Saturday, April 26, 2014

Welcome to the East Village — home of beer

We've been watching the ad mural for Modelo come to life on East 12th Street at Avenue A … (former home of the "Girls" mural).

Last Saturday!



A few days later!


[Photo by Bobby Williams]

Today!



Not sure who these folks are in the ad… People who some ad executives think live here … people who some ad executives want to drink Modelo… people who are just random people on a mural…

12 comments:

  1. Beyonce, Ben Affleck, Jimi Hendrix and Angelina Jolie.

    Duh.

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  2. It looks like a meeting of Hipsters Anonymous:

    "Hello, my name is Pabst, and yes I am A Hipster."

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  3. Anything's better than that dog butt that I had to try and avoid looking at for so many years. Even if it was a Chico.

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  4. This is how corporate America or at least Madison Avenue sees us. They even included a "Prince logo" looking tattoo because "ink" is so cool and alternative, right Justin Bieber?

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  5. Oh my god I totally see myself in that painting.

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  6. Let's hope it gets tagged to oblivion.

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  7. A really bad attempt at a LES Benetton ad?

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  8. More like
    Meat Packing model wannabe, bro, gentrified native, and bro-ho.

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  9. guy in the middle is in band Rebelmatic from NYC! Good peoples.

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  10. Ken from Ken's KitchenApril 27, 2014 at 3:18 PM

    What's with the guy in the middle? Is that some kind of Elvis or werewolf hairdo or is he wearing a Robin Hood hat? And the ad agency insisted on the fedora on the other guy because COOL!

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  11. I wonder if Jimi Hendrix were alive today if he would be into corporate sponsorship?

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  12. Supremo from Rebelmatic is definitely the brother in the photo... Real raw poc far from a hipster or what have you. Cool. I was in the commercial that pays homage to punk era nyc, haven't seen it though. Those are folks that were in the same commercial.

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