GMC Hummer crab walk commercial, should we care?

Hello hello! If this is your first time stopping by, thank you. I write about all sorts of things, and a lot about commercials. If you’re curious about a recent ad you’ve seen, find out if it’s already on my Popular TV Commercials page.

GMC has been pushing the “crab walk” feature on their new Hummer EV. Here’s the ad featuring LeBron James…

A celebrity endorsement is fine, but a 10-degree tire rotation is not. Maybe there’s been a situation where someone thought, “I wish I could go sideways but not much, just barely sideways,” but I can’t recall it ever happening in my life.

GMC, if this is going to be a feature you highlight then throw out all the boundaries, hurdles, and expectations. In other words, it’s 90-degrees or nothing. It’s kind of like the ongoing technology in shaving razorblades. There’s always a big to-do when a razor goes up a blade or two. I remember when it went from one blade to two. Then to three. I’ve often thought, “Why are they going up one by one? Why doesn’t a company just make one with 10 blades and call it a day?”

Go big or go home. Isn’t that what a celebrity of LeBron’s status would say, anyway?

And if the crab walk actually IS something we need, show us why. Show us how it can be used in a middle class American life. LeBron moving the SUV barely sideways on a random crab-infested driveway doesn’t make me want to go drop a hundred grand.

The music is catchy enough, the soundtrack being Missy Elliot’s “Get Your Freak On.” But folks commenting on the YouTube page call out the production crew for not using a song that might have made the ad epic. It’s Noisestorm’s “Crab Rave.”

What are your thoughts on the GMC ad? Leave a comment below, and thanks for crab walking over to my blog today…

-Out of the Wilderness

Birds, foxes, clouds, and stars – recent pictures from camping

Hello there! I’ve been camping near my home base (Tallahassee) the past couple of months and hope to widen my radius as the year goes on. To find out more about the adventures I’ve been on so far, click on Camping Stories. Along the way I take photos of things that interest me whether it’s animals, the sea, lakes, trees, birds, and all kinds of stuff. Today’s post includes five of my favorite recent photos, with a short caption for each to tell you where they were taken. Hope you enjoy!

from late one evening camping overnight at Von Glahn Farms in southern Georgia
Storm approaches at Hardridge Creek Campground in eastern Alabama
A bird stops to make its next plans for the day at Hardridge Creek Campground
A purple flower with a few effects, Hardridge Creek Campground
Fox sits lakeside in Tallahassee, FL. I’ve posted about him before here

Thanks for dropping in…

-Out of the Wilderness

CNN+ Commercial – The Music in the Ad

CNN+ is getting all hip and cool with a song from Bonti called “Got A Feeling.” Here’s the ad, then scroll down for the full track from Bonti.

The song was released in 2018 and has nearly 100,000 streams on Spotify. Check out more of the band on their website, Facebook, or Instagram.

Thanks for dropping in…

-Out of the Wilderness

Overnight camping at a beautiful farm in Georgia

As a camper, I started a membership with Harvest Hosts which provides overnight camping at farms, breweries, wineries, churches, all kinds of locations for people who need somewhere to stay for a night (or two, some offer more than just one night). Last week, and for just the second time with my new membership, I camped at Von Glahn Farms in Georgia and it was awesome! The sunset alone was spectacular, but wide open fields lend themselves to great big views of the sky all day long.

Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the time I was there…

-Out of the Wilderness

Hardridge Creek Camping – Pictures Part 2

In yesterday’s post, I referenced Elvis Presley’s song “One Is Enough” because there’s this pandemic trend that is still going on to this day and it’s one of my top pet peeves at the moment. Click here for that story. But I guess I have to go against the message of that song because today’s blog entry will be twice that I’ve posted pictures from my camping experience at Hardridge Creek Campground. It’s located right on the Alabama Georgia Line and I had a good time kayaking right from my camper. For the first set of pictures, click here. I hope you enjoy this final set of photos and if you have questions about the campground, let me know in the comments!

-Out of the Wilderness