Slog - Comments on Niketown's New Ad Campaign http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/foot_fetish_head_for_niketown Walking up Sixth Avenue yesterday I couldn't help but notice Nike's new ad campaign. Huge shots of famous athletes in action--mid-jump, mid-swing--next to equally huge shots of the soles of their athletic feet, complete with inspiring messages written on them with what looks like a Sharpie. My first thought was... ugh. Feet don't really do it for me. And these feet? Kinda scary. Standing on the sidewalk in front of Niketown I felt like the sole of this foot--this huge foot, a foot as long as I am tall--was about to come crashing down on me, stomping me into... Copyright 2008 Tue, 22 May 2007 10:42:10 -0800 Tue, 22 May 2007 23:06:30 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by flamingbanjo If you enjoy those motivational Successories posters, you'll love these de-motivational posters.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/foot_fetish_head_for_niketown#c723058 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/foot_fetish_head_for_niketown#c723058 City Tue, 22 May 2007 10:52:21 -0800 Comment by Hold on! Didn't you slobber all over some hooker feet in Skipping Towards Gomorrah?

]]> Hold on! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/foot_fetish_head_for_niketown#c723095 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/foot_fetish_head_for_niketown#c723095 City Tue, 22 May 2007 11:26:09 -0800 Comment by Frank N. Sense Speaking of Successories (I had no idea that's what they were called), have you seen despair.com's spoof posters? Guffaw.

]]> Frank N. Sense http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/foot_fetish_head_for_niketown#c723113 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/foot_fetish_head_for_niketown#c723113 City Tue, 22 May 2007 11:34:31 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Yes, but at the suggestion of the hooker. Actually, at his insistence.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/foot_fetish_head_for_niketown#c723115 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/foot_fetish_head_for_niketown#c723115 City Tue, 22 May 2007 11:35:10 -0800 Comment by Boomer in NYC Sometimes a lame marketing campaign is just a lame marketing campaign.

Or a cigar.

Or someone's wife, or possibly his hat.

Anyway.

]]> Boomer in NYC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/foot_fetish_head_for_niketown#c723246 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/foot_fetish_head_for_niketown#c723246 City Tue, 22 May 2007 12:45:27 -0800 Comment by Victoria I'm on 6th ave almost every day to catch my bus- I think it would make my morning to see an army of business men walking down the street with hard ons. Just sayin'.

]]> Victoria http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/foot_fetish_head_for_niketown#c723768 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/foot_fetish_head_for_niketown#c723768 City Tue, 22 May 2007 20:57:37 -0800 Comment by Joe My first thought: bastinado and falaka. And lest you think that's just something that other people do, well, they often do it on behalf of "the good guys". (It's done in your name, so it's your responsibility and no, it doesn't matter how you voted). At least Iran and the Taliban admit they do it and aren't hypocritical about its legality.

]]> Joe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/foot_fetish_head_for_niketown#c723813 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/foot_fetish_head_for_niketown#c723813 City Tue, 22 May 2007 23:06:30 -0800