Episode 328: Covid-19, World’s Biggest Brand

What do insects and chicken have to do with tuna? ▲ Who will be the last 2 men on earth and why will one kill the other? ▲ What drug will they give us once all vaccines fail?▲ What made Covid so successful?▲ What part of Covid are CEO’s copying right now? ▲ Why are Aussie punk cops spraying people? ▲ Answers to these and ALL questions are within this episode!

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I record an episode, I promise to post some images on this page, then I get distracted. Sorry. Better late than never.

Covid-19 IS the world’s most biggest brand and will be until something bigger eclipses it. Like a meteor the size of Texas smashing into the planet. An alien invasion a la War of the Worlds. Giant Jesus using an aircraft carrier as a surfboard tearing through the clouds preceded by Gideon and his trumpet.

But for right now, and the foreseeable future, Covid -19 is THE product and THE brand and has generated more attention and sales than anything in the history of the planet, with the possible exception of the Black Plague. Which, having killed up to 60% of the world’s population, makes this Covid thing look… really insignificant.

Since Covid is now it’s own brand, I had to talk about brands and how silly they can be – especially when applied to fish or vegetables. People get craaaazy over brands – muh (insert brand) _____ phone, muh _____ car, muh _____ guitar, muh_____ salted snack. Which made me think of the guys who customize cars so thoroughly, as to make them virtually their own brand. (Its like a fuck you to corporations.)

Like this one owned by ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons.

A car culture of its own with that same spirit is the LowRiders right here in the City of Angels. Their cars are like a blank canvas, and what they do is amaaaazing.

Behold: