February 8, 2010
Better slip you an Ambien. –Jay-Z
Even as I watch Vinsanity tear the Hornets a new one, I’m not quite sure if I’m looking foward to NBA All-Star weekend as it approaches hot on the heels of the Super Bowl (and, perhaps, will step on the toes of Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day). It’s not so much that it’s an inopportune time, but the fact that the game and competitions feel like empty spectacle since there is really nothing at stake.
However, these new Nike spots (both by W+K’s Portland headquarters) definitely do the trick.
Advertising has picked up on the scent of the vampire / wolfman fad for some time now, but I think it’s pretty well-executed nonetheless… though the microsite strikes me as uninspired.
At very least, they’re better than the garbage that aired during the Super Bowl—though the NYTimes‘ Media Decoder did a decent job liveblogging the Super Bowl commercials while the rest of us were busy televiewing the nation’s most-watched sporting event.
Bonus pic:
January 31, 2010
Slow strings set a maudlin mood for Philip Bloom’s visually stunning time-lapse footage of Dubai—my own admittedly predictable/uninspired soundtrack would be “Red Sky,” a chilled-out techno track by Shanghai’s B6 (Sulumi‘s labelmate). Other contenders included AC’s “What Would I Want? Sky,” either of Dam-Funk’s sky-related tracks, Kid Cudi’s “Sky Might Fall” and M83′s “We Own the Sky.”
» B6 – Red Sky (B6 Mix) (7:06) – 12.8MB mp3 @ 251kbps
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December 15, 2009
Shamelessly co-opting politics, sports, street art and advertising in a vaguely predictable topical one-off—will I stop at nothing to stay relevant?
Not my best work, but what the hell (I wasn’t satisfied with Obamicon.Me‘s quick rendition and I like to have control over these things anyway). I’m at a loss for an appropriate four(ish)-letter caption.
Original photo via Everdream Radio, a weird media site that Google Image search managed to dig up. I wonder how long it will be before I receive a takedown request… or lawsuit.
December 5, 2009
via ESPN
Just thought I’d share… though I realize that if you care, you’ve probably already heard from a more credible media outlet; if you don’t care, you’re probably wondering why I’m reading ESPN instead of working on real content.
November 13, 2009
Lebron’s name in Chinese is just “James” [詹姆斯; zhan1mu3si1, pronounced like the title of the post].
AP Photo with a touch of 'shopping
The Cavalier has made headlines by mandating (or at least advocating) the permanent retirement of the number 23, which he currently shares with the Greatest. The move has been regarded as a curiously deferential form of hubris—insofar as LBJ hopes to be the last player to sport the big 2-3—as the superstar will settle for number 6 (his Olympic designation) next season.
Via Cleveland.com of all places… though I did come across this story in a Chinese paper the next day, with a headline that roughly translates to “In the Vault” or “Seal It Up” (封存), which I take to be the Chinese translation of ‘retiring’ a number.
