Today is the close of the Winter Olympics and of the month of February. Time flew! Ready to see US and Canada duke it out on the hockey rink. I like Yahoo!'s photo for it. Cinnamon rolls with plenty of icing! Yes, please! icing by louveciennes on Flickr. [Source: Pretty Foods & Pretty Drink] Lovely photo of models rehearsing for the Vera Wang Fall 2010 show during New York Fashion Week. Photograph by AP Photo/Stephen Chernin on The Big Picture. Got to spend some much needed time with CN~, JC~, and TC~ today. So good!
This is from World Cup 2006, but it's still one of my favorite TVCs (sports or otherwise) ever. Brilliant concept of two boys dreaming up their ultimate futbol team. Plus Ballack and Kahn in one spot - you can't go wrong with that. Adidas' Jose+10 (Impossible Team). Done by 180 Amsterdam.
Currently listening to: Flashdance - Hollywood, Mon Amour ft Yael Naim and Angels - Article One
Lovely wedding dress (The Josh - Demetrius Collection 2010) from Jorge Manuel Weddings in this AinW themed shoot. Alice and the Drink Me Bottle. [Source: Ritzy Bee] Hunter Parrish looking sharp in Armani Collezioni and Burberry Prorsum tie. Photographed by Kevin O'Brien for The Next Generation of Hollywood's Leading Men article in the March issue of Details. [Source: ohnotheydidnt] Random cute of the week: Curious raccoons. I'm sure these little guys cause their fair share of trouble but these two are pretty cute and peaceful in this moment of capture. [Source: That Girl]
(That being said, in case you're interested: Side-to-side comparison of Oceanic 815 from Season 1 and Season 6; the crash of flight 815 in real time. Okay, I'll stop now.)
Enjoy two new CCM tracks. Been rockin' out to Me in Motion's new track and mv Loser.
Adie Camp also dropped new album Just You and Me. The South Africa-born songstress is married to singer Jeremy Camp. Here's her new track Where Could I Go. If you like spoken word, check out this beautiful piece performed by Mike Perez about true worship on Brad Ruggles' blog. (Couldn't embed, so please click link.)
Currently listening to: Somebody to Love - Glee (from their promo), Race You - Elizabeth & the Catapult, and Namida of Meteor (Mobile Suit Gundam Theme) -Chiaki Kuriyama (栗山千明, who was also in Kill Bill and Battle Royale)
Nerdy chic. Model rocking black frames and a beautiful Erin Fetherston dress for ready-to-wear Fall 2010. Yay orange! Beautiful bride, calla lillies, and a very brave bird. wed, 13 by Peter Karasev (~vuda) on deviantArt. [Source: That Girl] Heartwarming in chilly London. Sign Language short from Therefore Films. About a sign holder's last day on the job on Oxford Street. [Source: Tiresome > b3ta] This is old, but I just saw The Michael Gungor Band's White Man mv - addressing assumptions about God. According to the sidebar, this was made entirely with felt, and the art direction is fun and wonderfully done. Don't really like how the terrorist was depicted, and I wish there was a little more racial diversity, but otherwise the vid is very cute and the lyrics are great. Getting ready for the World Cup. Oh, Africa by Akon ft Keri Hilson.
Evolution of Football - Visa (partner of FIFA World Cup) ad by Saatchi & Saatchi (London). My favorite is the little noises the ostrich makes at 0:26. [Source: Adoholik]
Looking forward to watching Ghana, after their performance in the Africa Cup (placing second after Egypt) earlier this year.
I like that my Gmail finally embeds YT vids into emails automatically . A Fine Frenzy's Happier dropped recently as a mv. Video by M. Santiago. Features Landon Pigg.
This is an old clip, but I get such a kick out of Michael Emerson (Ben from LOST) reading a seemingly innocent nursery rhyme Little Boy Blue in the creepiest way possible for Jimmy Fallon. Brilliant! I don't know how he kept a straight face. [Source: _yeahLost > polkadotumbrellas]
Brilliant for those techies out there - proposal through a blog. Bakerella featured a great recipe for wedding cake pops in one of her posts and cleverly inserted a proposal at the end. Sugary goodness. [Found through MD~ > Bakerella] Whenever I'm out walking, I like checking out the people sitting on the top deck of buses. The people sitting there like to stare down at the street below, thinking no one will meet their gaze. Very voyeuristic. They often give off a look of surprise before quickly glancing away when they see me watching them back. It's funny how we can be fooled into thinking we're in a private space when we're really not.
Leo Laporte from Twit interviews the two genius creatives behind the (Wieden+Kennedy) Old Spice spot, Craig Allen and Eric Kallman, to see how the TVC was made. Incredible that it really is one long take. The actor, Isaiah Mustafa, totally kills it. Laporte butchers the agency name a few times but his excitement for the ad makes up for it. I wish they had a behind-the-scenes vid too! [Source: Little Beard]
This makes me want Milanos. Oreo dirt cake with Milano cookie gravestones. Oreo Dirt Graveyard by MatthwJ on Flickr. [Source: Tiresome] Orlando-based band Bellarive rock out to recently dropped Love Has Found Us.
Currently listening to: Abracadabra - Brown Eyed Girls, Let Me Go - Seabird, and Go Do - Jónsi (Icelandic artist and lead singer of Sigur Rós)
YTers put famous singers to shame. A bunch of YouTube musicians collaborate to redo We are the World. Certainly beats the recent celebrity version and shows how far technology has come. Great use of YT. We own user generated content. We are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube)
ICYMI, here is the recent celebrity version.
I hate paying for bottled water (not environmentally or monetarily friendly), especially if there is good quality tap water available. This bottle water filter is a brilliant invention, especially if it can transform water from tap to bottle quality. The water bobble designed by the ever-talented Karim Rashid. The filter can last up to 2 months, and at $9.95 a pop, it isn't a bad investment. [Source: The DieLine] Fruit loops! Cereal Number by spanish moss on Flickr. [Source: That Girl] Beautiful egret.silent white... ♫ egrets from bali ♫♫by bocavermelha-l.b. (Lia Brand Photography) on Flickr. [Source: That Girl > marie-ll]
Sumi, Miga, Mukmuk, & Quatchi plushies for the Winter Olympics. I wish we had that snow! [Source: Now Public, uploaded by Gus Greeper] More Google banners for Vancouver 2010! Pretty vegetarian dim sum we had today. When poking through old papers, I rediscovered how much I like Dutch fashion photography duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin's killer work. I remember studying this stunning 2006 The New York Times collection of photos - with the theme on performers - by the team for comps an eon ago. See the slideshow for more. Photos copyright of The New York Times Company. Ziyi Zhang | 2046 Viggo Mortensen | A History of Violence Michelle Williams | Brokeback Mountain Heath Ledger | Brokeback Mountain Amy Adams | Junebug Vera Farmiga | Down to the Bone Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Mysterious Skin Reese Witherspoon | Walk the Line Eric Bana | Munich I was scoping out Vampire Weekend songs for PY~ when I came across their newly dropped mv for Giving Up the Gun. I've tried many times to warm up to Vampire Weekend and (apart from I Stand Corrected) have failed (tad too indie for me), but this track isn't bad. Plus it features Jake Gyllenhaal and some crazy tennis, so it's a win!
Researchers found that people who have suffered strokes and are unable to speak can still sing. Speaking and singing use different parts of the brain, and scientists are trying to further develop this aspect to improve communication. Amazing. Check out the BBC article, Singing 'Rewires' Damaged Brain.
Currently listening to: Rain - Anjulie, Gitana - Shakira, and Desert Song - Hillsong (yay Brooke Fraser!)
Ready to see US and Canada duke it out on the hockey rink. I like Yahoo!'s photo for it.
