bad ass kid does bad ass stuff

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?