Last week team PrettyGreen spent the day with upcoming electro-pop chart topper (and Nandos obsessive) EXAMPLE going to four of our favourite Peri-Peri chicken restaurants in London for special acoustic renditions of tracks off his new album ‘Won’t Go Quietly’ – The Peri Go Round.
Each of the stops were packed to the rafters with queues out the door and fans chanting along to tunes while helping themselves to the free food on offer. As the most easily bribed member of team PrettyGreen, Pistol Pete played the important role of Nando’s cheery chicken mascot ‘Barcy’. Climbing into the 7 foot, well-insulated furry costumes in the heigh of the British summer heat, he set off into the hoards of partying fans. Returning three hours later a lot warmer but none the less cheerful, he ranked the new mascot training regime of “killer moves dressed as poultry” the best and most entertaining since Mr Motivator donned his lycra all-in-one and had us all dancing around our living rooms on Saturday mornings.. Oh, just us then?
Good work Pete, all done in the line of duty, he’s now earned the right to pass the suit on for the continued game of Peri Go Round.
It’s interesting and quite a sombre thought when you consider that man has only really been civilised (rather ironic) for about 10,000 years, during which time we have pretty much single-handedly changed the face of the planet we inhabit, and it’s difficult to actually think what we’ve really done to improve it.
So the big debate this week in the office has been, why do electric cars just look like they’ve been designed by a group of 6 year olds, who’ve just been playing with tupperware dishes, and told to design something for their Scottish nan who lives on a remote island.
Up until now we’ve let the big power machine behind the launch of Windows 7 chug slowly past us. That’s not to say we escaped it – who could’ve done? – but it’s probably because we’re really not ‘a PC’.
OK, so we can maybe give a bit of credit to the slow-burning but strategic build up to the unveiling of Windows 7. We’re talking about the hopeful assertiveness of the ‘I’m a PC’ (or I’m a geek and you’ve no desire to look or be anything like me) strap-line, but let’s face it, you also can’t help but think ‘come on, stop being so lame, Microsoft’ – play the game by treating consumers like sophisticated tech users and why not actually take on Apple with clever new innovations, design, style and substance.
As Lisa prepares to jet off to LA (again!) next week, with the her top secret international communications gang. and she had to show off by doing the obligatory weather check. And you guessed it the sun still has its hat on in la la land.
So this week sees the end of the London Lite and the capital is back to having just one evening paper again – the Evening Standard. This is a great shame for a number of reasons, not least for PR people like us who have often relied on the brand-friendly formats of both papers to secure coverage on countless dubious stories!
With Halloween over and the little Witches and Wizards back at school,