Italy Vs. Brazil - Never Friendly

The Virgins: Rich Girls

Dead Beat Summer: Neon Indian

80s pop gets the filtered treatment.

Rio Smackdowns Chicago

Everyone seemed a little in shock when Chicago didn't win the 2016 Olympics despite the Obama's strong push for it. But watching the two videos backing each city's bid, it's pretty clear Chicago screwed up their marketing. The Chicago fire? Didn't that happen two centuries ago, in the 1870s? I'm wondering if there's been any news coming out of Chicago since. Aside from Michael Jordan, that is.

Obviously, the decision isn't made solely on the back of a video, but watching how they package themselves, I know which one gets me excited...

Alice in Wonderland

Talk about falling down the rabbit hole... This video is part of a presentation by Google at this year's Advertising Week.

It’s part of an 80+ page presentation of the best digital campaigns from the last 12 months with a focus on Google's applications, but with very cool creative and technical chops.

More here (launches Google Docs Presentation)

Yo La Tengo

Wave Machines: Keep The Lights On

No, not Rain Machine. Not Secret Machines either... It's Wave Machines from Liverpool.

I know that somewhere there must be a secret committee that decides on which words are to be included in a band's name for the upcoming year. Last year was all about Ponys and this year it's Machines.

My suggestions for next year are:

• Scratchy: The Scratchy Heads. Or Scratchoramic Sounds
• Socks: The Smelly Socks or The Black, Black Socks or Naughty Sockeses.
  
• Sour: Obviously... The Sour Faces or SourSourSour
  

2010 should definitely be an 's' year...

Advertising Week - part 2

Microsoft is getting into the tactile interface big time. They were showing this interactive screen, called Microsoft Surface, during Adweek. The most impressive was the third picture, which is a demo of the screen's scanning ability. Apparently, certain types of data can be manipulated once they're scanned in, although this machine did not have that ability for some reason...

An interesting fact is that most (all? this was hard to clarify...) of the applications are from Vectoform. Looks like Microsoft is trying to catch up for their own Minority report interface.

I Hate Young People

I Hate Young People is a Web site that allows people to upload videos about what they hate the most about young people. And vice versa... From Britney to smelly old folks, it's the generational gap in all its glory/horror.