Ah Williamsburg. Ah hipsters. Kind of funny. Kind of not. The sports-like motion graphics are my favorite part of this long parody.

by mandydale at 2pm, Aug 27th, 2007 in New York, advertising, parody, sports (0)

Hey you gothic girl… WATCH OUT! Don’t get a suntan…

She said she likes black music… but a different kind!

by cameron at 11am, Aug 21st, 2007 in dancing, music (0)

It’s Monday, and time for some inspiring video action. Imagine that your work is a giant flying-v guitar and that you are this fellow shredding the hell out of it:

Thanks to Ben for this wonderful piece of rockery.

by cameron at 11am, Aug 6th, 2007 in music, wtf (0)

My last post was about filmmaker Bergman passing away this week. On the more pop-culture-meme side of things, today I’m giving tribute to Jerry Ringlien who was the creator of Oscar Meyer commericals that featured cute kids singing about sandwiches.

This campaign brought Oscar Meyer national distribution, and made bologna a popular part of many children’s lunch boxes.

This interview explains how another famous Oscar Meyer campaign, “I wish I was an Oscar Meyer Weiner” came about:

But if you think hard, really, really, hard about the meaning of the lyrics, it is a bit disturbing to want to be a hot dog.

by mandydale at 2pm, Aug 3rd, 2007 in Video (0)

One of my favorite directors, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman passed away this week. His films are deeply philosophical, existential, twisted, and troubling, but always with jaw dropping beautiful cinematography. Persona is one of my personal favorites, with a dream-like opening that suddenly turns to nightmarish horror. The narrative follows the life of two women, an actress and her nurse; their perverse relationship has been the subject of many film theory tomes.

On a lighter note, how about a remix of Bergman’s Seventh Seal with the Clash?

RIP Bergman.

by mandydale at 11pm, Aug 1st, 2007 in film (0)