Tuaca Body Art Ball is Coming to St. Louis!

Looking for something completely original to do this Sunday?

Well, the highly-anticipated Body Art Ball is finally arriving in St. Louis this Sunday at the Pageant! Don't miss out on this captivating show that combines dance, music, and body art, plus delicious Tuaca cocktails, all of which will engage your senses on a whole new level! Doors open at 8 p.m., and tickets are free! Just be sure to register online, or texting STL to 68405.

We can't wait to see you there!

Finlandia Classic Named Ultimate Spirits Challenge Winner!

We're so excited about this, albeit unsurprised. One of the brands we work with, Finlandia Classic Vodka, has won the highest honor in the Ultimate Spirits Challenge - the Chairman's Award! It's also been named a "great value"!

The Ultimate Spirits Challenge website states that it's purpose "is to systemically cull from the pack and reward those distilled beverages which in the collective and numerically arrived at opinion of the judges standout in their respective categories, showing uncommon quality.

Panels of highly qualified experts blind taste/evaluate flights of distilled spirits by classifications within major spirits categories employing a custom-created format. Judges record their findings on a worksheet on which they will score each product on the 100-point scale.Final scores will be numerical aggregates per category in order to allow each product multiple chances to shine."

So basically, the challenge objectively finds awesome all-around spirits so you (the thirsty and deserving 21+ public) can make/try awesome all-around drinks at your leisure - i.e. Finlandia Classic Cocktails! Oh, what I wouldn't give to be a judge in that competition.

Congratulations Finlandia! We're off to celebrate in your honor!

For a full list of winners and details, click here.

Groupon wants to go it alone

CP&B loses BK and now they're getting slammed by Groupon. But who the heck wants to work with Groupon when the CEO says this about working with an agency - "...We learned that you can't rely on anyone else to control and maintain your own brand". Really?! What is an ad agency for, then?

Look for this to appear in the yellow pages soon: "Popular coupon company seeking butt-kissing vendor to take orders and produce middle-of-the-road, non-controversial watered-down ideas. 'Yes-people' not a requirement, but preferred".

Hey, we didn't particularly care for the Super Bowl ad either. But to overreact like that and globally dismiss the value of an agency relationship is pretty ignorant.

Read more at Ad Age

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Click to Give Earthquake and Tsunami Relief

The monumental earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan has been devastating to the country and it's people.

There are ways for us to help, even in our busy, over-scheduled, multi-tasking, planner-revolving lives.

Here are just a few of many:

1. Text to Donate: Text REDCROSS to 90999. Each text provides $10 towards Japan disaster-relief.

2. Facebook Donate: Login to Facebook and go to the Red Cross Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami cause. So far, $206,479 has been raised. You can donate between $10-$500 towards relief funds.

3. Virtual Goods: Zynga, who is the maker of Farmville, has partnered with Save the Children's Japan's Earthquake Tsunami Fund to get players of different Zynga games (FarmVille, FrontierVille, CityVille) to buy virtual goods while playing. 100% of the proceeds will go towards the fund.

4. "Like" a Page: Some pages are donating towards Japan for every "like" the page gets. One example is "Dog Bless You", which supports rescue dogs that aid in crisis like this.

5. Twitter: The following are a useful list of hashtags to use in your Twitter updates regarding the earthquake, especially if you have information about victims or family. These hashtags are often searched on Twitter.

• #Jishin: focuses around general earthquake information
• #Anpi: a hashtag for the confirmation of the safety of individuals or places
• #Hinan: Evacuation information
• #311care: a hashtag regarding medical information for the victims
• #PrayforJapan: A general hashtag for support and best wishes for victims of the crisis

6. Comment to Donate: The blog "Mom's Need to Know" has pledged to donate $1 for every comment they receive, up to $500, towards disaster relief in Japan. While that might not seem like much, there are other blogs doing the same thing, and they all add up.

7. iTunes Donation: Put your music-browsing habit towards a good cause on iTunes. They've developed a simple donation tool that allows you to donate between $5-$200.

Tuaca Body Art Ball Upcoming Shows

We invite you to indulge in the sights and sounds of the Tuaca Body Art Ball. The Tuaca Body Art Ball is a captivating visual marvel that blends body art, music and dance to create a colorful, surreal event that is not easily forgotten. Performers at the Tuaca Body Art Ball display a variety of costumes that are painted directly on their bodies. Tuaca Body Art Ball delivers a sizzling show from start to finish. You’ll be blown away by the stunning visuals and electric atmosphere.

There are only two shows left of this mesmerizing performance for 2011!

Austin, TX (March 28) Get Tickets Now!
St. Louis, MO (April 03) Get Tickets Now!

There’s no charge for admission, but you have to register to attend, and all guests must be at least 21 years old. We hope to see you there!

Craigslist Gets Hi-Tech

Like everyone else, we’re always looking for the newest app to devote way too many hours towards. We found one that you’re probably familiar with even if you’ve never used it on the iPad.

If you're looking for something, anything, near you, Craigslist is probably one of your first online stops. Craigslist is full of great deals, but it can be kinda frustrating to navigate. Now, there's an iPad app that re-creates Craigslist for the iPad, using a classic newspaper design. It’s called Lifelike Craig HD, and it has essentially re-created newspaper classifieds for the Internet. Lifelike Craig HD is a way to view and post to Craigslist with the look and feel of a newspaper's classified ads. The app allows you to do everything you do on Craigslist, including posting and editing ads from multiple accounts or browsing ads in landscape or portrait design. The app makes ads much easier to read. Lifelike Apps, the creator of Lifelike Craig HD, explains, “You can even circle ads you like or have the app automatically cross out ads you want to exclude. The app shows a map for each listing and displays listing images in a neat image gallery.”

WE KNOW THAT GUY!

Not only do we know this guy, but we want you to know that we know this guy! We have had the pleasure of working with some pretty phenomenal photographers in the wonderful world of advertising, but Rob Grimm is a downright pro. Rob not only acts as owner and operator of Rob Grimm Photography but as principle of Tork Designs. This snap-happy fellow has recently been featured on adsaint.org and we thought you might wanna sneak a peak. As you well know, Boxing Clever is privileged with the task of working on CHAMBORD Liqueur and CHAMBORD Flavored Vodka, so it only seemed right that we up the ante and bring in Rob Grimm for a future summer program. This job may seem rough but who could be bothered by the London Hotel in West Hollywood, even in a torrential wind storm. They powered through and you get to reap the benefits of this unique relationship!