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AIR MASSIVE
GLOBAL POP CULTURE MEDIA STYLE WEBLOG

FRESH TAKES
ON MOVIES, MUSIC,
PEOPLE & MORE

CONSUMING CULTURE, SPITTIN' HYPE

ON OUR STEREO

The Top 10 discs that get us through the night...

1. Deerhoof - "Friend Opportunity" (Kill Rock Stars)
2. El Perro Del Mar - "El Perro Del Mar" (EMI)
3. Lily Allen - "Alright, Still" (Regal/Parlophone)
4. Cat Power - "The Greatest" (Matador)
5. Kanye West - "Late Registration" (Roc-A-Fella)
6. Gorillaz - "Demon Days" (Virgin)
7. M.I.A. - "Arular" (XL)
8. Kaiser Chiefs - "Employment" (B-Unique)
9. Bright Eyes - "I'm Wide Awake It's Morning" (Saddle Creek)
10. Mos Def - "The New Danger" (Geffen)

Kickin' It Ol' Skool on Our Stereo...

1. Bob Marley and the Wailers - "Exodus" (Island)

Favorite Kicks ...
Grand Theft Auto

Adidas "Adi Color Winner" -- Fresh high-top sneaker design from the German tennis shoe maker.

Favorite Video Game on Our PlayStation...
Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas (Rockstar Games) -- The greatest GTA eva'! It's been out for over two years and we're still freakin' playing it!

Overheard...

Guy talking into cellphone on West Broadway in Soho, NYC:

"Hey man, can you hear me? Got a new cell phone -- it's a Treo, man! That's right, a Treo. Yeah, the Palm Treo 650 and it's aaaawesome ... uh ... hello, can you hear me? Hello? Hello ... Shit!"

MASSIVE

Supercore:
Ivan Corsa
Princess Lower
East Side:
Reiko Oishi
OK Computer:
Typhoon
Lost in Translation:
Ken Taniguchi
Sources Direct:
Rob Samra
D. Carter Witt
Damon Smith
Adrian Tharani
Jess Eddy
Gravy to Potatoes,
Luke to Darth Vader:
Lao Tzu

Hardware:
Apple Macintosh PowerBook G4 + G3 Computers w/ OS X

Toshiba Satellite Laptop w/ Windows XP

Krups Il Caffe Duomo Espresso Machine

Resources Directory [Beta]:

TECH GEAR
Mobile Devices We Like:
T-Mobile Sidekick and Sidekick II
Easy to use, unbusinesslike and not too techy-looking, we like the Sidekick 'cause it's easy on the thumbs for typing and is probably the most comfortable cell phone and text-messaging device in terms of keyboard size and design.

Palm Treo 650
The treo 650 is to the Sidekick what Prada dress shoes are to Adidas sneakers. Despite that analogy, the Treo will not win points for style compared to many cell phones, though the Treo is well-designed and nice on the eyes. The Treo is a so-called Smartphone and runs an OS for its Palm PDA functionality. Part phone, part PDA and part e-mail and Internet-enabled handheld computer, the 650 comes in slightly different versions for Cingular, Verizon, and Sprint. The best part of the 650 is its keyboard and high-resolution color screen.

TEST

December 07, 2005

Television Commercial Directed by Spike Jonze Literally Destroys a GAP Store - Yay!

The director Spike Jonze is best known for his idiosyncratic feature movies "Adaptation" and "Being John Malkovich," as well as a hip sense of pop cultural referencing, which he has employed in music videos like the Beastie Boys classic "Sabotage." (He was also know for, until recently, being married to Sophia Copola). But like many film directors in Hollywood, Jonze also does TV commercials. Even when he's selling out, Jonze has a wicked streak of humor that is in a class by itself as seen in this TV commercial for GAP in which employees and customers suddenly, inexplicably go beserk and start tearing apart one of the clothing chain's stores. This is brilliant stuff. You can watch the ad online at Ad Awards International.

Essential Links

Spike Jonze GAP Ad
Ad Awards International Web Site
Spike Jonze Bio [IMDb]

Posted by Robsam at December 7, 2005 02:25 AM