Comedy Hip Hop

And that just about sums it up, I think.


George Carlin, a man who says it how it really is. Genius.

Suck butter from my ass

for more 'light relief'....
http://www.cracked.com/article_16275_9-most-devastating-insults-from-around-world.html

"With digital advertising, there is no wrong or right...You are the next generation...you invent the new model'' Richard Burdett

Watford were lucky enough to do a workshop at Channel 4 yesterday. The brief was to advertise a new season on Street Violence ( I wonder if I can divulge?).

We had a really informative talk from Richard Burdett and a great crit by Ed Webster and Tom Tagholm. If anything the day illustrated how intelligent and talented the team, that work there, are.

Something that came to mind while we were working was the ad below. The agency never showed us their work they're going to run on Tuesday, but I thought I'd post the link while we wait to see if any of our ideas cross over with what they had.





Respect to 4Creative for continuously knocking out such inspiring work.

http://www.channel4.com/4creative/

Fuck me, an Italian ad that's half decent

Banksy bandwagon endorsed by Banksy

A couple of weeks ago, a Railtrack owned tunnel by Waterloo station was set upon by Banksy. In an organised event, called The Cans Festival (see what he did there?) Banksy and chums invited people to join them in bombing the tunnel with 'street art'. Of course the day was packed - 30, 000 squeezed in to spray away. At least the fumes would have stopped them from getting too aggy.










See the free exhibition at Leek St, till September 30th ( I believe).

http://www.thecansfestival.com/

Check out more bandwagon jumping from the Tate (shameful).

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/streetart/default.shtm

Some W+K beauts.

Not the kind of output us Limey's would normally associate with Wiedens, but funny as fuck anyway.

Google Earth 4.3 demo

Holy crapoly. Revolutionary.

Taxidermy is weird and wonderful

As a child I had a morbid fascination with collecting fossils and skulls. I'd go for walks in the country with the folks and scour the ground for what I could find. Once I found a dead dogfish washed up on the shore just North of Blackpool. What a prize. I was totally into sharks at the time and begged to take it back in the car. Mum didn't let us (it did smell a bit).

As I grew older my interests shifted. I'd pass the shop in Essex Road filled with dead animals and think it was weird that people would be into that. Really creepy. But I'd still stop. Always. Check out the freakyness of it all.

Over the last year the subject keeps on popping up. First, I watched a documentary on the people behind the practice (I'll refer to it when I can find the name). Someone then did a campaign at college featuring the subject. Now a friend shows me this and I get a new awe.




More interesting stuff people are doing with dead animals here.

Shake, Rattle and Bowl

A friends Birthday took me down to Russel Square where I discovered something pretty cool, Daddy-O.





Personally I've got a thing for girls in 1950s get up, so the night was hardly going to be a dissapointment. Even the sour-faced guestlist chick, or the time it took to que, didn't put a dampner on it. Incidentally you might want organise a big group and ring ahead. You'll get popped in the 'special' que and your wait will be drastically cut. Either way, it's worth it for the fun inside, compared, by one of my crew, to 'bowling for grown ups'. By this, they meant the place wasn't filled with arcade machines, hoodies and MTV. In fact it was literally rocking in there. DJs played a fine selection of 50s and 60s favourites and the cocktails were delightfully overpoured. Pretty reasonable as well.

The karaoke booths were filled with streams of giggling girls going in and out and the restaurant/ diner had a lively hub bub.

We sat at the back, upstairs, away from the main dancefloor but still felt involved in the atmosphere. When it was our time to bowl, about 12, we wondered past Quadrafenia being played on the big screen, and downstairs to another dancefloor/ bowling alley. The place was big.Over the two floors, there must have been about 400 people at one time. And to top the night off I won the game, although strangely no-one sgave a shit (apart from me).

http://www.shakerattleandbowl.com/

Stress, Justice

Blimey. My immediate response to this is I love it. I wonder if that'll change with a bit of time?

Justice have attached their identity to a youth that intimidates and dominates the world they live in through violence. The current frustration, ignorance, paranoia and fear that surrounds us in todays society is prevalent, but is this our world?

As a viewer you question what you are watching continuously. Do you relate to the angry youths or the vulnerable world they exist in? Is this postmodern punk/ gangster rap?

With nods towards 'Come to Daddy', 'Funny Games' and 'The Warriors' it also raises similar issues as 'No Country For Old Men', although it's undoubtedly more relevant to European society now. One things for sure, it's gonna cause a shit load of controversy.

Coming soon to an MTV channel near you (I think not).

China Design Now, The V&A, London

What an amazing exhibition. I thoroughly advise everyone to check it out. More than anything, it opened my eyes to the fact China is a cultural giant that looks to it's future and not the past for reference. The exhibition culminates in the best example of this, the incredible architecture in Beijing.