Media Reviews
Diametress by Nexus shampoo (magazine ad)
This is a really nifty ad. If you ever want to convince the public that your shampoo is indeed the best in the land, you should use the kind of imagery that makes people think of curly, lush, clean locks. This model has lush brown hair …
Baton Rouge Max 94.1 Fm Radio Station “Awesome”
Max 94.1 Radio Station in Baton Rouge La. is a great hip-hop station to listen to. If you live or visiting the area I suggest you hit the knob or button in your car until it says 94.1
The station is #1 for Hip-Hop in Baton Rouge. They …
Real Simple Magazine
I usually don’t like lifestyle magazines because they’re all over the place. Real Simple has all the same information as those other magazines, and yet it’s very different.
I think it’s because all the information in this magazine is put together in such a simple, paired down to its essentials …
Junkmail Classifieds Newspaper
This is one concept I give a lot of credit for to the pioneers that identified a need to fill the gaping hole in this market. A weekly newspaper published especially for the listing of classified advertisements.
I find it to be a bit limited however, in the sense that …
Wonderful magazine for women
I went to the store today to pick up a few things and came across this month’s issue of “Women’s Day” magazine. I admit it, I dont buy this magazine every month, I usually get it if there is something that interests me on the cover. This month featured …
Silver Patron Tequila (magazine ad)
I am having a little trouble trying to analyze this particular magazine ad for Silver Patron Tequila. In the ad, is a large bottle of the product, featured with a green ribbon. The product itself looks top-notch. And it looks like it might be an …
Stuff Magazine
When I first bought stuff magazine I thought, hey, they are just using a picture of a pretty lady on the front cover to sell this magazine. True it probably does boost the sales, but when you open the magazine, there is so much more! Stuff magazine is described …
Family Circle Magazine
Family Circle has always been my favorite magazine. I remember as a child staying the night with my grandmother and always looking through the piles of them she had on the coffee table. Back then I liked looking at the pictures of clothes and then seeing the food and …
Nivea Natural Tone Moisturizer (magazine ad)
The couple shown in this commercial are too beautiful for words. Their entire faces are not even shown in their entirety. But the woman’s thick, luscious curly hair, and the man’s close cropped do are quite prominent. Their creamy café-au-lait complexions don’t hurt either. …
Food Magazine: Philippines’ Largest Selling Culinary Magazine
I am teaching myself some life lessons, and one of them is the simple chore of cooking. When I was growing up, I was not encouraged by my parents to be domesticated, pushing me instead to studying. As a result, I grew up to be a kitchen idiot, not …
Coast to Coast a.m. talk radio
I enjoy listening to late night radio,in my area, Coast to Coast is on 600 a.m. from San Diego from 10 p.m. all through the night and into the wee hours of the morning (a repeat broadcast of it follows immediately after the initial broadcast of it so you …
PC Magazine
I started getting this magazine due to a mistake on my part. I had been getting PCWorld magazine and one of my nieces came around selling subscriptions for her school. I saw PC magazine listed and misread the name thinking it was PCWorld -which I love, and I subscribed …
Speed-TV Coverage of Formula 1 Racing
In America, Formula 1 racing isn’t as popular as NASCAR. While there certainly are a number of fans, it’s not enough to warrant a huge international traveling expense for analysts and crew. Thus, Speed-TV’s coverage is hampered dramatically.
For example, Speed-TV uses a camera feed supplied by the …
Idaho Statesman newspaper
If you like straight news reporting and not a lot of fluff articles, this is not the newspaper for you. Recently there was a fire in Boise that destroyed 10 homes and had a fatality involved. It was a tragic event for sure but the Statesman keeps …
Haven of Rest by Charles Morris
I do really appreciate the radio program “Haven of Rest” by Charles Morrisl I find comfort and upliftment everytime I listen to the radio program. Charles Morris exercises varieties in carrying out the program. There was a time when he features well-known personalities in an interview. These personalities usually …
Birds & Blooms
Birds & Blooms is a beautifully photographed magazine. I used to subscribe to Birds & Blooms because I just loved receiving the magazine and looking at the pictures. I was not too interested in reading the articles or learning anything about birds, I just loved the photographs. Birds & …
Breitling watches (magazine ad)
This is a prime example of companies milking the popularity of Hollywood celebrities. For this ad, John Travolta was chosen. The people behind the ad were probably sitting around the table discussing how to approach the commercial. And they said: “Hmmm what did John Travolta …
Prada eyewear (Fashion Rocks magazine ad)
Is that Linda Evangelista I see in this ad? I cannot tell, because the extraordinarily chic woman in the ad is clad in a pair of Prada sunglasses. Her dark hair is pinned behind her head, with some sort of intricate hairpiece. Also intricate is her …
AllTel Cellular service (TV commercial)
In this ad a black family is seen taking a trip (presumably cross country) in an RV. The father is driving, and the mother and children are seated towards the rear. They are having a discussion with four white gentlemen in polo shirts. One wears …
SIRIUS on DISH Network
I like listening to Christian music. I especially like to listen to music when I am cleaning. It helps distracts me and makes chores more bearable. I have a hard time keeping up with my CDs though. I do have an ipod but, sometimes I …
Cosmopolitan Magazine
My favorite magazine is Cosmopolitan. I’m not sure why, but it beats out all the others by a mile and a half. Cosmo (as it’s known by most people who’ve heard of it), has everything that a woman in her early 20’s could want to read about. …
Parenting Magazine
I have been reading Parenting magazine since I had my first child 6 years ago. I was first introduced to it when I was at the doctors office and was waiting in the lobby and came across it to read. I found it very entertaining and informative. It was …
Entrepreneur Magazine
Entrepreneur magazine is published monthly in the Philippines by Summit Media. This magazine never seems to run out of sensible stories to tell each month to the entrepreneurial reader. Each column is worth a read and you will never find any column dull or hard to comprehend as the …
The Awful Show : A comedy podcast
I work overnights and spend a lot of time listening to podcast. At one point I was subscribed to over 30, and The Awful Show was my favorite.
The Awful show is an adult humor podcast. As the name suggest they use a lot of raunchy jokes. …
Digital Photographer Philippines
I have fallen in love with photography ever since I first clicked my first shot. I was using an analog camera then. I fell in love with it more when I used a digital camera. Since then I made it a habit to learn all I can about digital …
Reader’s Digest
A couple of years ago, my granny gave me a subscription to Reader’s Digest for Christmas. I have loved it ever since. It comes every month, so there is always something to read. I really like how there is something for everyone in the family to read. My husband …
V05 Extreme Style Hair Products commercial
Now THIS is a commercial I really like. It’s a two-page spread that I found in Blender magazine. On the first page, you see a woman and man in an elevator. First and foremost, I must say that whatever building they’re in looks incredibly classy. …
Insure Your Business article
“Insure Your Business” by an unknown author at entrepreneur.com focuses on the significance of having proper business insurance as a basic means of protecting your business as well as yourself.
I’ve always heard about insuring a business, but I didn’t think it was necessary to insure a couple of sewing …
Geico Insurance (Therapy Ad)
I recently saw this ad on TV and I found it to be pretty amusing, this is the Geico commercial in which there is a caveman on the couch in a therapist office and they are talking about his problems. He makes a comment that all of his problems …
DNA Daily News & Analysis
Times of India Newspaper famously known as TOI had a near monopoly run in Mumbai. No Newspaper could break its hold on Mumbai. It remained so, until DNA (Daily News & Analysis) arrived in picture three years back. Though Times of India still remains as the number one …
Magic Pot magazine
Magic Pot is a fortnightly magazine which I have subscribed for my kids. It is a wonderful magazine providing various kinds of activities making learning fun and easy. I am always on the lookout of some good reading and activity source for my family. I had spotted this magazine …
Hire an Attorney article
“Hire an Attorney” by an unknown author at entrepreneur.com is about why a business should hire an attorney and ways to go about finding one.
I like before the author dove into interview questions, they explained the reasoning why businesses–small or large–should get an attorney and the benefits of having …
IN TOUCH weekly magazine
This is a good magazine if you really want to read some celebrity “junk”.
You can find out some of the so called “secrets” of these so called “celebrities” because I wonder what some of them are famous for!
The pictures are good. Makes you wonder how they sometimes get such …
Shepherds Voice Radio Program
I do really appreciate the radio program “Shepherd’s Voice” on DZAS-FEBC. The moderator of the program Brother Jurem Ramos of Soli Deo Gloria Church which is based in Davao City, is an excellent preacher of the great doctrines of the Bible and courageous expositors of false teachings so …
Modern Dog Magazine
I had never heard of Modern Dog magazine until I saw a segment on The Ellen DeGeneres Show about it. I love dogs and I love reading about them but until I read an issue of Modern Dog I had never found a magazine that really appealed to …
Citicards (magazine ad)
Credit card commercials are usually pretty inventive. There was one that I ran across in Wired magazine that really caught my eye. The ad features a fairly large house and the garage is painted in wild colors, with a crazy graffiti-like design. The caption …
Dressage Today Magazine
Dressage Today Magazine is focused upon expanding knowledge for the dressage horse and rider. Dressage means training in French, and is a discipline of English riding. Dressage horses learn levels of riding from introduction to haute ecole. Dressage Today is a wonderful magazine with beautifully photographed pictures. There are …
Story Story - Voices from the Market
Two years ago, I came across a radio drama program while listening to BBC Radio one Sunday morning, and since then I have made it a point not to miss any episode of it, and have also introduced it to many of my friends. The name of this program …
Kensington SlimBlade Trackball Mouse (magazine ad)
I have never heard of this particular brand of technological equipment. But I am not surprised that technology manufacturers have developed a new tool for people to use computing devices much more easily. Apparently this mouse operates on any surface at all. I cannot …
Negra Modelo beer (magazine ad)
“Neither X Nor O” is what this ad says. I have absolutely no idea what this really means. The glass shown is frothy and rich looking. The beer beside it looks foreign and refreshing. There is also what looks like a gold nugget or gold …
Good Housekeeping September 2008 issue
I must say I am very impressed with Good Housekeepings September 2008 issue. It is jammed packed with great ideas on how to save money, which everyone could learn from.
On page 164, GH claims that you can save $70 a week by doing a few things such as …
Alternative Medicine Magazine
Alternative Medicine is a fantastic magazine looking for different ways to eradicate symptoms of diseases, improve general health and search for other ways to try to eliminate all the negative impact of illnesses. This one is essentially stating about natural cures, organic foods and all other natural ways …
The Hindu newspaper
The Hindu is a daily newspaper of India, published from Chennai. I am reading this newspaper for the last three years. I don’t like communism and this newspaper seems to support that, in spite of this I am a regular reader of this newspaper because of the fact that …
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