Apologies, Apostrophes.
You might have heard me nattering on the radio recently about Jim Guthrie tunes getting played on TV. There's the Capital One commercial ("Hands in my Pocket") and public service announcements for the ALS Society of Canada. Also, a little while ago I started hearing Guthrie's voice in a Tim Hortons ad, singing "always fresh at Tim Hortons" near the end of the spot.
Also, Beirut's "Postcards from Italy" has turned up in a commercial for Ivory soap.
I'm not posting this to encourage any sort of debate on whether on not artists should be associated with corporations. I think it is pretty clearly a good thing (money for artist), and I'm posting about it because it makes me excited when I hear good singers on the telly.
On another topic, "Tim Hortons" really pisses me off because the store doesn't use an apostrophe in its name and logo. Really, why not the possessive "Tim Horton's"?
Also, Beirut's "Postcards from Italy" has turned up in a commercial for Ivory soap.
I'm not posting this to encourage any sort of debate on whether on not artists should be associated with corporations. I think it is pretty clearly a good thing (money for artist), and I'm posting about it because it makes me excited when I hear good singers on the telly.
On another topic, "Tim Hortons" really pisses me off because the store doesn't use an apostrophe in its name and logo. Really, why not the possessive "Tim Horton's"?