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Entries from October 2007

Song of the Moment (Halloween Edition)

October 31st, 2007 · No Comments

In honor of Halloween, here is a creepy cover of the theme from Rosemary’s Baby by Twink, The Toy Piano Band.
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Tags: Music · Song of the Moment · movies

Song of the Moment (Nantes by Beirut)

October 30th, 2007 · No Comments

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I can’t get this Beirut song out of my head. It’s really haunting, check out Les Concerts a Emporter for a great live video from the band. While your there check out some of the other videos, they have a really great style.

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Tags: Song of the Moment · Videos

Tell Your Children Not To Walk My Way (Danzig Live)

October 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Saturday Night Recap. Time Square. Virgil’s BBQ. Nokia Theatre. Labyrinth Bathroom. Doomriders. Stadium Seats. Doyle. Garth Brooks Mic. Awkward Stripper. Danzig. Mother. Danzig + Doyle = Misfits. Harley Flanagan and Son. Skulls. Jimmy’s Corner. Table Swapping. Red Sux. Home.
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Tags: Music · NYC

Sony Bravia Addendum

October 24th, 2007 · No Comments

So a few days after my original post about the new Bravia Ad, I saw this article about how they possibly stole the idea from LA-Based artists Kozyndan. While I didn’t want to repost just about that, I just recently saw the Ad they are playing in other parts of the world and it is [...]

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Tags: Color · Videos · commercials

NYC Taxi or Why I’m Tired of Wolff Olins*

October 17th, 2007 · No Comments

A few weeks ago I was in a cab with j and finally wanted to know what the deal was with the redesign of the NYC Taxi logo. I insanely asked my cab driver expecting him to go into a design brief about the subject; to no avail. After seeing it for some time, looking [...]

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Tags: Design · Logos · NYC · Typography · ruminations

Word It! October

October 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Over at Under Consideration Armin Vit and Co. have created a powerhouse family of websites that I have come to check regularly over the years for inspiring, and creative content. While my google reader sends me regular updates to Quipsologies and Brand New, when I have some extra time I find myself over at [...]

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Tags: Design · Design Links · Word It

São Paulo Street Art

October 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Since the ban on outdoor billboards within the city limits of Sao Paulo back in January, there has been a sad desolate feeling within the absence of the empty frames of the once vibrant ads. It seemed it would be only a matter of time until street art would peek its head out into [...]

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Tags: Design · brazil · graffiti · street art

Newest Bravia Ad

October 4th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I’m a sucker for a good commercial and Sony has been consistently creating some amazing ones for their bravia line of TV’s, among them the colored balls in San Francisco (my favorite), the Paint Fireworks in Glasgow, and now the NYC Play-Doh bunnies.
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Tags: Videos · commercials

Valerie Wednesday

October 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

I just got my VSL of the day, and it was the video for the Mark Ronson / Amy Winehouse collaboration for Valerie, a cover of the Zutons song of the same title. Slow down VSL, have we forgotten the best Valerie of all time by none other than Stevie Winwood. Not enough Valerie [...]

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Tags: Humor · Music · Videos

Layer Tennis Reviewed

October 1st, 2007 · No Comments

Last Friday was the return of Coudal’s Photoshop Tennis in the form of Layer Tennis. I found myself checking back at 3 and pretty much losing my afternoon trying to follow the volleys. Great Idea in theory, but the volleys took way longer than the 15 min limit, and I don’t think it [...]

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Tags: Design · layer tennis