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Colossal Media | Analogue beats Digital Once Again

Jade — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:00:32 +0000

‘Up There’ is a new minifilm produced by Mother NYC for Stella Artois detailing the awesome work of Colossal Media, the guys who paint rather than print the massive advertisements on to the side of buildings in NYC. A fascinating insight in a dying out craft.

I didn’t expect to have such an emotional reaction [...]

Michelangelo’s Hidden Message

Jade — Thu, 20 May 2010 11:25:13 +0000

Information Here – wikipedia.org

While some might dismiss this as a coincidence, experts suggest that it would be harder to explain that this was not Michelangelo’s intention. Even complex components within the brain, such as the cerebellum, optic chiasm and pituitary gland can all be found in the picture. As for that sassy [...]

Ok Go – Video Madness To Make You Smile

Jade — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:45:30 +0000

In 2006 music channels and youtube was awash with ‘The Threadmill Video’ from Ok Go, which they picked up a Grammy for the following year. Hailing from Washington DC and smacking of Art School, Love them Or Hate them? They had us forwarding links galore to our friends, it turning out to [...]

Hold Your Horses! – A Must See

Jade — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:16:03 +0000

This is a beautiful song and a simply stunning video…. A Must see.. hope you enjoy

Franco-American band, Hold Your Horses!, offers a wink at art history as band members playfully reconstruct famous paintings in an off the wall lyrical interpretation all their own

So many Images to feast your eyes on. Hard to pick a favourite, [...]

O2 Useless Customer Service

Jade — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:30:46 +0000

What’s that crashing sound I hear? Thats O2 dropping the ball again. Surprised are you? No, I didn’t think so!

5 days later, Two emails and No Reply….. Hello O2.. Anybody There

In trying to confirm what upgrade I’m entitled to with my current contract I check the website which tells me ‘entitled to [...]

Hugh McLeod Rocks – Lifes To Short

Jade — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:33:49 +0000

Hugh McLeod in his own words;

When I first started with the cartoon-on-back-of-bizcard format, people thought I was nuts. Why wasn’t I trying to do something more easy for markets to digest i.e. cutey-pie greeting cards or whatever?

Can’t wait to get my hands on his new book ‘Ignore Everybody’

Want to read an excerpt, then check [...]