which I'm TOTALLY fine with, by the way), I'm trying something new with X-Factor this week. I'll be writing this post as the episode progresses, and then...
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X-Factor. Wham Night. The Results Show
So, here we go again. Last night's recap is confirming (a) that George Michael not only writes quite good songs, he writes songs that NOBODY else can sing, and (b) that this really is a fairly shit...
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Quick Sunday Evening Tip
I received one of the best pieces of advice I've ever been given about 5 years ago now, shortly after I'd joined the Agency where I still am to this day. I was working with a female Account Director...
View ArticleWho Is AdLand Suit?
So. The time has come. I'm taking off the mask. Or, I suppose, growing a head.After not really that many months, I'm going to be shedding my anonymity. It's a decision I've taken for a number of...
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Who is AdLand Suit, And What Happens Next?
Well, needless to say I'm completely blown away by the reaction to my potential unmasking. As has been suggested elsewhere, I was a little nervous about how well this would go, to the point where I...
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So - Here I Am
Well. There it is. ALS's enormous (literally, rather than figuratively) head. ALS's face. ALS's rather large, if slightly nervous, grin.Except my name isn't really AdLand Suit. That would have been a...
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Quick Hiatus
In contrast with tradition, this, which is both a warning of and apology for a brief hiatus in posting, comes halfway through said hiatus. As those of you unfortunate to follow me on twitter will be...
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A Thank You On Behalf Of Marie Curie
I've been meaning to write this post (along with a bunch of others) for a while now - but while the others can wait (they will, after all, just be me blathering on about ads, advertising, things that...
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Komodo Dragons In The Boardroom
So, here we are. Everybody in the office seems to be carrying a baby of some age or other, there's a Komodo dragon wandering around the board room, and I'm eating smoked salmon sandwiches and drinking...
View ArticleIs AdLand Suit Rubbish?
A helpfully anonymous commenter recently suggested that this blog had become 'rubbish, now that the mystery's gone'. Given the history of ALS, it would be churlish of me to rebuke said commenter for...
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AdLand Suit's New Year's Resolutions
1. I will post at least twice a week.2. I will do more interviews with famous Suits.3. I will swear less. I will try to swear less. I will try to try to swear less. Oh, cock-monkeys. That one's a...
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AdLand Suit Has Moved
Hello, chaps. Just to let you know, AdLand Suit is moving. You can now find me here. Just doing my thing.Shiny new year, shiny new start, shiny new blog. That's the thinking. See you there.Cheers,...
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