RIP J.G. Ballard

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/apr/19/jgballard

Jay-Z @ Glastonbury

Noel Gallagher said something awhile ago about thinking it wasn't right for Jay-Z, a rapper, to headline Glastonbury, a mostly rock festival. Oh, Noel, leave the shit talking to Liam.


Wonderwall > 99 Problems (mixed with Back In Black)




Girls > American Boy > Umbrella




Big Pimpin' > Hard Knock Life > Heart of the City (over Sunday Bloody Sunday)

Chicago Sports Advertising

From bad...




...to worse.

when in doubt, just spell it out

I'm assuming the creatives who made these new Honda ads basically just took lines off the brief and plugged them into a script. And I love them for it.

YouTube dump 27/06/08

This is the best thing I've ever seen on the internet. May take a few viewings to fully appreciate it. But it makes life worth living.





This pisses me off because I've had a bet going with a friend for awhile to see who would be the first one to make a TV spot with a centaur in it. This isn't the first to do it, but it pretty much ruins our chances for awhile. I also love the stupid line: "It's two things."





This is just really nice.





And now, two very different videos about whales:

garfield minus garfield

This is what happens when you remove Garfield from Garfield comics.







See the rest here.

Iron Man Cartoon - 1966

Cop Rock!

What the fuck is this and how did it escape my attention for 18 years?







Read about it here.

The Artist Formerly Known as Thom Yorke

Prince @ Coachella 2008

Man, just... man.

Ryan Adams: Genius or Asshole?

I made this.

inside sudan

Vice goes to Darfur. Five episodes.

Part 1:


Part 2:


Part 3:


Part 4:


Part 5:

the vice guide to north korea

Part 1 of Vice's video guide to North Korea. Pretty amazing stuff. The other 13 (!) parts can be seen here.




And here's a little history of Kim Jong-Il from GOOD Magazine:

nancy wilson anyone?

Video for Ladyhawke's "Back of the Van"

the new workout plan

pretty colours, girls

southland tales

I finally saw Southland Tales. It's by the guy who did Donnie Darko. What a fucking trainwreck. It's terrible. But I've always believed that an epicc failure is better than mediocrity. So in that respect, I respect it. I'm not quite sure that it's so bad it's good, but it's definitely worth seeing. I'll watch it again to make more sense of it. The clip above with JT is actually one of the moments that I did like . There were a few good parts, but the sum of those parts amounted a bunch of nonsense.

Here's the first five minutes, which is actually kind of promising:

awareness test

Pay attention.

piñata

This ad is brilliant because they don't play down to us and explicitly tell us it's a piñata.