[Imc] possible antidrugwar PSAs?

[Vivek Srikrishnan]

I'd be interested in helping out with this, too...

Vivek

Chas. 'Mark' Bee wrote:

>Jay Morris wrote:
>
>>IMCistas!
>>
>>I finally saw Bush's drug war commercial (if you buy drugs you are
>>supporting terrorists), and I feel it is begging for a response ... if not
>>just for mockery.
>>
>>Here's the idea.  I want to put together a series of 10-15 second PSA's for
>>WEFT that could be played together or distributed throughout the day.  Each
>>would have a different person's voice, followed by a voiceover.
>>
>>Some examples:
>>
>><sound of a pop machine dropping a coke can out> "I helped Colombian
>>paramilitaries slaughter union leaders".  (voiceover: Where do
>>Colombian paramilitaries get their money? If you buy Coke products,
>>some of it might come from you.")
>>
>><sound of a car starting> "I'm helping oil executives ensure that we
>>never have clean air or renewable energy". (voiceover: Where do oil
>>industry lobbyists get their money? If you buy gasoline, it comes from
>>you.")
>>
>><sound of dubya snorting cocaine> "snooort ...  snoooort ... yeehaw! I
>>just helped terr'ists fly planes into our 'merican buildin's"
>>(voiceover: Where did terrorists get the money to organize and fly
>>planes into our buildings? If you were high on cocaine through the
>>80's, some of it might have come from you.")
>>
>>1) Can anyone come up with any other ideas for this?
>>
>>2) Would anyone like to lend their voice (or their best dubya impersonation)
>>to read one of these?
>>
>>3) Does anyone know about how to get PSA's onto the air at WEFT? and whether
>>or not they would go for this? and/or who would be willing to play this
>>during their shift?
>>
>>These should be very easy to put together, so if I can get some ideas and
>>some voices, I'll do it ASAP.
>>
>>Thanks a lot,
>>Jay
>>
>
>
>   What a lovely idea!  I'm *very* interested in getting this going.  I
>have a zillion ideas (having obsessed on this for about a week), can get
>PSAs that follow minimal rules to WEFT's PSA person (who I jam with),
>and would be DELIGHTED to play them during my shift (Thursday nights
>10-midnight).  I'll bet if they're catchy enough, I can get others to
>play them too!  I also have a home studio of sorts, and a bunch of sound
>effects CDs, and I know how to use 'em.
>
>   I might want to replace 'Coke' with 'sodas on campus', but that's
>just me.  =)
>
>   Let's get together - once others reply, you decide where and when.
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