Darwin Deez. An Update

Posted about this guy back in March. He finally played at The Mercury Lounge before Thanksgiving and he is very much channelling Napoleon Dynamite. He quite literally had an 80's-music-mash-up-dance-routine between songs. Great show. 

There Are Times I Wish I Watched TV

Not often, mind you. But it would be fun to catch the above happening live. 

As seen on the streets of NY - Library car spotted in Chelsea

As Seen On The Streets of NY

Sociological commentary? New downtown band? All around racist insult? Just another graffiti?

 Seen in Murray Hill.

Perfect Summer Music

 
Sunny day... driving in the car... windows down... and the Radio Dept. on, playing Heaven's on Fire.

Nike: Write The Future

Nike's has a new elaborate ad out for the World Cup. The commentary on soccer in each country is the most interesting though:

- In Italy, Brazil and Portugal there's personal glory for their players, but only in England does it affect the stock markets. Anyone who's been in England when the national team plays will know that this is not too far from the truth...

- France's Frank Ribery is in the ad but doesn't have a write the future episode. Is that because his future is written already thanks to his underage prostitute scandal, or France's relative indifference to footie compared to say, Brazil or Italy?

- And Brazil's Ronaldinho? Didn't make the selection... Oops...

Seen on the streets of NY

Last week on 23rd and 5th avenue

Ghost Recon Game Trailer: Cool Video, Weird Timing

Real actors and high production values promoting a video game aren't new. But the game Ghost Recon takes place in Moscow. And the movie-like trailer released on March 25th is about taking out terrorist warlords in the near future.

Near future? Four days later Moscow's subway terrorist are in the headlines... Eery timing. The lines between video games, hollywood and news are decidedly blurred.

Shout Out Louds. They're their own band now

I always thought The Shout Out Louds were a little too endebted to The Cure. On Fall Hard, they seem to have ratched up the production a bit and it works. With a weird video to boot.