It’s Like The Beams Crossing in Ghostbusters
I was in the airport lounge yesterday when I heard over the pager ‘Could Professor Noam Chomsky please come to the reception area’. What?!? I then realised Noam was in town to pick up his Sydney Peace Prize, so thought, unless it was a coincidence of linguistic proportions that it must indeed be the Noam Chomsky (that is the distinguished American social scientist, author and human rights campaigner (including spotting that 9-11 was a terrorist act that differed from other terrorist acts only in that it was committed on American soil and not by Americans on other nations soil).
I went to the reception are to wait and try and get a glimpse of the great man but to no avail (he didn’t turn up after being paged – no manufacturing consent with Noam).
Anyway, thinking I had missed my chance I left the lounge to board my plane, and there he was, sitting in business class looking bemused! I went to my seat and wondered how I could meet him – I’d get him to sign something. The only thing I had was todays Adnews, so I grabbed it and off I went to have it signed.
So now I’m getting what must be the only piece of advertising trade press in existence to be signed by Noam Chomsky framed. It will hang in my home among works by Shepard Fairey, an infamous Australian serial killer, and my sister Tania Bachen.
I wonder what the Occupy crew must think?
Fritz Bachen is a Consumer Psychologist and Founding Partner at Naked Communications. Fritz can be seen, read or heard at; The Gruen Transfer, ABC Radio (Sunday nights), Adnews columnist, as well as The Australian, Cleo, Mumbrella, Shop Till You Drop and so on. He speaks at numerous conferences on marketing, ideas, contemporary culture, and consumer behaviour. Fritz has degress in clinical psychology and commerce (marketing). A registered psychologist and has worked in private practice, forensic settings, advertising (Saatchi & Saatchi) and marketing consultancy (Added Value). He was also state under 12 chess champion on WA, and has a board game called The Analyst selling well in the Benelux countries.
Comments
Anonymous
Nov 5th, 2011What can I say to this – only that irony and integrity are worlds apart.
Bitavk
Nov 6th, 2011Greetings from Romania ! Saw you on The Gruen Transfer. Nice blog.
Anonymous
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Fritz Bachen
Nov 27th, 2011That cured thing must be an internet scam or virus. Please ignore
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