ANGUS WHINES

Stuffed

 

The First Year Out

I urge you to click on the image below and watch and learn.  It's a powerful presentation format and a moving story.

Courtesy of Presentation Zen.

Dear Rocker

Crackunit's found another cracker: dearrockers.org

From the site itself...

Many of us own music that we didn't pay for. We don't feel guilty about shafting the record company, but what about the musicians themselves?

1. Pick a musician
2. Write them a letter
3. Scan or photograph the letter and send it to us
4. Mail off the letter along with $5
5. Enjoy your new, guilt-free life

Dreams

Fucking awesome. 

Directed by Fredrik Bond.  Tears by Angus.  Thanks Lunar BBDO.

Legend

Stan pointed me to this superb article by Trevor Beattie.  Legendary.

Key quotes:

"I for one would be much happier shuffling off this mortal coil having been known as an 'umble adman who flogged stuff (by hook, crook, blogosphere or blag) than a fully-rounded pervasive brand ideas communicator who provided integrated 360 degree media neutral solutions for all his client's comms and content needs."

And...

"Advertising. There, I've said it. Advertising. Said it again. Advertising, advertising, advertising. Now I'm not suggesting that our industry is in some paranoid state of self-denial (oh yes I am), but my mentioning of the A-word in public right now would be seen by some as a professional faux pas on a par with me sashaying down Shaftesbury Avenue, swinging by the Stage Door of a leading West End theatre, pulling down my trousers and pants and shouting "Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth!" till the ushers rushed to shush me up.

And I paraphrase on purpose to illustrate my point. Russell Brand is A Comedian. He does Comedy. Very brilliantly and in a very modern way. On TV. On digital radio. Via podcast. Comedy faces as many challenges as we do, in terms of finding its audience and delivering its message. It's had to evolve. Adapt. Change. But it's still called comedy. The best of it still makes us laugh. The worst gets booed off.

Is there any other industry which so readily and casually denies its own job description as much as ours? It's odd because we don't seem to deny the function. Everything we do is A*********g."

Flash

Via Darryl comes some incredible art using Flash by Erik Natzke...

The Chicken

I'm surprised I haven't seen something like this before given how familiar the set up is.  I love it, well done Scamp.

Leaves

I want this Christmas tree this year:

Courtesy of Swiss Miss.

Photo Booths

Where have all the photo booths gone?  I miss them...

Image courtesy of Cosentino.

Zzzz...

SO sleepy.