Archive for July, 2008

Néojaponisme

July 29, 2008

Today was mad hectic at the agency. All three floors of the shop were buzzing with creative energy/activity. All day people came and went from the Radar space, and the hour hand on the clock swirled at a rapid rate.
Let’s travel back in time:
3:00 PM: I need a break. My eyes are burning from starring [...]

Mermaids, Homophobia and Slut Machine

July 27, 2008

Is W+K all about promoting chaos? You decide. Their recent print/outdoor campaign for Nike is accused of flagrant gay bashing by loads of commenters on the W+K site where the work is posted. I’m not sure there’s anything homophobic about these ads. Don’t NBA players love rimming? According to a gay commenter on Gawker, “It’s [...]

AP Radio Episode #27

Step 1. Read our post Reggae Top 10 of All Time.
Step 2. Sit back, roll a number, spark it and hit play. Enjoy!
Track Listing:
Jacob Miller - Backyard Movements
Bob Marley - Keep On Skanking
The Congos - Children Crying
Desmond Dekker - 007/Shanty Town
Sugar Minott - Oh Mr. DC

 
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The Image Fulgurator

Julius von Bismarck’s Image Fulgurator is a modified camera that’s capable of projecting images onto street furniture (a bench, wall, sign etc.) where they appear in the photos of strangers, but remain invisible to their eyes.
So how does it work? According to Wired, the “half guerrilla-art stunt and half homemade-gadget awesomeness” has a “slave unit [...]

Chris Kahle

July 20, 2008

I spent last Friday night sipping on import tall boys with Chris Kahle; a Vancouver based advertising creative, at his coal harbor apartment. We discussed the crème de la crème of the industry, interactive strategies, his obsessive-compulsive tendency to switch up his blog and where things are going with web 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0. He [...]

Reggae Top 10 of All Time

In no particular order:
1. Dennis Brown
Whip Them Jah Jah
I first saw/heard this song on the Heartland Reggae DVD. The footage is classic, everyone is grooving with the rhythm while Dennis does his thing. Suddenly, some old man dressed in a Dixie hat and tattered clothes hops up on stage and starts to mash it up [...]

AP Radio Episode #26

Auditory lessons on work ethic.
Track Listing:
Gangstarr - Work
El Da Sensi & Tame One - The Interview
Gangstarr - The ? Remainz
Choclair - Twenty One Years

 
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Corner Café: The Bullshit Club

July 14, 2008

Corner Café is an authentic greasy spoon run by an older Korean couple on Pemberton Avenue in North Vancouver. The menu is simple: all-day breakfast, burgers, sandwiches and coffee. Its interior has not been renovated since the ’40s. Eating there is like going back in time.

Comic Book Sound Terminology

July 13, 2008

Thud, Slurp, Kliong, Boom, Splonk, Ffizoom!
El Estratografico’s Flickr set Retronomatopeya, documents the simple yet creative language used in comic books to convey sound.

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