echoing my sentiments

the newsmagazine tehelka recently asked adman mohammed khan who, among the new lot of clowns in indian advertising, he liked. his reply: “today, there is no outstanding individual or agency that comes to mind...print has gone back fifty years. it really is deplorable. creative people are lazy. pushing buttons rather than using their hands. and, instead of creating an image, they get on the internet and search photobanks.'

copywriters in india should, ideally, now have two options to choose from: graduate (i assume not many have managed to sit through college, considering they rarely string sentences together correctly), or retire (a public service, this, saving us from a great deal of mediocrity).

tori in 2008

considering her characters have long been as intriguing as they are, it makes perfect sense that they are to take shape in the form of a graphic novel. there's always that risk though, that the artists working on comic book tattoo will rewrite their interpretations into what they create to such an extent, that they alter the tone of the tracks for new listeners in future. maybe that's not such a bad thing though. new perspectives on the flying dutchman, sister janet, virginia and marianne are always more than welcome. i wait with bated breath.