You couldn’t find more awkward bedfellows than Bob Geldof and President George W. Bush if you tried. In the new Time Magazine, Geldof follows Bush around Africa aboard Air Force One and shares Bush’s only great legacy besides Great Moments in Presidential Speeches: his work for Africa. I got in the delicate discussion with friends [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 26, 2008
Bert Rodriguez
The Whitney Biennial 2008 is just a little over a week away for you New Yorkers out there and I was just taking a look at this year’s artists. I saw Bert Rodriguez on the list and recognized his name from the fact he was also in the Miami Art Basel this year.
As someone who [...]
February 21, 2008
Smuggler’s eBay Film
A seeing-eye minature horse on a mission for sneakers? SOLD. Randy Krallman at Smuggler has been doing some amazing work of late. He’s the guy who did the Ecko ‘Still Free’ viral hit from last year for Droga5. This short film he’s done for eBay is total magic. Beautifully shot, great story, I love it.
Check [...]
February 19, 2008
Spike Jonze’s ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ screen test
Wow wow wow, as if this isn’t just going to make the wait that much harder. Just found this clip of a test shooting for ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ done back in 2005. Apparently this isn’t Max Records who will be playing the actual Max but it’s still a great find. Click here to [...]
February 19, 2008
W+K Seeking killed me today and Sean picked me up
Well for those who don’t know anything about Wieden+Kennedy’s Seeking project here’s a little background.
I’ve wanted to work at Wieden+Kennedy more than anything. The work that comes out of there is amazing and it’s a global creative culture that you really don’t find anywhere else. From “The Rules” and Mark Fenske’s 14 Anti-laws to the [...]
February 17, 2008
Biggest douche bag in the world
It’s nice to know that being a vain douche bag isn’t just a North American phenomenon. Some guy in Abu Dhabi bought the vanity plate ‘1′ at a charity auction in the UAE for $14 million saying “I bought it because it’s the best number…I bought it because I want to be the best [...]
February 17, 2008
Become Legendary
Wieden + Kennedy New York’s work on Brand Jordan yields the absolute best writing time after time. This campaign is beautiful.“I’m scared of what I won’t become” Yeah, goosebumps.
February 15, 2008
From Love Comes Paine
If you grew up watching skate videos there was no bigger east coast spot than Love Park. It was Mecca. Love Park in Philly was what the pit was to Venice Beach. It rose to prominence as a skate spot and pretty much died as a spot because of it. Enter Philadelphia ad agency Red [...]
February 14, 2008
Spike Jonze does Kanye
Hey what’s up, I’m the new Kanye West video for ‘Flashing Lights’. I’m the sexiest music video you’ve ever seen. I’m so sexy in fact that I don’t even leave the house. I just laze around in my underwear and eat Pepperoni Combos all day. Toodle-ooo friend, I’ve got muffins to [...]
February 13, 2008
Chanson de Ronson
The Ronson clan…What can be said? They’re more talented than the Osbourne kids or the Hiltons and regardless of Samantha’s bad influence on LiLo they’re generally very well behaved celebuspawn. Talent-wise Samantha is probably still the weakest link but she’s still somewhat endearing and I suppose this could [...]
February 12, 2008
There’s hope for anyone with the right words
I have loathed David Duchovny forever, seriously FOR EVER. From the moment I first heard him speak on the X-Files I hated him. He was always so smug and had the lips of a geriatric vageen (sic!). Then there was Natascha McElhone (I had to look the name up), I loathed her in The Truman [...]
February 11, 2008
Seawall reopens
My friend Jodi and I went for a ride around the recently reopened seawall today. Vancouver had a series of storms in January of 2007 that destroyed part of the wall and uprooted nearly 10,000 trees in Stanley Park. Check out the NY Times article here. Anyways, it was good to have a sunny day [...]
February 8, 2008
Breakthrough
Ellen Page shot by Ryan McGinley for The New York Times Magazine
UPDATE: Here’s a link to the full Ryan McGinley NYTM portfolio on Tiny Vices
February 6, 2008
Fifa Street 3 ‘Roofball’
New EA spot for Fifa Street 3 by Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam. I love reading the YouTube comment debate about whether the spot is real or not. That’s true CGI, when people can’t tell the difference. Reminds me of the Ronaldhino ‘Touch of Gold’ spot but it’s even more believable. Too [...]
