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From the DIY(Do It Yourself) Fliers i’ve attached, you can clearly see that there isn’t really any common advertising technique in any of them.  The thing with do it yourself advertising is to be outside of the box.  To be unknown and different from anything you’ve ever seen before.  

The fliers shown have a picture that clearly has nothing to do with any of the bands or venues that it is describing.  That is the point of doing it yourself, to be completely different.  The purpose of the flier is to catch ones eye and have them be so interested in hearing different music, that they will go to the show and enjoy it.  

The fliers usually tell about the venue and where its being held.  It also states the band and the music that they play.  The bands that play are usually underground bands that no one has ever heard of.  And usually plays music that only very few people enjoy.  

From being at only a few DIY shows, I haven’t been into it to much.  But since the  band that I am in plays music that appeals to a lot of the population of DIY shows, I have been getting into more underground music.  The band that I am has played a couple of DIY shows in peoples basements.  And the other bands that we have played with have been absolutely ridiculous and crazy.  But i’m not going to say that I havent enjoyed the music and show that they have put on.  We have played with crazy one man metal performances from a band like Thrash Kitten, to a death metal band like Clocks.  Soon we will be playing with an upcoming DIY band that has just started called Gas Up Yr Hearse on the 25th.   

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Choose Your Own 1

Bud and O’Connell are the two fattest cats I have ever seen.  They have been my pets since elementary school.  When my mom found them with two other cats in our backyard.  At that time they were just tiny little kittens.  But 8 years later they grew up(and out) into the biggest cats ever.  A few weeks after we attained the kittens.  My mom decided to give away two of them.  I was sad to see them go.  But I was still glad that we had gotten to keep two.  At that point I was really into the movie The Mummy.  I really was into the main character O’Connell.  So I decided to name the cat with white fur and brown spots after him.  The other one that has a nice shade of brown fur, Bud.  He was always choosing me over any other member in my family.  So I thought of him as a buddy.  

My mom has always feed them diet cat food.  So it makes absolutely no sense why they are so big.  Well.. I do feed them cheese every once in a while.  

Currently their favorite things to do are lay down on their back and sleep on the couch.  Every once in a while they will wrestle, for about 2 minutes, until they are to tired to lift a paw.  And roll over and close their eyes.  

Bud has always been the favorite of the two.  He always runs up the stairs and follows me to my bathroom.  At night I get awoken to my door slowly opening and him suddenly jumping onto my bed and scaring the crap out of me.  And whenever he sleeps with me I always get awoken in the night by him looking right at me and push my face with his nose.  And he doesn’t stop until I pet him.  

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Commerical

After watching the T.V network Adult Swim (late night Cartoon Network).  I found that most of the commercials present between the show segments are targeted mostly toward young men.  With the vast amount of action movie trailers and fast food commercials, there’s no doubt it is for young adult men.  Since I am a young man, the commercials interested me a little.  All of the game commercials for upcoming games and the commercials for Gamefly, really peaked my interest.  And since towards the night I get kind of hungry.  The fast food commercials with sizzling hot burgers and spicy tacos really make me more hungry than I need to be.  The shows on Adult Swim really appeal to a small population of young men.  But I am no doubt part of that population.  Every show seems hysterical to me.  I own a lot of the seasons from some of the weirdest shows on the network.  I have a couple friends that almost despise Adult Swim.  They find that the humor that the network represents are lame and nonsensical.  So nonsensical that it’s not funny and just comes off weird.  But that is the kind of humor I love. 

                While watching Family Guy, which has an audience mainly of males, the network seem to pack in tons of movie commercials for upcoming action movies.  And action movies most definitely have an audience of men.  These ads appeal to me.  I am always interested in movies that are coming to theaters. 

                In the T.G.I Friday commercials they advertised their new line of appetizers and burgers that are humongous.  Burgers and appetizers that can be considered “man food.”  I have only been to Friday’s a few times.  So I don’t really remember what their food tastes like.  But I love appetizers and I love big burgers. 

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