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60s Japanese Graphic Design
Lovely selection of graphic design from 60s Japan over at the iso50 website.
4th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
RIP: Ben Gazzara
RIP Ben Gazzara, improv acting legend from the Cassavettes era ....and better known to us as the bad guy from Roadhouse, or Jackie Treehorn from The Big Lebowski.
81. Good innings dude.
Via The Guardian.
4th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
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Tony Hawk's Ride Channel
@YouTube have been setting up some new content partnerships recently and @RIDEChannel is one such offering, from Tony Hawk's 900 Films. The idea is to push channels with regular, programmed content - as YouTube attempst to push itself as a TV replacement.
Ride Channel features a number of skateboard-related shows, such as Jamie Thomas' Let The Good Times Roll, Trick-a-day, Hand in Hand - which features interviews with musicians who have inspired skating (Thurston Moore, for example), Free Lunch which rolls down memory lane with famous skaters and In Focus, which provies great technical tips on making your own skate movies.
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2nd Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Ad Nauseum: WTF!? Star Wars Update
OK, here's Volkwagen's full Star Wars themed Superbowl ad. WTF!? Probably the worst use of Star Wars ever ...even worse than the Yodafone spot. Did Lucas give the major brands 3 minutes to come up with a concept if they wanted to cash in on his assets or something? Abominable.
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Ad Nauseum: Ferris vs Star Wars - Superbowl Special
Another stupid Star Wars/Advertising tie-in .....though this one's for Volkswagen, who nailed that ad with the kid using the force at the last Superbowl. The Bark Side is an ad for an ad that will show at the Superbowl this Sunday. I remain to be convinced.
Next up, the tepid return of Ferris Bueller, in an underwhelming Honda ad. Bah.
1st Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Beardski
Looking for a foot long insulated beard to keep you warm on the slopes this season? No problem. Beardski has you covered.
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Trailer Park: Side By Side
Side by Side finds Keanu Reeves putting on his producer hat for this documentary about the decline of film and the rise of digital. Looks pretty geeky, so I'm thoroughly looking forward to it - and Keanu has pulled out his address book to interview a who's who of film makers.
30th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Lunch at The Field Office
Burger and fries at The New Cross House.
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29th Jan 2012
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Lunch at The Field Office
Chutney selection with cheese and pickles, courtesy of Chimp #11.
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28th Jan 2012
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Earth Enlarged
Amazing 64 Megapixel image of Earth up over at Flickr, courtesy of NASA's new Earth-observing Suomi NPP satellite.
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Promo Promo: Wilco vs Popeye
Animated promo up for WIlco's track "Dawned on Me" .....starring the band and Popeye himself. Directed by Darren Romanelli
26th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Wish You Were Here
Good looking trailer from @bluetonguefilms - our favourite Australian Collective - for Wish You Were Here. Directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith and starring Barry Brown from Animal Kingdom AKA Joel Edgerton. No man gets left behind.
25th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
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25th Jan 2012
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Promo Promo: Wooderson is back in business
Dazed and Confused legend Wooderson is back in business, for this promo for the Butch Walker and the Black Widow's track - Synthesizers. Quite the coup.
He's looking a little out of shape since his epic slow-motion entrance to Hurricane, but it's good to have him back. I get older ....he stays the same age.
Via AICN
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24th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Lunch at The Field Office
BLT and coffee at the Hill Station, New Cross
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24th Jan 2012
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Skatepark Under Construction
New skate prk in Telegraph Hill Park, New Cross.
23rd Jan 2012
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Skatepark Under Construction
New skate prk in Telegraph Hill Park, New Cross.
23rd Jan 2012
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Lunch at The Field Office
Pizza at the New Cross House.
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23rd Jan 2012
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Lunch at The Field Office
Hot dogs. Coke.
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22nd Jan 2012
View this picture and comment at FlickrPromo Promo: Coldplay - Paradise
NIce promo up from Shynola for the Coldplay track 'Paradise'. They don't make them like this anymore. Nice to see Shynola still on form.
20th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Safe
If nothing else, Jason Statham's latest movie Safe has a couple of tough looking posters. Lionsgate love this guy.
Via AICN.
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Saul Bass Video Pitch for Bell Systems
Have a look at this fascinating video made by Saul Bass in the 1970's, as his pitch to redesign the identity of Bell System ....now AT&T.
The first half is all about identity design, the second half is the actual pitch. Amazing that anyone was making a video pitch in the 1970s.
Via Brand New.
From the AT&T Archives:
Bass' work in logo design and movie title credit sequences spanned the latter half of the 20th century, with prominent work in each field. He worked closely with AT&T, designing not only the 1970 "bell" logo that was ubiquitous for a decade, but also, upon the divestiture of AT&T, he designed the original "death star" logo, unveiled in 1984.
One reason for this bell logo's ubiquity? That redesign was the largest corporate re-identity program in the U.S., ever. The redesign covered:
* 135,000 Bell system vehicles
* 22,000 buildings
* 1,250,000 phone booths
* 170,000,000 telephone directories
This film was made by his company as a presentation to AT&T executives. It would have extended to be shown to the public, but a number of his ideas in the film were not ultimately adopted, like his phone booth designs, and men's and women's uniforms. But a great many were—including, most memorably, the telephone vans and hardhat designs of the 1970s. He designed down to the details, showcasing in this film a myriad of ideas, right down to the yellow pages book designs, cufflinks for executives, and flags.
Bass' other very recognizable logo designs that persist today include those for Minolta, Girl Scouts of America, Avery International, Geffen Records, Warner Int'l, and many more. Bass' design for AT&T was the foundation for the logo that the company has today, redesigned in 2005 by Interbrand.
Produced by Saul Bass
Footage courtesy of AT&T Archives and History Center, Warren, NJ
18th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
New Wedding Present Album: Valentina
Chimp heros The Wedding Present are back with a new album in March. Valentina will be released through the band's own Scopitones label in the UK on March 17th. Other labels around teh world in the days after that.
The band will be at SXSW to launch the album and then on tour in America, Europe, The World. Can't wait.
Via Scopitones.
18th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Girls
Just stumbled accross these two old promos for Girls: Hellhole Ratrace and Lust For Life. Both provide a peek into Girls' world (so to speak) and it's exactly what I expected.
17th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Custom Caps
Attention gang members! You can now have your favourite team in your own gang colours, thanks to New Era's New Era By You service. Any logo, any colour, any stitching. That's the chimp-certified edition above.
16th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Dragon Tattoo - 8 Min Version
8 minute trailer for Fincher's Girl With The Dragon Tattoo remake. Makes more sense, but is less cool than the Immigrant Song-infested power cut.
15th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Lunch at The Field Office
Japan Centre at Westfield.
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15th Jan 2012
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Every Lego piece ever
Could have done with one of these as a kid.
15th Jan 2012
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fIREHOSE rEUNION
More info on that fIREHOSE reunion: Consequence of Sound are reporting that as well as playing at Coachella, the band will reunite after 18 years for a US tour. Which makes me 18+ years older than I thought, as me and Cnrth saw them at the Marquee in 1991-ish.
Needless Natas Kaupas plug below.
fIREHOSE 2012 Tour Dates:
04/05 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
04/06 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
04/07 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
04/09 – Bellingham, WA @ Wild Buffalo House of Music
04/10 – Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall
04/11 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
04/12 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Historic Coconut Grove Ballroom *
04/13 – Fresno, CA @ Fulton 55
04/14 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/17 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *
04/18 – Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theatre *
04/19 – Tucson, AZ @ Plush
04/20 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
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13th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
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The Enchanter Persuaded
Moody synth soundscapes from @_blackmountain_ 's Jeremy Schmidt.
12th Jan 2012
Read more 2.5 star reviewsThe New Shins
Girlfriend-friendly favourites The Shins are back with a new album in March, and this time they have Richard Swift in the band. Port of Morrow arrives March 20th. Single Simple Song is embedded below - and on iTunes now.
10th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Lunch at The Field Office
Tuna sandwich. Beef Hula Hoops.
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9th Jan 2012
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Lunch at The Field Office
Steak and chips at Griaffe.
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7th Jan 2012
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Promo Promo: Wilco - The Whole Love
The Whole Love, directed by Jeff Tweedy's son Spencer, who has a few other fun videos on his Vimeo page. Bet he has less music clearance issues than I do.
6th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Wrong
Bonkers looking trailer up for Wrong, the new film from Quentin Dupieux AKA Mr. Oizo - who previously made 2010 bonkers film Rubber. Wrong will show at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
6th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
RIP: Bob Holness
RIP Blockbusters presenter Bob Holness, who has died aged 83. Never was so much humour derived amongst students everywhere from lines like "I'll have an E please Bob".
6th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Lunch at The Field Office
Bacon sandwich. Cup of tea.
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6th Jan 2012
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Lunch at The Field Office
Pork chili with rice. Latte.
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5th Jan 2012
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Lunch at The Field Office
Poached egg. Home fries. Coffee.
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29th Dec 2011
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RIP: Cheeta
Hats off to the original chimp - Cheeta. Keeping it real 1921-2011.
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28th Dec 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Lunch at The Field Office
Pork and pickle sandwich. Beef Hula Hoops. Coke.
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27th Dec 2011
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Breaking Bad Season 4
This show just gets better and better, with S4 providing the tightest, most rivetting twists yet.
26th Dec 2011
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It's Xmas: Star Wars Socks
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25th Dec 2011
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The Big Picture 2011 Photo Round Up
The Big Picture has done a round up of the best pictures from 2011 in three parts (one, two, three). Too many phenomenal shots to include here.
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23rd Dec 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Lunch at The Field Office
BLT at the Hill Station. Latte.
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23rd Dec 2011
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Trailer Park: Prometheus
Here's that Prometheus trailer. Looks good to me ....and not the same as the shakey-cam bootleg, which must have been an earlier edit or something.
22nd Dec 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
New / Vintage GBV
Guided By Voices' new LP "Let's Go Eat The Factory" arrives on Jan 16th (Jan 17th in the US via Rockathon or NOW via US iTunes), but you can listen to the whole thing today over at NPR.
The record is the first to feature the 'classic' line-up of the band since 1996. That's the classic line-up pictured in 1995 above. And the vintage version of the classic line-up below.
22nd Dec 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: The Hobbit
Never really saw what all the fuss was about with Lord of the RIngs. Now there's a trailer for Lord of the Rings: Ze Early Years
21st Dec 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: LCD Soundsystem vs Franz Ferdinand
Promo up for LCD Soundsystem's cover of Franz Ferdinand's Live Alone. Must have been payback for that All My Friends version Franz Ferdinand put out.
20th Dec 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Prometheus Trailer Trailer
It's probably that same trailer that was leaked in flakey-cam a few days back, but according to this trailer trailer, iTunes will have the official verison of Ridley Scott's Prometheus trailer on Thursday. The trailer trailer has some epic looking shots in, and my say I'm looking forward to this one.
Some other iinteresting stuff: Wrath of The Titans, Act of Valor and Jack the Giant Killer.
Talking of trailer trailers, it looks like their might be a trailer for The Hobbit materialising tomorrow night (Via AICN).
19th Dec 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park:The Dark Knight Rises
After a flakey bootleg version, Apple now has the official trailer for The Dark Knight Rises, in area man-approved HD. Looks pretty, pretty good.
19th Dec 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Lunch at The Field Office
Crackers. Onion chutney. Olives. Chedder. Beef Hula Hoops. Tomatoes.
19th Dec 2011
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Christmas In Hollis: Emoji Version
It's not their fault that the intro is a bit dull .....but this emoji promo picks up once the song gets going.
Go to Settings> General> Keyboard> International Keyboards> Add Keyboard> Emoji to add Apple's extensive Emoji collection to your iPhone.
Via Gizmodo
19th Dec 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
This Is England '88
Another classy, confident, gut-wrenching slice of foreboding urban drama from Shane Meadows.
16th Dec 2011
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Jeff Tweedy: Weatherman
Hilarious clip of Wilco front man/potential stand-up comedian Jeff Tweedy reading the weather after a performance on Chicago WGN's Morning News show. Harrison Ford, eat your heart out.
16th Dec 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Karen O - Immigrant Song
It's possibly been a while since David Fincher made a promo - but he's knocked up these visuals for the cover of Immigrant Song used in his trailer for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. The visuals also make up the title sequence of the movie.
15th Dec 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Off!
- First Four EPs. Keith Morris' punk supergroup provide a welcome punch in the face for tired music.
14th Dec 2011
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Trailer Park: Rock of Ages
Tom Cruise does heavy metal.
Via Apple
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Lunch at The Field Office
Pork salad bagel. Beef Hula Hoops. Coke.
12th Dec 2011
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A Polaroid A Day for 6,000 Days
Just been remided of Jamie Livingston's amazing, touching and powerful photography project - where he took a Polaroid photo every day for 18 years, ending at his deathbed.
You can see many of the photos here.
Via Chase Jarvis
12th Dec 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
iYellow Submarine
The Beatles have a free, animated iBook version of Yellow Submarine up on iTunes. If that floats your boat, so to speak.
10th Dec 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Welcome to a Galaxy where leather rules
Stormtrooper motorcycle outfit anyone?
8th Dec 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Lunch at The Field Office: Bavarian edition
Goulash and beer in Munich.
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8th Dec 2011
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The New York Times Hollywood Edition
A wired Brad Pitt and a suited Michael Shannon amongst the video portraits in this year's New York times: Hollywood Edition.
7th Dec 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Loutallica - The View
Promo up for the Lou Reed/Metallica car wreck project. "The View" is directed by Darren Aronofsky.
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Can't resist a BOGOF
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3rd Dec 2011
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Lunch at The Field Office
Tuna bagel. Beef Hula Hoops. Guerkin. Coke.
2nd Dec 2011
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World War 2 In Real Time
Fascinating account @RealTimeWWII live-tweeting World War 2 as it unfolded from 1939 and for the next 6 years.
30th Nov 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Mister Heavenly
Fucked up promo for Mister Heavenly's track Bronx Sniper. Modern Lynchian distopia.
eS Skateboarding have a spin off.
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29th Nov 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Forklift
I just got one step closer to digital nirvana, stumbling accross an album that I still only had on cassette, but which has now been uploaded to Band Camp by creator Mark Nassau.
Good buddy Ducati Sven taped a Forklift 7" for me in the early 90s, which he picked up while visiting Connecticut. My copy moved from tape to tape before settling in the remaining space on Side B of my Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge cassette. Mudhoney made the upgrade to CD quite some time ago, but Forklift had always eluded me. Until now.
"Bathroom Song" stills rocks.
29th Nov 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet