commercial breaks...good music, movies and ads

NikeWomen - Body by Dance

2008-01-09T09:54:00.000-08:00

Award winning ad from Nike Brazil I think, which doesn't have the subtitles here, but you get the idea.
Rather than go for surgery, sweat your fat off!

Theme from Rocky - James Last

2007-12-21T08:48:00.000-08:00

Again, the don;t really make them like they used to... Big band, big sound.

Magic E@Everything2.com

2007-12-21T08:42:00.000-08:00

Oddity from the BBC Schools and Colleges program Look and Read.
This song about how e's are magic predates the Shamen's Ebeneezer Goode by about 15 years.

Magic E@Everything2.com

mp3

PS Anybody got any Veras?

YouTube - Kate Winslet Commercial

2007-12-04T10:35:00.000-08:00

I love this ad... Kate Winslett walking through my old neighbourhood

In pictures: The West Banksy | Arts | Guardian Unlimited

2007-12-03T07:53:00.000-08:00

"Graffiti artist Banksy has set up his annual Santa's Ghetto in Bethlehem this year, where visitors will be able to buy his work until Christmas Eve. His stencils on the controversial wall separating Jerusalem from Bethlehem have also inspired other artists to make their marks"

In pictures: The West Banksy | Arts | Guardian Unlimited

Virginia Heffernan - The Medium - Sesame Street - Television - Internet Video - Media - YouTube - New York Times

2007-11-19T10:40:00.000-08:00

Good article on the changing wholesomeness and moral values evident in Sesame Street...

Virginia Heffernan - The Medium - Sesame Street - Television - Internet Video - Media - YouTube - New York Times

Guardian America Launch...

2007-11-08T12:44:00.000-08:00

As I always keep an eye on my old employers, this move into the USA is an interesting one, realising that there is an enthusiasm for high quality journalism and and objective approach...

The Browser: Analyzing the tech biz The Web reaches across the pond «

Two Great bits of Advertising

2007-11-08T08:52:00.000-08:00

Easily the cutest website I've seen in a long time, from Orange to promote their Never Ending features... A never ending website

Good Things Should Never End - Orange's Unlimited Web Page

And then, here's what ten million quid gets you in terms of filming an elaborate domino rally in Argentina... Hey, I was just thinking about doing that... :)

Guinness launches most expensive TV ad in its history | Media | Guardian Unlimited

Nissan Pivo P2 from the Tokyo Auto Show

2007-10-25T10:45:00.000-07:00

Now, I could see myself driving one of these around, given that my parking is generally abysmal. When is this out again?

BMW (South Africa). Defining innovation.

2007-10-19T10:20:00.000-07:00

These are the strandbeesten. I saw this in real life in Leicester Square, London. Very impressive feat.

Sport as art

2007-10-05T11:40:00.000-07:00

Lee Sharpe... Versus Barcelona, last few minutes, 2-1 down... try this

and this is what you call media handling...

From the magnificent 7, Eric Cantona. Here is a clip of his classic line at a press conference, shortly after he'd kung-fu kicked a supporter who'd called him something along the lines of a 'French bastard'...

Sesame's Treet - The Smart E's Full Video (June 1992)

2007-09-28T10:50:00.000-07:00

London Tube Map Mash Ups

2007-09-26T12:02:00.000-07:00

The Famous Great Bear by Patterson
Patterson_Great_Bear85.jpg (JPEG Image, 1022x820 pixels)

The Royal Shakespeare Company Version
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/rscmap1072.jpg

Lily Allen : songs she's sampled

2007-09-19T10:35:00.000-07:00

Well there is a very handy zip file here containing original reggae & ska tracks which have either been sampled or influenced Alright Still...

http://www.musiclikedirt.com/2006/09/27/lily-allen-alright-steal/

Great work mr/mrs blogger

Video: The Shock Doctrine by Alfonso Cuaron | Books | Guardian Unlimited

2007-09-12T09:46:00.000-07:00

Interesting little video about the use of shock tactics to get societal compliance...
Video: The Shock Doctrine by Alfonso Cuaron Books Guardian Unlimited

All-Bran Helps You Drop A Load - AdGabber

2007-08-01T07:22:00.000-07:00

All-Bran Helps You Drop A Load - AdGabber: "Magnificently magnifying metaphors, this recent All-Bran commercial from Kellogg has no problem touting its ability to aid one in shitting a brick. Or two. Or an entire dump truck load. Yes, the spot is jam packed with endless bowel movement metaphors. Enjoy."

Diamond Shreddies

2007-06-27T15:06:00.000-07:00

The more I think about this campaign, the cleverer it gets.

In a world of fairly silly marketing, I can't believe an agency initially managed to convince Mr Shreddie to do this. It is almost like an April Fools Joke, but one that has got me wondering about whether this is all a post modern joke/statement on advertising, or whether feigning insanity/ridiculousness is a perfect way to make your brand appear less stodgy and bring it back up to the top of mind pile.

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Paleo Future

2007-06-25T07:43:00.000-07:00

Damn, wish I'd thought of that name...

Paleofuture

More Old Ads

2007-06-18T21:33:00.000-07:00

Silk Cut

Pink Floyd Circa 1967

2007-06-12T15:28:00.000-07:00

pop Promo from 50 years ago... blimey

inspiring the kids of today

BSM Driving Video

2007-06-06T09:08:00.001-07:00

Stone Roses Daybreak

2007-05-27T08:52:00.001-07:00

Ian Brown makes this sound effortless...

and this

Insane Rainbow

2007-05-27T08:40:00.000-07:00

Surely this can't have been on TV.

Some great music videos

2007-05-17T20:01:00.000-07:00

Ian Brown FEAR

Bob Dylan Subterranean Homesick Blues

Alan Partridge Dan

2007-05-11T15:36:00.001-07:00

Bad Eurovision Entry

2007-05-11T15:32:00.000-07:00

In Twin Peaks

2007-05-11T07:34:00.001-07:00

Absolutely amazing blog...

Bob's Full House

2007-04-30T14:24:00.000-07:00

Bingo lingo clickety clicks, it's time to take your pick of the six

Nike Ads

2007-04-30T12:09:00.001-07:00

A collection of some classic and some overblown Nike ads from the last bunch of years...

Good and Evil Cantona NIKE ad

Stickman

Parklife

Germany 2006 - Nike - The Chain

Germany 2006 - Brazil mucking around in the dressing room

Brazil 98 - Classic Airport : Mas Que Nada

Chemical Bros sounding soundtrack one.. had got too complicated by this point

Heartbreaking Reality TV

2007-04-19T06:29:00.003-07:00

Jordan on Charlotte Church Show

2007-04-14T07:19:00.000-07:00

WARC News - WARC.com

2007-04-04T07:49:00.000-07:00

WARC News - WARC.com

Programming snippets to be included into ad breaks.

America's Got Talent

2007-03-31T06:44:00.000-07:00

This is probably the silliest, most unnecessary act in the history of variety, yet stranegly entertaining.

If I could go just one place...

2007-03-26T11:55:00.000-07:00

well, ok I'm sure the Taj Mahal is pretty, but this looks like it would be pretty mental

Irreverant Ads

2007-03-15T15:50:00.000-07:00

Blackcurrant Tango

Playstation Gangs of London

Phantom of Paradise

2007-03-10T15:32:00.001-08:00

No idea what this is or where it's from but it's quite interesting

Classic Levis Ads

2007-03-01T16:37:00.000-08:00

Spaceman - 1995

Music by Babylon Zoo - the world's only ever half hit wonders!

Flat Eric - crazy

Twisted - music by Pepe Deluxe. Don't buy the album, it's crap

and then one directed by Michael Gondry

Torvill & Dean - Face The Music - 1994 Lillehammer

2007-02-23T12:46:00.001-08:00

The biggest injustice in ice skating history!

Toyota Prius » AdverBox Advertising and Marketing Blog

2007-02-21T08:23:00.000-08:00

The start of the death of oil?

Funny video...

2007-02-15T11:21:00.000-08:00

Not sure the source of this, but it's quite amusing to poke fun

Nissan Quashqai skateboard ad

2007-02-08T07:30:00.000-08:00

YouTube - Lloyds Train TV Spot

2007-02-08T07:24:00.000-08:00

The different approach taken by UK banks to advertise. Similar in tone to an Orange ad

Andy's Home Reno video

2007-02-07T06:32:00.000-08:00

Using a couple of cameras (http://www.lepki.com/mykit.htm) and a couple of saws, me and Lisa 'nailed' our hardwood floor project in 9 days. Music by Blue States - Colouration...

careful with that axe eugene

2007-02-07T06:29:00.000-08:00

great performance of classic early pink floyd track...

The 5th Annual PHOTOWORKSHOP.COM Digital Imaging Competition Sponsored by Adobe

2007-01-26T09:04:00.000-08:00

The 5th Annual PHOTOWORKSHOP.COM Digital Imaging Competition Sponsored by Adobe

Fugees Fugee-La

2006-12-28T07:41:00.000-08:00

Great song from 'The Score'. Ready or Not is a particular favourite, so I'll have to seek out The Delfonics' "Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)"....

tom waits

2006-12-23T09:06:00.001-08:00

Radiohead Glastonbury 2003

2006-12-21T10:07:00.000-08:00

After a sunny Saturday of Supergrass, The Flaming Lips and The Polyphonic Spree, Radiohead came on to finish things off... Super day...

Deadwood aka Three Men in a Restaurant

2006-12-19T12:48:00.000-08:00

Back in 2002, my friend Bianca asked if I wanted to be an extra in a film. It sounded quite glamorous, but sat for hours on an uncomfortable couch in 93 Feet East with a bottle of Becks filled with cold tea...

Anyway, the film never got released, but somehow the trailer has ended up on YouTube, and you can see me round about the 1min 5 second mark.

YouTube - Björk - Human Behaviour (Glastonbury)

2006-12-10T08:15:00.000-08:00

YouTube - Erik Mongrain - Airtap

2006-11-30T14:59:00.000-08:00

Everything's not lost - Coldplay

2006-11-17T15:31:00.000-08:00

What the hell am I doing posting coldplay videos from YouTube...? well, I was there amidst all those flags. Glastonbury is absolutely epic experience...

http://www.lepki.com/glasto.htm

Lemon Jelly - nice weather for ducks

2006-11-17T15:10:00.000-08:00

Nice Weather for Ducks

The Shouty Track

YouTube - Real Life Simpsons Intro

2006-11-16T22:02:00.000-08:00

Beck on SNL

2006-11-07T07:24:00.000-08:00

Beck on Saturday Night Live

David Lynch cigarette ad

2006-11-01T16:44:00.000-08:00

Sony Bravia Colour

2006-10-20T09:33:00.000-07:00

Sony Bravia - Colour
Uses Rossini's Thieving Magpie as the soundtrack, filmed in Glasgow..not a sniff of CGI.

» Kievski Freski (Kiev Frescos) By Sergei Paradjanov

2006-10-09T21:13:00.000-07:00

» Kievski Freski (Kiev Frescos) By Sergei ParadjanovParadjanov assembled this “film collage” from the rushes and tests that remained unscathed after the Soviet authorities halted the production of Kiev Frescos and ordered the negative to be destroyed.

Uptown Top Ranking

2006-09-28T09:56:00.000-07:00

Classic '78 tune from Top of the Pops...
they fluff the lines a little bit which adds to the charm you don't see these days...

Passat Safe Happens

2006-09-25T12:19:00.000-07:00

INFOLUST | Forget information overload, consumers are more infolusty than ever!

2006-09-14T07:14:00.000-07:00

INFOLUST | Forget information overload, consumers are more infolusty than ever!

GENERATION C | An emerging consumer trend and related new business ideas

2006-09-14T07:11:00.000-07:00

GENERATION Cinstant communication power

New Vehicle Launches

2006-09-13T08:12:00.000-07:00

BMW 3 Series Coupe

UK ad for new BMW. No voice over, nice electronica soundtrack.

Pleasure. Distilled. 23.09.06

Older Infiniti model Launch.
Where are the cars we were promised?

Skoda Octavia.
Being a 'challenger' brand Skoda can make fun of themselves.

Fat gymnast. Big and agile. "Surprising."

And a German ad

VW - GT Mark 5. Further irreverent ads.

VW Frog. "Suprising"

Chevy Super Bowl College Ad Challenge

2006-09-12T09:22:00.000-07:00

Chevy Super Bowl College Ad Challenge

American Express

2006-09-01T10:56:00.000-07:00

Kate Winslett in Camden

See Kate walking round my old 'hood. All the dodgy dealers and inter-railing German goths must have been erased from the picture.

Pink Floyd

2006-09-01T10:55:00.000-07:00

Video concept stuff from 1973. I never understand why Bohemian Rhapsody is mentioend as the first pop promo when things like this were out way before...

ArriVa Condos ~ Grand Plans

2006-08-23T14:50:00.000-07:00

ArriVa Condos ~ Grand Plans

2006-08-18T10:23:00.000-07:00

Latest Coke Ad

Retro Atomic Energy film

2006-08-11T12:10:00.000-07:00

Atomic Energy
Retro film

Classic Ads

2006-08-11T11:51:00.000-07:00

Shake n' Vac

Smash

Lost TV Spot

Classic B&W Guinness

Sony Bravia