Propaganda3′s Blog is Moving

P3 has moved our Blog.  Same pungent postings about digital happenings, interactive intellectuals and web wonders, but wrapped in a slicker look and feel.  Want to know what sites are burning up the bandwidth?  Is your desire for digital know on eleven?  Craving a frame of perspective from those who see the world through goggles tainted by the perspective of madmen and polished by those who believe perfection is the blessed love-child of practice and dedication?  If so, we invite you to join us here each weekday and enrich yourself at our digital forge.

DesignLicks Awards Propaganda3 Site of the Day!

Since 2006, the team at DesignLicks has been selecting a site each day that represents the best of Creativity, Usability and Attention to Detail.  Today, they decided that Propaganda3′s Experience Site was pushing those buttons for them.  We’re damn happy to be the recipient of the award as we know how much effort went into it and the challenges that we and our collaborators at Bazillion overcame to bring it to life.

The site tells the story of the Viridian Disciple, a Muse of electronic origin who has been jailed for his blasphemous ideas.  Users can listen to his vapor infused sermons and choose to join the rebellion which aims to free him and unleash the torrent of his psychosis upon the digital world.  Motivated pilgrims can even remote pilot a tank through the corporation which holds him captive and emancipate his creativity.

We would like to say a heartfelt, “thanks,” to the folks at DesignLicks for the award and promise to continue to deliver work that is just beyond the expectations of everyone.  Good work is good work.  Great work is great work and work that is done by people who believe that they blessed in doing the thing they love is the only work we know how to do.  Propaganda3.

Propaganda3 Has Nothing to Say

Some things in life leave you speechless.  Two headed cows.  Clowns doing commercials for headache-relief medications.  Angry octogenarians screaming at teenage assistant managers of Chinese chains in mall food courts about forgotten duck sauce.  Amos Mulder’s short film that strings together images of years past, in which he has magically made tomato soup the main character.

Rather than describe it further, we suggest you clear your schedule for three and a half minutes, set your mind to, ‘Open,’ and let this creamy rich absurdity warm your noodle.  When you’re done, you can jump out the window or send it to a friend.  We think you’ll light your favorite social networking arena up with its subtle brilliance.  Have a great weekend and we will see you back in the digital on Monday.

Propaganda3 wants to Get to the Bottom of this Site

Brian Gruley writes mystery novels.  We cannot comment on how good they are as we have never read one.  We can comment on our desire to read his newest offering, The Hanging Tree, due to the great work done by Justin Muggleton.  The site opens with some music creepy enough to send children running from the room and a list of characters from the novel.  Users can select a character which provides a refresh and the author reading a selected passage from the novel that offers just a glimpse of insight and a heaping spoonful of, “I want to know more”.

Each character page also has an item you can interact with like the flashlight above which reveals the hanging corpse.  Really fun stuff.  In a world where everyone says print is dead, this seems like a great digital solution to keep it alive.  Great job everyone!

Propaganda3′s Founder, Cello Vergara Teaches Digital Creativity at OU

Propaganda3′s own Cello Vergara has been asked to teach a class (Digital Creativity JMC – 4970) with long-time friend, Bob Rickert, at the University of Oklahoma this week.  In the class they will produce, review and discuss current work in the digital realm.  Cello and Bob both took time out of their busy schedules after being asked by a man who made a difference in both their lives.  A professor they had in common by the name of Jim Avery.

“It is important to be involved with the next generation of talent,” Cello said as he was preparing to head south.  ” I know I was the recipient of some good advice when I was starting out.  It made all the difference in the world, now its payback time.”

Propaganda3 believes Airwalk’s New Site Moves

P3 believes great sites aren’t made up of a collection of pages that users move through.  Great sites are whirlwinds of movement that dare users to unravel navigational pathways that are deviously simple and never stop the experience.  That is just what the creative masters at Airwalk and Legwork have accomplished with Airwalk’s new site.  It is a controlled Hurricane of style, music and cool, neatly held together by the fabric of history and stitched by the threads of social responsibility.  The style is perfect for the energy drink chugging ADHDers that are perfectly happy sacrificing teeth to the lips of empty swimming pool lips in order to sate the insatiable need to be forever passified by adrenaline.

So here is a virtual pint to everyone involved in this project from the P3 Team for a job well done.  Eat a few dozen donuts and chill.

Propaganda3 Salutes these Jean Entrepreneurs

Victor and Sandy Lytvinenko were born two centuries late.  They seem to have more in common with the Rockefellers and other industrialists that put this nation on the map: hard working, passionate and dreams that just don’t understand the word quit.  The pair sold a few things to finance some sewing equipment and started making jeans in their apartment.  A few ticks of time and buckets of sweat later their handmade jeans were flying out of Barneys’ door.

Propaganda3 salutes that spirit and drive.  It is the same flame that drives the software that our digital forge fabricates each day.  It stems from a belief that what you are doing makes a difference and a pride that nothing leaves the shop with your name on it unless you know it is the best.

Thanks to Victor and Sandy for your inspiration and to David Huppert for bringing this amazing American Tale to life.

A Weekend Warning for Leo!

My Name is Mista Epiphany and seeing the ugly side of the future is my gift and if you have the misfortune of being born under the sign of Leo, you need to be forwarned about the pain that be hurtling your way this weekend.  Pay heed to your Horrorscope for the weekend of August 13th through the 15th.

The Sun, your Ruler, is cresting in your home constellation this week.  The fuzzy kitty attracts more attention than you are ready for.  One of your new admirers is Chet.  Chet has the biggest collection of shaven pubic hair in the world.  Guess whose next my chrome kitty?

Knowing what evil is lurking in your future gives you a much better chance of surviving it.  That’s why I have been working with the talented folks at the Propaganda3 offices.  When I explained my ability to save innocent lives from cross dressing demons, feral ballerinas and malicious ferrets doing the bidding of tequila shooting, sentient guacamole crust in a Taos dumpster, they suggested something called a Mobile Application.  I’m not really sure what that is.(I’m an 1100 year old Jamaican Voodoo Priest!)  That group of technology-minded humanitarians won’t even take money for it.  You just download HorrorScopes to your Device(they promised me it doesn’t hurt) and you can check it each week to see what demons are waiting to visit suffering on your frail humanity.

So if you have ever had a romance go wrong, or consume food that you don’t prepare or if you routinely leave your home after dark- get Horrorscopes, before you end up on the news with the words, “local, amazing footage, freak accident, brutal slaying or not going to believe this folks,” near your name.

P3 has Ring-Side Seats for Fire, Ice and Funky Teeth

This is the midnight battle of all battles.  The winner claims the title of, ‘Ugliest damn dude of Bubba Parish, Louisiana.’  In a world filled with hohum, this ain’t.  Ugly dudes aside, the Propaganda3 Team loves the details like the weird old man getting a little too turned on by the whole thing.  The dog biting the head off Mr. Monkeyshine.  The Iceman commeth in a Dodge Colt and finally but certainly not least – the wide-shot is pure genius.  Thanks to the Creative Madness at Blink Productions for making our day.  Best of luck with everything that comes out of your shop and thanks for putting a grin on our faces.

Propaganda3 thinks Yes Yes Y’all gets it Right Right

Remember when cable television channels promised endless programming schedules chocked full of freewheeling artistic programming that would be free of the big networks’ censorship and rigid programming guidelines?  Well, that promise lasted just longer than a Chicago fart.  Before you could murmur, “What’s that smell?” 30 minute blocks were vomiting life stopping info such as what color super models agreed was most arousing in the bathroom into our minds.

Yes, Yes, Y’all to the rescue.  Uninterrupted video, music and photography streaming live and commercial free to the device of your choice.  No holds barred art.  No censorship.  No feminine hygiene product testimonials.  No insurance.   You can watch Music Videos, listen to a radio station tailored to your taste, or read/submit to an uber-hip blog.

Here is a Virtual Pint to the Creative Team at Yes, Yes, Y’all, for a great idea that was well executed.  Keep it pure.