Tuesday, October 20, 2009

that's why they say never run across the street.

or for a cab. or a street car. or a bus.

the street's a crazy place.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

song of the week.

maybe 2 weeks....
nothing new, just rediscovered. even more so through this video. it's amazing how a video can change to song. i love the take CPF has on the track. it's pretty much a 180 from the strokes look and feel but it's totally believable. a lotta michael in there. a little james brown. maybe a little elvis. very old school. love it.

the strokes. killing lies. a cozzars production films video interpretation.

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

smaaaaart

"To encourage people to take the staircase instead of the escalator, Volkswagen converted a set of steps at the Odenplan subway station in Stockholm into working piano keys. The effort is just one stunt that appears on the carmaker's Rolighetsteorin.se or "Theory of Fun" website, which showcases efforts to get people to change by simply making things more fun."

creativity-online.com



Monday, October 05, 2009

old spice = awesome (unlike nuit blanche)





















nuit blanche. fail.

the scotia bank nuit blanche was on this past saturday night for the 4th straight year and i have to say - pretty shitty. last year was great. lots of actual art and installations. no line-ups. just an awesome night. this year, complete opposite. the work wasn't really that interesting and/or inspiring. i wouldn't be surprised to learn there was a huge budget cut to the commissioned work because it definitely looked like it. people standing around in paper bags, or participants riding around on bikes towing couches doesn't really come off as "art." but that's just me. art is completely subjective, i know. but dressing people up in paper bags? people building "shelters" out of cardboard boxes? also, the line-ups for the work were ridiculous. on a night where you know thousands of people are going to be out, why would you organize anything that would require a line-up? last year we rode from spot to spot, saw almost everything and didn't have to wait for anything other than cars and traffic. after an entire night of disappointment, we lined up for one piece. was it worth it? no.

here are some shots from the night.