leading your mind astray

Crumping you can believe in

2008-10-23T15:39:00.000-07:00

Even in dyer economic times, people still have time to burn.

best film intro ever ?

2008-07-24T01:22:00.000-07:00

True skaters like to diss this video because "skating speaks for itself" which I agree with, but this is a hell of a video. It is an intro for Lakai's "Fully Flared" skate video.
Co-Directed by Spike Jonez, Music by M83
Enjoy

Best Tennis Match Ever

2008-07-06T15:15:00.000-07:00

If you missed Rafael Nadal defeat 5 time Winbledon Champion Roger Federer today to win his first Wimbledon Title then you missed out. It was hands down the best tennis match I have ever seen. While I do not claim to be a tennis expert, I have been watching the sport since I was a child. I have seen all the greats win and lose and I have seen many epic battles but the match today between Nadal and Federer took the cake. These two guys played what I think is longest match in Wimbledon history according to what the commentators were saying. It was literally head to head all the way until the final match point (which was the third of the set) in the 5th. Rafael Nadal collapsed upon victory and then proceeded to climb some walls and jump into the stands to hug his family. It was pretty awesome. As John Mcenroe said "this was the greatest match I have ever seen and if this doesn't generate interest in our fine sport, then I don't know what will".
Here are a few more pics of my guy Nadal!

it's been a month since i've done a post

2008-06-30T12:06:00.000-07:00

Indeed time has not been on my side lately, which is odd given my current professional duties. Anways, yesterday was my friend Jeff's birthday. A group of five of us gathered to celebrate with him at once of Chicago's secret masterpiece's, The Paramount Room. I don't know whats up with that tribal logo surrounding the glass of beer but they do have fantastic beer and food. We had interesting discussions, my friend Karl gave Jeff an interesting book that I must now track down. The book is "Wreckers of Civilization" and it's basically the insane story of psycho jazz legends Throbbing Gristle.
These guys also spoke quite a bit about Nurse With Wound who I was unaware of and really don't have the time to explain, but it's worth checking out.
After Jeff made his exit to go watch the Chicago White Sox dominate the Chicago Cubs to make the sweep official, we headed over to another bar for one more beer. There we tried to figure out if we are old or if new music really just sucks. We all agreed that if we are in fact victims of a generation gap that we could accept that. However we also could not find a musical or other artistic movement today that was worth praising.
I then went to work and continued reading Naked Lunch and then I felt filthy and vile but hey, is't that why you read William S. Burroughs in the first place?
Anyways... I woke up this morning, checked wherethehellismatt.com and found his latest video and it made me happy for some odd reason. I'm not sure if I like Matt or hate him because I am jealous of what he gets to do.
For all the people that really think people that live in other parts of the world are so much different than us Americans, I think this is quite possibly the best and most simple example they are indeed very similar to us. If you're not in a better mood after watching this I will pay you $100 dollars (just kidding, I'm not giving you shit!)
Check it out and enjoy your day!

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

White People For Peace

2008-06-01T12:43:00.000-07:00

Against Me! summed it up with this song. If you don't know Against Me! then you should go buy their music at your local record store (if you can find one) or obtain it on the interweb. Anyways... if you are curious of the lyrics you can find them here!

White People For Peace by: Against Me!

revisit connect four

2008-05-29T10:32:00.000-07:00

my guy brian is not very good at connect four, but his heart is in it.

seriously though... this shit gets funnier every time you watch it....

check out his other shorts:
rick jeffers

falseface

superchunk rules!

2008-05-28T01:35:00.001-07:00

One of the better things about the 90's was a little band called S uperchunk (whose re-union I missed last year at the Metro in Chicago because I was in California, but we won't talk about that right now...or ever again).Superchunk was catchy noise pop at it's finest. they just don't make pop music like this anymore...Yes I am aware that the previous statement makes me sound old! Enjoy some superchunk on me! AGAIN... don't say that I never gave you anything!

SUPERCHUNK - Hyper Enough

SUPERCHUNK - Precision Auto

AND FINALLY
A great live clip of Superchunk playing "waterwings" from the "like a fool" record (their best imo)
man that mac can sure bounce around... goodtimes!

banksy paints the israel/palestine wall

2008-05-28T01:27:00.000-07:00

The previous post before this about the banksy record got me fired up on his efforts in painting the Israel/Palestine wall. I think these are all of the paintings from his effort there. The post before this one has some video footage of this whole ordeal....check it!

banksy on wax yall !

2008-05-28T00:58:00.001-07:00

The more popular an artist or band gets, it becomes more uncool to like them... say what you want about banksy, but when was the last time you braved bullets in the West Bank to put up art on the Israel/Palestine Border? That's what I thought....
Anyways...the company I am working for at the moment is selling some limited edition Banksy Records. Not sure if he made the tunes (which is a breakbeat record that also includes a mental laughing track lock groove) . It comes in a few different color sleeves (pictured above)... if you feel so inclined you can pick up this sure to be collectors edition vinyl here!

Here is some footage of Banksy in the West Bank

If you are not familiar with Banksy... He is a famous British Graffiti Artist who primarily works with stencil art. Here are a few glimpses into his work:

more stop motion: human tetris

2008-05-28T00:53:00.001-07:00

OK so this video probably does not need to be 2:38 long but it is. I do like to think about these people sitting around for hours most likely to make these videos. The guy who does the "music" is pretty comical as well.

the future of television advertising

2008-05-28T00:46:00.000-07:00

The Bullshit Observer has an interesting article on the current state of television advertising. I couldn't agree more... Read the article here.

Q. How do you solve the current housing crisis in the U.S.A.? A: Build Treehouses

2008-05-28T00:30:00.000-07:00

This is awesome...A German company called baumraum builds tree houses like these... Don't even act like you don't want one. Seriously... the builders who are getting forced out of business all across American should get crafty and do stuff like this... WHY THE HELL NOT???

does the world need more weezer?

2008-05-28T00:14:00.000-07:00

What do tay zonday, kevin federline and miss south carolina have in common?
They are all in the new Weezer video. Yes it sounds like every other song Weezer ever made. I don't hate Weezer, and just like everyone else, I really like their first record (My Name is Jonas is a Jam), but I thought they quite while they were ahead... but nope... I really don't care about this, but they do milk the whole "Mentos in the Soda" thing that we failed miserable at when we did the video for the fizz. (hint.. its in the first video in the films section)

i approve this ad: scantron sex

2008-05-27T23:54:00.000-07:00

If you were going to purposely flunk a test, why not fill out your scan-tron form the way the crafty folks at Publicis, Singapore did for this Durex Global Sex Survey!

a random conversation

2008-05-23T15:53:00.000-07:00

scott: i wonder what it would be like to own a baseball team?

me: yeah i wonder what you would do all day at work.

scott: hope they win.

i approve this ad...looking for a job?

2008-05-23T15:37:00.000-07:00

Dentsu in China did these ads for a jobzonen.dk which is a job site like monster or career builder but for Denmark. People are dogging the ads but I think they hit the nail on the head. Being on the job hunt myself... well...lets just say i can relate and most likely my guys sam, fabian and anthony can as well!

if you are offended you most likely have a nice job and make more money than me!

master of profits

2008-05-23T15:29:00.001-07:00

for those of you who are not familiar with chicago punk/grind misfits hewhocorrupts, they are a band (well they are a business) and a record label. this is video they did for their song master of profits! this might be the best 1 minute and 44 seconds of your life, enjoy !

viciousness

2008-05-23T15:13:00.000-07:00

my guy bob sent me this video a couple weeks back. it's surely inspired by a clock work orange but if you're having a bad day and feeling vicious it's a nice watch! pleasant stuff!

JUSTICE - STRESS

justice stress (official video)
Uploaded by 75_prod

a glimpse of the influence from a clock work orange

you just never know with advertising

2008-05-23T14:29:00.001-07:00

OK!
So there you sit pondering whether you should be disturbed by the kid drinking gas, or the underage homo eroticism.... me too pals...me too!...
Let me explain what is going on here. This is a controversial ad for a swiss bus company called Flygbussarna who recently announced a plan to increase the use of rapeseed oil-based biofuel in its fleet, with the goal of being completely fossil-fuel free in three years.

The company launched an ad campaign this week to promote its green-fuel credentials, using posters which show people, including children, drinking from fuel pumps with the Flygbussarna logo.The text of the ads insinuates that the company’s rapeseed-based fuel is safe enough to drink.

Granted these ads are offensive, confusing and can potentially influence children to consume all sorts of poisonous substances (or appendages)... does the controversy shine light on their effort to become fossil-fuel free?
I think it does...but again... it's a question of ethics...
decide for yourself !

welcome to crackie's corner v1.0

2008-05-23T13:37:00.000-07:00

welcome to the first installment of crackie's corner. this is where i will feature content suggested by my girl and my favorite crackhead vivian. here she offers up the la pequena amy winehouse. this is one cracked out little person... enjoy!

IF THEY ONLY HAD THIS WHEN I WAS A KID

2008-05-21T01:07:00.000-07:00

Remember all those commercials for toys that did all these amazing things and you waited months and months to get your hands on that toy. Then you finally get it and the toy is a hunk of junk, nothing like the commercial and you felt so let down and you just wanted to call out these companies on their lies... WELL... now you can go online and tell the world. EXPO TV is the new rage that allows you to upload a video of a product in action, or just to give a review.

This kind of thing should have happened years ago. I am going to plagiarize the blog where I found this...Expo Tv is consumer reports meets youtube. And they have all kinds of product reviews. The first thing I am posting is a glass of wine spilling when i jump on a Tempur-Pedic bed.

I hope this site spreads like wildfire. I will never be burned by another Fry-Daddy again!

i approve this ad: matchbox cars

2008-05-21T00:58:00.001-07:00

This is simple and perfect stuff. This time by Ogilvy & Mather, Frankfurt, Germany. There are a few other takes on this same idea however I am partial to this kid, the look on his face is priceless.

i approve this ad: safe sex done swiss style

2008-05-21T00:51:00.000-07:00

Euro RSCG Switzerland did these condoms ads. The top notch art direction brings a fresh face to this idea which has been used time and time again. I am not sure when you will be having sex in the jungle, or a cave but I felt it was appropriate to post them given my Swiss friend Fabian sent me the ad in the previous post which is another condom ad, however this one is not for giant condoms, this is just for the every day couple, no matter if you are straight or gay! (check out the last ad)...oh yea they went there!

i approve this ad: durex extra large

2008-05-19T08:48:00.000-07:00

my guy fabian is on fire with sending emails. here is another one he sent me today for durex extra large condoms! it's a classic...

minus the bear, throwing shapes video

2008-05-18T16:29:00.000-07:00

besides being an overall great band, the new video from minus the bear is pretty awesome.
check it...

MINUS THE BEAR - THROWING SHAPES

the coolest 50 year old alive

2008-05-18T16:01:00.000-07:00

nick cave is a bad ass, plain and simple. from his days with the birthday party, to the bad seeds days, the recent grinderman project, he is back with the bad seeds. if i can afford it i'm going to see them at the riveria her in chicago. this is not some old guy going through the motions for a paycheck...tis the real deal... you can only wish that you will be this cool at 50 years old...

GRINDERMAN LIVE ON THE TV

NICK CAVE AND THE BIRTHDAY PARTY LIVE
my guess is 1982

the real simpsons

2008-05-18T10:48:00.001-07:00

my guy fabian sent me this. it's pretty awesome. it's speaks for itself. what i like about it most is that you can really see what talented actors each one of cast memebers are. meet the simpsons!

again, stop motion sickness

2008-05-14T13:24:00.000-07:00

my obsession with stop motion continues...
my guy bob in new york posted this sick video on his blog.
i can't say enough about how cool this video is, just give it a watch... the part where he eats the paper on the wall is straight off the wall...total sickness.
upon completion of viewing the video you should read the rest of bobs blog. he has quite a lot to say. you can also pay him to make good work for you. browse his work here.

this is how austria does ps3

2008-05-14T08:33:00.000-07:00

tbwa in austria has released this ad for the ps3. ladies and gentleman, meet the penis thumb. is it good? is it bad? is it tasteless? does it even make sense? who knows, but it's causing quite the stir. check it.
does this just mean that x-box 350 and wii are kicking playstations ass?

david lynch does advertising

2008-05-11T23:42:00.000-07:00

posting that last bit with david lynch in my previous post got me going. here are a few ads that david lynch has done. people seem to either love him or hate him, i choose to love him and all of these ads certainly have his touch.
if i was vh1 i would give this a lame name like "the worlds most awesomely bizarre ads" but i'm not vh1 so i'll just show them to you.
you're welcome!

COFFEE
featuring agent cooper and other cast members from twin peaks

CIGARETTES

PS2
this commercial is awesome and pure lynch

CARS
PERFUME...OPIUM
sounds like he had Angelo Badalamenti do the music

PERFUME...GUCCI

Audi R8 and Ironman VS. David Lynch

2008-05-11T23:25:00.000-07:00

As you may have noticed unless you are totally oblivious or you live in a cave, product placement in movies is commonplace these days. If you saw Cloverfield and didn't notice him using his NOKIA phone to make calls, or the refreshing AQUAFINA that the guy drank in the subway tunnel or the SEPHORA sign the one guy/girl leans against for a good minute then I don't know what to tell you. Anyways...the car companies are cashing in. The New Audi R8 (which has the engine in the back and you can get a clear backside to reveal the engine) is all over the Ironman movie, which apparently kicks ass, and Mercedes is in bed with New Line Cinema to have their new S-Class Sedan in all the promo ads as well as the movie. Samantha will also be driving around in her Mercedes GLK-350 compact SUV. Check it...then watch the third video to see how David Lynch Feels about the whole thing!

IRONMAN PROMO w/ the AUDI R8

KIM CATTRALL GETTING IN HER MERCEDES GLK-350 FILMING SEX AND THE CITY

DAVID LYNCH BEING AWESOME

Bobby Lee is funny

2008-05-11T23:23:00.000-07:00

my guy paul sent me this clip. it's totally ridiculous... enjoy!

black tooth paste

2008-05-11T16:15:00.000-07:00

my guy mat sent me this. it's clever yes, but is it racist? i dunno... you decide....

falseface

2008-05-08T09:48:00.000-07:00

more brillz from my guy brian petsos who wrote and directed this that you should go to next week if you live in new york. You might recall him as rick jeffers
this time brian is joined by will forte. enjoy

i approve these ads: Vancouver Aquarium

2008-05-06T14:58:00.000-07:00

Taxi in Canada did these ads. Do they make you hungry?

2008-05-06T00:31:00.000-07:00

my guy and personal blog guru sam sent me this link. IFC and Nerve have put together this list of sketches. just like any "greatest of all time" compilations you will inevitably have some sort of beef with the list... like the ucb- ass pennies skit being at # 49 but hey... no one is perfect...this is sort of a long term strategy!

a few good creative men

2008-05-06T00:23:00.000-07:00

this made me laugh

original design gangster

2008-05-05T21:57:00.000-07:00

graphic designers, this one's for you!
if your not a graphic designer or at least have a little knowledge of the discipline then you will not get this...
as lame as this is it made me chuckle like a schoolgirl... ok well... school boy.

if you are in new york on thursday may 15th you should probably attend this

2008-05-05T11:21:00.001-07:00

my guy's brian petsos and max lubahn have put together a show that will premier at the ucb theatre on thursday may 15th. if you are in the area go check it as both guys are stellar individuals. brian moon lights as rick jeffers and max is just an all around good dude.

brian says: it is kind of bloody, and it promises to be kind of funny...at least. if you like cowboys and indians, love and marriage, blood and beer, and good old-fashioned brotherhood, then we've got the show for you.

premiere performance thursday, may 15th at 6:30 PM.
ucb theatre, 307 w. 26th street, new york city, new york, 10001

CLICK BELOW TO MAKE A RESERVATION NOW!
http://spillmedia.com/pie

new rage: free music...nine in nails gives you their latest

2008-05-05T08:49:00.001-07:00

say what you will about where nine inch nails has gone musically over the years, i for one could live without much of their output since the downward spiral but at least trent has his head in the right spot. granted giving your new record away is the rage these days like radiohead did with inrainbows...nine inch nails take the idea where it should be...and that is by giving you multiple high quality formats to choose from and give you no option to contribute a single dollar whereas radiohead gave you an option to donate an amount of your choice (i gave $2.00 out of sheer guilt as i felt the concept was pretty awesome) and then gave you the album at a bit rate of 160. nine inch nails offer their newest in a variety of formats including high-quality MP3, FLAC or M4A lossless at CD quality and even higher-than-CD quality 24/96 WAVE. your link will include all options - all free. all downloads include a PDF with artwork and credits.
you go trent !

get your free copy of nine inch nails - the slip here

update: got the record via email and it isn't very good... trent reznor lost his musical edge a long time ago in my opinion, however he still fights the good fight... even if he did steal a pigface song... thanks for the free tunes trent!
a side note: the cover got me excited that this would be the right turn musically i was hoping nin would take... oh well !
anyways... here is nin playing the stolen song when nin was truly great!

Nine Inch Nails - Suck_Live_1989_Pretty Hate Machine Tour

bad ass kid does bad ass stuff

2008-05-03T16:00:00.000-07:00

my guy mat showed me this today...if i was 10 years old i wouldn't mess with this kid.

new rage: getting rick rolled

2008-05-02T01:34:00.000-07:00

i got rick rolled... straight up. whoever thought of that is a genius.

if you don't know what it's all about... it's worth checking out, but you really need to watch the entire clip to get it... watch this clip from Serra vs. St. Pierre which was written about in great detail previously on my blog.

pointless facts...pavement meets jerri blank

2008-05-02T00:52:00.000-07:00

it's always odd when you think of something or someone and then you run into them or it or whatever... you know what i mean....
so i haven't listened to pavement in a little while so today i busted out slanted and enchanted and then followed it up with a little wowee zowee. while trying to sleep i was watching a strangers with candy episode and i notice a familiar face... i was pretty sure it was mark iblod, the bass player from pavement... i fast forward to the credits... bingo... there he is.... MARK IBOLD.
granted this is not the strangest thing in the world, it was just bizarre seeing that i had listened to two pavement records today.
mark plays a band member in jerri blank's brother derricks band member.

now you go ahead and enjoy you some strangers with candy and some pavement! You're welcome!
serioulsy... don't mention it... i mean it.

STRANGERS WITH CANDY
Stephen Colbert montage as Chuck Noblet

PAVEMENT live at READING FESTIVAL circa 1992
off key singing and maximum slack attitude in full effect yall

BONUS PAVEMENT - PERFUME V live at READING FESTIVAL circa 1992

looking for a job makes you miss awesome things

2008-05-01T23:51:00.000-07:00

i've been so consumed as of late in looking for employment that i missed tim and eric live at the empty bottle. two shows... i found one clip from the show.

"i like parties, i like fun, i want to live in a hamburger bun"

if you don't know tim and eric, they made tom goes to the mayor and currently do tim and eric awesome show, great job as well as host a live talk show on superdelux. they make some of the weirdest and amazing stuff out there now.

United Visual Artists : Yan Shu Commission

2008-05-01T22:57:00.000-07:00

UVA was commissioned to create an instillation in a new terminal at london's heathrow airport. The commission is designed to bring attention to china design now.

The idea of the instillation is to promote the sharing of experiences in different cultures.
Browse the UVA site for on this, some cool videos and slide show photos of the instillation as well as a lot of other work they have done. Just about all of it is amazing. Here is some of the work they did in 2004 for Massive Attack.

UVA and MASSIVE ATTACK

i approve this ad...the happiness factory

2008-05-01T22:20:00.000-07:00

I do not approve this on the basis of how they are making working in a factory look fun, although that is a tough thing to do and they seemed to have accomplished that. I approve this based on the quality of the work and how tight the concept is. You can see the continuity through out the entire work and it really is a flawless site.

AKQA in new york and coca-cola have an interesting take on employee morale. They created the happiness factory which is in essence a micro-site to change perception of what it means to be an employee for coca-cola. They launched this on a global scale in 40 languages.

The idea was to have employees and potential employees interact with the company and give the impression of a fun and hilarious atmosphere at the coca-cola factory.

the site starts with an animated movie that would make pixar proud.

it then leads you to the site where you can pick various characters who act as employees, you punch them in and they go to work which turns out to be interactive video games that you play. Again the graphics are top notch.

looptopia

2008-05-01T22:01:00.000-07:00

This weekend Chicago will host looptopia which is a festival to take place in the chicago's loop and will go from early friday evening till sunrise. The festival concludes with a sunrise celebration in millennium park. Not sure what this sunrise celebration includes but hey, it's a sunrise celebration in the park. I haven't had the chance to look to indepth at what is going on at the fest but i'm sure you could find something interesting strolling through.

UPDATE: I heard it was a total bust. If the city is going to do something that is cool in theory what stops them from hiring competent people to organize it?

the one reason i would have gone to coachella

2008-04-30T15:08:00.000-07:00

Aphex Twin - apparently he gave a pretty intense history lesson of dance music before he aurally beat people down and ripped their faces off:

Here is his intro...who else would end a beautiful ambient intro with flavor flav samples!

full on rave

this is a nice 7 minute montage where he progressed into drum and bass...towards the end it becomes pure madness

AND THE ENDING: FULL ON MADNESS....richard james rules

sceam bloody water

2008-04-30T13:59:00.000-07:00

think geek is selling these led lights that light up your water to let you know if the water is hot or cold. it doesn't change the color of the water just illuminates it. i imagine letting your girlfriend discover the "bloody water" in the middle of the night for the first time would be good times!

get out and play.......does stop motion ever get old?

2008-04-28T17:46:00.000-07:00

Nokia has put together an awesome site to promote a new video game feature NGage via a website called get out and play. While the site loads you play an analog looking version of the classic game breakout or arkanoid.
It then leads to an amazing stop motion video that pays homage to the classic nokia game snake and features a cardboard robot villain as well as a really awesome couple of frames dedicated to people running into a wall.

The most innovative part of the site is the interactive video game which is basically a modern version of breakout or arkanoid but instead of dots, lines and a ball you get to control a "human bar" and knock a human into a wall of humans via stop motion animation. It's not the most high tech game ever by any means but it's a cool concept. NOTE... the game happens halfway through the entire video where 1,000 people make the worlds longest snake using stop motion. Pretty awesome.

CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT GET OUT AND PLAY

the verve ...whatever

2008-04-28T00:10:00.000-07:00

so i scanned youtube for footage of the verve's triumphant return to america. granted it must have been nice for them to be so well received after years of playing small clubs etc... but they took one of the biggest nose dives of any band in history... looks like they are no better than when they left... compare this weekends performance of bitter sweet symphony (this is me rolling my eyes) to Verve in their prime at the metro in chicago in 1993.

OLD VERVE
The Sun, The Sea...Live at Metro, Chicago 1993
NOTE: classic richard ashcroft moment at about the 4:26 marker

OLD VERVE WAS TOO GOOD NOT TO POST ANOTHER ONE
Gravity Grave...Live at Metro, Chicago 1993

FINE.. HAVE IT YOUR WAY.... ONE MORE
Blue...Live at Metro, Chicago 1993

THE NEW VERVE.... UGGGHGHGHGHGH
it really is a bittersweet symphony

looking at those people get so excited for one of the worst songs of their career, is... well... it is what it is!

upright citizens brigade... in bed...the proof is in the cookie

2008-04-27T23:49:00.000-07:00

with amy poehler finally in a big screen movie, i figure it a perfect time to pay tribute to this wonderful gal. this sketch is a personal favorite of mine from the days of the upright citizens brigade tv show. the actual sketch actually starts at about 40 seconds into it and actually is a shining moment for ian roberts. enjoy !

i love how this has 30K hits, yet jerks like this get 20MILLION hits... wtf

fav quote 1 "that doesn't even make sense, someone new"

the future you've been waiting for that you still can't live in.

2008-04-27T22:51:00.000-07:00

with main stream auto design being as stale as it is, it's about time these objects finally come to life. most of us grew up being clobbered over the head with images of what the future will look like. thanks to places like MIT and people like renowned architect Frank O. Gehry, car's like this are being designed.
i was led to this car while browsing the smart cities site where they have posted the bit car. this is stackable electric car which will be placed near train and bus stops and places of high pedestrian traffic and you rent the car like a luggage cart at the airport. The best part is that the car re-charges once it is returned to a station. take that zip car
this led me to looking at other concept cars etc... with so much media attention to going green, it's nice to see design and earth preservation merging into interesting new products. now if they would only make and mass produce these things already...
here is a link to a cool pdf presentation of some of the concept cars and some running prototypes.
here are some more pics of other amazing cars. more details can be see at the ARCHiNODE STUDIO

blogger play

2008-04-25T16:48:00.000-07:00

a cool new toy offered up by google via their blogger site. it's called blogger play and it pulls images from blogger sites (like this one) and lets you view some random images. what's cool though is that you can click on any image and it takes you to the blog the image is from. who know's what you will find.

the idea of image driven curiosity is pretty awesome.

a similar idea is done on a really amazing website called we feel fine where they explore human emotions in six movements: madness, murmurs, montage, mobs, metrics and mounds. The site pulls sample sentences from various blogs all over the world. And also allows you get to the blog the quote originated from. Not to mention the interface is really awesome as well. Check it.

windlowlicker : best intro ever

2008-04-24T01:37:00.000-07:00

NO this video is not new.
only aphex twin could pull off a 3:50 intro like this. (WARNING: if you are at work there is lot's of cursing in this intro... so start at 3.50 and watch the video)
this video get weirder with each passing second. if you've already seen it, you already know. if you haven't... then it's your turn!

AHHHH, they just don't make them like they used to... well they do sometimes.... it's not as weird but it's still brillz. My guy bob showed me this video that ISIS recently did which rocks. it's nothing like the aphex twin video but check it.

i approve this ad: ideath

2008-04-24T01:16:00.000-07:00

apparently Australian kids love their ipod's so much that they are running into moving cars. with this becoming a much more common event the Australian police are putting their foot down and demanding some attention be brought to the matter.

insert tasteless joke here:
Q. what were these kid's listening to on their ipods?
A. Death Metal

if aphex twin made tame advertising

2008-04-24T01:12:00.000-07:00

it might something like these creepy little bastards.

Dear APPLE, take THAT...Sincerely, Dell

2008-04-23T23:17:00.000-07:00

Dell is about to launch an "eco-friendly" computer... you have a plant a tree in your living room and they send a tech-guy out to gut the planted tree and install a screen, a motherboard and some usb slots.... ok I kid, but this is kinda cool. I snagged the pictures off earth2tech

Dell claims the computer is 81 % smaller than a standard desktop, uses 70 percent less power and is filled with recycled materials like old bottles, milk jugs and detergent cases. (and you thought all that crap would only make shitty hard tissue and those nice little sleeves that coffee shops give you so as to not burn your hand)

The computer is supposed to drop later this year and run between $500 and $700.

MY SUGGESTION... add a projector that allows the image to shine on the wall or a monitor sized screen and eliminate the monitor altogether.

Dell Earth

My Blood Valentine to play in New York ! ! ! All Tomorrow's Parties

2008-04-22T21:52:00.000-07:00

WELCOME BACK

So My Bloody Valentine has been a mystery for god knows how long now, they were set to play Coachella this year but since Coachella sucks (granted they do have Aphex Twin as a last minute add on) I bought tickets to see them in June in London. Now news rolls out (Thanks to Karl Meier) that All Tomorrow's Parties will take place in New York in September with none other than My Bloody Valentine headlining.

There is other awesome stuff so far like Tortoise performing millions now living will never die and Built to Spill playing Perfect From Now On, but what is even cooler is that you have to stay on site for the 3 days.

It's going to be one hell of a party, I think that much can be counted on.
In case you missed the other link... here is the OFFICAL NEW YORK ALL TOMORROW'S PARTY LINK.

homes of the future

2008-04-20T23:32:00.000-07:00

Living Homes is a company doing some pretty amazing stuff in the world of architecture and home building. They have a team of innovative architects who design your home. It is build and shipped to you. Check it!

And finally, I found this prototype doing a google image search. Not sure if this is actually from the same company but regardless, it's pretty George Jettson.

Did Obama give Hillary the Finger?

2008-04-20T23:07:00.000-07:00

Found this clip on funny or die
seems as though he did.

i approve these ads

2008-04-20T22:58:00.000-07:00

Pretty awesome ads for knives and a toaster. This was done by Shackleton, Madrid, Spain.

The Subway Vigilante...circa 1984

2008-04-17T09:54:00.000-07:00

MEET BERNHARD GOETZ
YEAR: 1984

While recently reading The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell I learned the story of Bernhard Goetz aka The Subway Vigilante. I'm surprised I haven't heard this one before but it's none the less conversation worthy.

Long story short, on a crowded New York subway train...
4 black teens harass a nerdy white man on a train...they don't attack but they threaten and place their hands in a gesture that would lead one to believe they had guns and/or weapons. Bernhard Goetz shoots all four of them and takes off into the night only to turn himself days later. He was embraced by the public and basically let go with no hassle by the courts as a hero who did what everyone wishes they had the balls to do.

What is fascinating is that this was in the midst of the New York crime wave of the 80's and subway travel was not safe...period, end of story. This really could have been the single thing that ended the New York crime wave which lead to a cleaner and safer New York all together.

Another fascinating quote was when he turned himself in the papers ran a photo oh Bernhard in cuffs and one of his "assailants" being set free. There was some witty headline which I don't recall verbatim but it was something to the effect of "Hero locked up, criminal set free"

Bernhard Goetz remains a free to this day...I wonder what would happen if this scenario repeated itself in Modern day.

Some links to the story:

Story
Wikipedia

Mr. Rogers takes on Nixon and the Senate

2008-04-17T09:44:00.000-07:00

An instructor at the Miami Ad School recently played this clip for our class and it blew me away.
Watch Mr. Rogers win over the cynical U.S. Senate and take on the man.

Bill Viola @ MULTIPLEX, Museum of Modern Art, NY

2008-04-16T02:05:00.000-07:00

I found an interesting Art Exhibit in NY that I will be checking out next week. I was browsing the Bill Viola site and stumbled across MULTIPLEX

Granted I'm excited to see the Bill Viola work, but there seems to be plenty of other interesting things to see.

In summary the exhibit intends to show the advance in possibility in artistic mediums since the 1970's.

If you are un-aware of Bill Viola check out his site... he currently has exhibits all over the world and his work really needs to be seen in person to be appreciated. His site has an excellent section called SFMOMA which archives some of his work. Check it !

this is not art, this is fucking wrong

2008-04-16T00:14:00.001-07:00

If you are unaware of what's going on with so called artist Guillermo Vargas Habacuc then I'll sum it up. He tied up a puppy and starved him until the dog died as a live performance art piece entitled eres lo que lees. It's highly documented and this guy should be stopped. Read and act if you feel inspired...which you should... because someone wants to commission him to do this bullshit again.

link to info 1

more info

sign the petition

Lollapalooza, Pitchfork line up's announced

2008-04-15T22:03:00.001-07:00

So the line up's are up. Decide for yourself...

lollapalooza

pitchfork

I think it's interesting that lollapalooza have very recent headliners on the bill again...
see Wilco, Kanye West etc...
Granted these are major forces in music today but it says a lot to me about the state of the music industry when they have to have repeat appearances so recently. When lollapalooza was actually innovative and had no problem assembling interesting line ups, Perry Farrell wasn't wearing depends yet so I attribute some of this to that... I'll be there either way drinking shitty beer and sweating three days in a row.

JUST AN IDEA.... but how bout a little hometown love for RISE AGAINST at lollapalooza. A kick ass band that keeps getting better and better who do good and positive things! They should be headlining the fucking thing...

RISE AGAINST

Here is the unedited version of Ready to Fall which really should be the only version of the video.

lastly... I'm looking forward to Wicker Park Fest this year as last years was the sleeper victory for me. Russian Circles and High on Fire ripped.

RUSSIAN CIRCLES

HIGH ON FIRE

the best advertising agency in the world

2008-04-11T01:18:00.000-07:00

if you don't watch the professor brothers on superdelux now is a good time to start.

if you're in advertising you'll appreciate this, if you're not in advertising you'll appreciate this.

watch the full episode with some un-edited keifer when the timer counts down to 1:38 here...

Political Undies

2008-04-11T00:22:00.000-07:00

i'm not sure if this is advertising, propaganda, art direction ego gone mad or pure genius but Mccann Erickson in Bombay India does Hanes ads like this...

MMA is the rage..."The Chode" tells you like it is... welcome to "The Chokeslam"

2008-04-10T21:03:00.000-07:00

Ladies and Gentleman...meet "The Chode"

Welcome to the first ever edition of the soon to be famous MMA Column, "The Chokeslam" written by a die hard MMA fan, yours truly " THE CHODE".

The next big MMA event is UFC 83 with the main event being Serra v.s. St-Pierre which I don't think will live up to the hype... So let's talk under-card fights! First let me state my frustration with UFC taking our hard earned money and not airing 4 or 5 under-card fights which usually turn out to be the best fights of the evening.

Rich Clementi v.s. Sam Stout

An interesting fight between "TUF" alumni - Rich Clementi fighting Sam Stout. Rich to me looking like a dud on the show, but since getting a contract and having some fights, he has looked tough in the Octagon. Sam Stout is an experienced veteran and should pose a good test for Rich. I think this could be a good stand up war and one worth watching. Stout in my opinion should win a decision, but a knockout could come from either side. Look to maybe catch this one depending on it's excitement level at the opening of the show or as a last fight if the event goes by quick with fast knockouts and submissions.

Chode's Pick to Whip: Sam Stout - Decision

Ed Herman v.s Demian Maia

Next up is a fighter that I can not stand and wish I could get in there with myself, Ed " Short Fuse" Herman. Though a obviously talented fighter, there is something about this guy I think everyone who looks at him and hears him speak wants to Punch his teeth out. That being said, he's taking on an undefeated fighter and a unknown on Demian Maia. 7-0 in his career, this will for sure be a test for him. I see Herman only winning by a lame decision or Submission. But if Maia has anything in him and can back up that undefeated record, I think he can win here. Either this guy is being thrown to the wolves or he is the real deal and Dana White is using him to get Herman out of the UFC.

Chode's Pick to Whip: Demian Maia - Hopefully a Knockout..

Jason " the Athlete" Macdonald V.S Joe Doerkson

Should be one of the best fights of the night. Hopefully they show it. Joe is very experienced and MacDonald aside from the Whoopin he took from Rich Franklin has shown to be tough as nails. This one should make for a good mix of stand up and ground fighting. Neither being that good at BJJ I think this will go to a knockout.

Chode's Pick to Whip: Jason Macdonals- Knockout

Mac Danzig v.s. Mark Bocek

Real quick, Mac Danzig v.s. Mark Bocek. Danzig being the latest "TUF" winner, should put on a clinic here and win this one quickly. I don't care what Bocek brings to the table, Danzig has not shown one flaw in his game yet, except for perhaps a lack in pure knockout power. But his BJJ skills are awesome. If I had to pick on for sure bet of the night, this is it.

Chode's Pick to Whip: Mac Danzig - Submission.

Charles McCarthy v.s Micheal Bisping
I can't stand Bisping since he got "beaten" by Matt Hamill in England and got boo'd by his own countryman after "winning" a highly contested split decision and stood in the ring saying he thought he won the fight. He should have said I got beaten and took it like a man. Funny thing however, he has since dropped out of the light heavyweight division and into middleweight. Strange, Matt Hamill doesn't fight at that weight. I guess we can all wait for a rematch but on to his current challenge. McCarthy is a good "B" level fighter, with Bisping dropping weight and being much bigger, I feel this one is out of reach for him.

Hate to say it but...

Chode's Pick to Whip: Micheal Bisping - Knockout.

Nate Quarry v.s. Kalib Starnes

To former "TUF" contestants, both impressive but both never seem to really break to the upper tear of MMA fights, losing when they should win. This should be a good fight, lots of stand up, could be the fight of the night, but Quarry is too big and strong for Kalib, and the kicks and punches will add up. If Kalib does not get knocked out standing, he should get ground and pounded. But should be a good one.

Chode's Pick to whip: Nate " ROCK" Quarry -Knockout

Travis Lutter v.s Rich Franklin

With Franklin trying to get back on track after 2 huge and easy losses to current middleweight champ Anderson Silva, Franklin has a easy opponent in Lutter. With in my opinion the type of stand-up game that is made to get a fight to the ground, Lutter poses no knockout threat. But that being said, Lutter is great on the ground and should he get Franklin there, watch out. But I think Franklin's strength and take down defense is good enough that this will either be a knockout for him or a boring decision victory.

Chode's Pick to Whip: Rich " Ace " Franklin - decision

Matt " The Terra " Serra v.s. George " Rush " St. Pierre

Ahh the main event. Well I am one who does appreciate Matt Serra for his long career, personality and all that, but I do think he got lucky. This could be a good fight if Serra chooses to stand up with St. Pierre again, which I think he will have to do since St. Pierre has never lost a second fight to a guy he lost to first. Just ask "The Most Dominate" welterweight Champ of all time Matt Hughes. St.Pierre made him look like a rookie in both return bouts and I think the same will happen here. Look for St. Pierre to keep distance, using lots of leg kicks and jabs, and his take-down defense which is top-notch and should keep Serra's only real weapon, BJJ, at bay. I don't see a knockout coming, but rather a dominating performance from St. Pierre that is eye-catching. Don't look for St. Pierre to try lots of submission since that is Serra's game. Barring a lucky chin shot like last time, look for St. Pierre to dominate from the stand-up and either get a knockout or win a majority decision.

Chode's Pick to Whip: George " Rush" St. Pierre.

Now go bet those fights to and don't come cryin to me if you lose, It's just my opinion!

THE CHODE

get SHIFD'd ...as long as your not a verizon kinda guy

2008-04-10T19:19:00.000-07:00

tired of losing all your little "notes to self"? my guy mark put me up on the new rage.

SHIFD is here to wipe yer smelly hanes for you... apparently the verzion for verizon customers is not launched yet so i was denied the new rage... however they did offer comfort.

NOTE: my guy marks has an iphone... so he gets to use the entire service

Muxtape

2008-04-10T01:32:00.000-07:00

my guy karl meier put me up on the new rage: Muxtape

go ahead and make you some mix TAPE? of your own guy

here is my current muxing

the fizz

2008-04-10T00:00:00.000-07:00

One of three videos made at miami ad school with three talented guys named Taran and Patrick and Tarak.

This was an ad campaign to increase soda sales.

If you are thinking about telling me how this is like the Beastie Boys video for Sabotage please DO save your breath ...it was intentional.

See the other videos at Enlist the Fizz

i approve this ad

2008-04-09T23:44:00.001-07:00

my guy fabian sent me this ad while i was at the miami ad school.
in case you're blind as a bat the copy reads "A little gay is OK"

Listen to Bill_V 1.0

2008-04-09T23:34:00.000-07:00

My guy is deceased but he still owns. This is from the hey day of Judas Priest and Ozzy being sued for subliminal messages in their music and New Kids on the Block were all the rage...Coincidentally NKTOB are re-uniting to give Hannah Montana a run for struggling parents money.

NOTE: When Bill has the microphone jammed in his mouth, this is "sucking satans cock"... you know...in case you were wondering!

THE FIGHT GAME: Nefarious Nick Fremont sounds off on Hopkins vs. Calzaghe

2008-04-09T23:00:00.000-07:00

The fights not till April 19th but this is some classic Bernard prior to their bout being scheduled. Notice the bizarre footage of Michael Buffer backstage on the scooter with sunglasses on??? WTF!

THE FIGHT GAME: HOPKINS-CALZAGHE

By Nefarious Nick Fremont

The road to acceptance in the fight game today typically requires a foreign fighter to travel to these shores and prove himself under the glare and scrutiny of the Las Vegas lights. To do otherwise would be to risk toiling in obscurity for an entire career (Dariusz Michalczewski, anyone?).

In recent memory, the most relevant example of this rite of passage has been Mancunian Ricky Hatton, whose reputation previous to coming to America had been entirely built upon fighting in England. Since coming over, we've seen that Hatton is nowhere near as good as he was supposed to be after he dethroned the undisputed 140 lb. king, Kostya Tszyu, in an ugly affair in Manchester in 2005. This past December, Hatton was completely outclassed by Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a mega-fight in the desert, and I don't believe we will be hearing about Ricky fighting again in the US for quite a while. His next fight is – you guessed it – back in Manchester.

CALZAGHE
And now we have Welshman Joe Calzaghe. He's never fought in the US before. He's never fought at 175 lbs. before. He's going up against the cagiest veteran in boxing today, and no doubt one of the wiliest fighters in the history of the sport. It would be easy to say he's out of his class and will be dominated by Bernard Hopkins. But things are rarely so cut-and-dried in the fight game. Calzaghe is a completely different kettle-of-fish as compared to Hatton. And the betting public clearly understands this, having installed Calzaghe as an almost 2-to-1 favorite to win his first fight in America.

His position as favorite despite having never fought outside Europe and never as a light heavyweight is based on two eye-catching wins, when he systematically dismantled and destroyed highly-touted American Jeff Lacy and then outboxed and outfoxed Dane Mikkel Kessler last fall in a super middleweight unification. He is also seven years younger than Hopkins, and there is a general feeling that he has more left in the tank.

Calzaghe's style is also a strange one for Americans to grasp. Our perception of fighters from Great Britain is that they are just that: fighters and not boxers (see Clinton Woods). Our perception of fighters from the rest of Europe is that they are robotic in style, technically sound but athletically uninspired (see Arthur Abraham). Calzaghe is neither of these. The Welsh southpaw is a maestro, an artist in the ring, and absolutely no hyperbole is intended by that statement. He's no Ray Leonard or Roy Jones, but there's more paintings hanging in the Met than just ones by Picasso and Van Gogh. Calzaghe's fight against Kessler was a brilliant world class display. It was unique and it was artistic and, for many Americans, it served as first glimpse of the stylistic and athletic qualities that have made Calzaghe a legend in Europe.

HOPKINS
Hopkins, on the other hand, has never had that virtuoso quality about him that has characterized other fighters of his time (Jones, Whitaker and more recently, Mayweather). What he is is a guy who knows everything there is to know about the fight game, both in and out of the ring. His intelligence and savvy are unparalleled by any contemporary fighter. Since moving to light heavyweight, Hopkins has embarrassed Antonio Tarver over twelve dominant rounds and then frustrated Winky Wright in one of the most unaesthetic pugilistic affairs on record. The fact that Hopkins was able to completely take Wright -- a wily vet himself with a wealth of ring experience -- out of his game through grappling and fouling and head-butting speaks volumes about Hopkins' ability to control bouts and impose his own style and pace on fights.

The Executioner is the king of winning ugly. He hasn't been hurt in over a decade. He dominates fights that he is expected to lose (versus Trinidad and Tarver). He's always a good bet because you know you will get value for your money.

THE BOTTOM LINE
This is a pick'em fight. Hopkins has the edge in ring intelligence and fight psychology. Calzaghe has the edge in physical ability and also has relative youth on his side.

I expect Calzaghe to try and throw a lot. I expect Hopkins to try and counter in return. I expect a lot of holding and roughhouse tactics. I see another ugly fight going the full twelve in the manner of Hopkins' last fight against Winky.

Really, it's 50/50 who wins and you can get 2-to-1 on Hopkins right now. I expect the line will close as we approach fight night April 19th.

converge, the red chord, baroness, ghengis tron, stabbed by words @ reggies

2008-04-09T16:10:00.000-07:00

i finally got to check out my guy robbie's new joint reggies. www.reggieslive.com thanks to a spare ticket from my guy mike.

reggies is the new incarnation of "record breakers" which is the best record store i've ever been to. the suburban police banned robbie from having shows in his store because kids were drinking in the parking lots. they figured having something for the kids to do was too much of a problem for them so rob set his sights for the city (chicago) and opened reggies live. It's one part bar (with 4 kazillion tv screeens and live music) one part music venue and one part record store (record breakers lives folks).

i've hung out at reggies numerous times but this was my first concert. let me say, the venue rules, the drinks were great... and free (thanks scott and mike), and the sound was perfect.

And now for the show....

i missed stabbed by words which features members of unbroken, the suicide file, the hope conspiracy, sweet cobra and a kazillion other hardcore bands.

i did get there in time for ghengis tron... great name, great lights, lame band. the whole mellow, electronic part then the abrupt grind core part slams in "out of nowhere" thing over and over again just doesn't do it for me.

baroness was next and they rocked. metal with a southern flair. i used to be a hater on these guys but my guy brian got me on their new record "red album" and it kicks ass, as do they live.

the red chord was next so we headed to the other bar. another band with a screaming mad singer who laughs and smiles every time he stops singing. there really is nothing worse than insincere tech metal wanna be hardcore.

converge was great and played a wide selection of new and classic stuff. the show ended with jake bannon bleeding at the end of "jane doe" which they rarely play. check the video.

go reggies!

welcome to my blog - meet rick jeffers

2008-04-09T15:09:00.001-07:00

hello fine people of earth. welcome to my blog.

now go watch this short film that my friends brian and kristen have done together.

brian has more shorts in the works and on the way that are sure to make brown marks in your hanes.