Rant # 2 - Advertising Pillars

For my next rant let’s talk about these things that have recently cropped up in Glasgow. Advertising pillars, or whatever they’re called seem to be filling up every spare bit of pavement space in the city.

A giant piece of rubbish, with no aesthetic quality whatsoever. Who the fuck thinks that we need more advertising on our streets?

Advertisers, that’s who.


All the sites seem to be advertising the same things. A concert by Nelly Furtado record and the Bo Selecta DVD, great, haud me back from rushing out for those things.

This is another idea much like the Showcase TV one. Some clown sees big bits of space in cities doing nothing and thinks, ‘I know, why not make money putting eyesores in folks’ way.’

Whenevr there’s an empty space somewhere some genius thinks that advertising is the thing to fill it with. That’s the way to spend your limited time on earth. Fill the place up with adverts for shit no one wants or gives a fuck about.

Thanks Advertising Gurus.

"By the way, if anyone here is in advertising or marketing, kill yourself. No, this is not a joke: kill yourself . . . I know what the marketing people are thinking now too: 'Oh. He's going for that anti-marketing dollar. That's a good market.' Oh man, I am not doing that, you fucking evil scumbags."