Cold on Coldplay, hot over anthrocommercialism
Posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 1:06 PM by Will Femia
I'm having trouble committing to the Joe Satriani/Cold Play plagiarism thing. It seems like the melody or the chords could be done independently but the rhythmic similarity gives me real pause. Cold Play denies it flat out by the way.
Speaking of ambivalence, have you seen the Whopper Virgin ad campaign? The idea is that they find people who haven't been exposed to McDonald's or Burger King marketing to see which does better in a taste test. It's totally fascinating and I've read some really cool stories about people experiencing American culture for the first time. That said, I hate that it's fascinating because it's freeking Burger King doing a freeking taste test and could there possibly be a more absurd embarrassingly stupid premise for the whole damn thing? And true to form, the people are so very nice and welcoming and accommodating and play along and here are these fast food manipulative poison merchants acting like they're some kind of cultural ambassadors... Gah! Now I'm all pissed.
Our old friend desktop tower defense comes in many flavors.
Endice is a good puzzle game that requires more thought than dexterity.
Time smartly takes advantage of the popularity of top ten lists by producing a massive collection of them.
I know we've seen fun bento boxes before but that doesn't make it less fun to see more of them.
Crazy ass thrill seeker video of the day - It's a little slow to start, skip ahead at will. The stunt itself isn't very flashy but made me a little ill once I gave it some thought.
Every year we see real life versions of Calvin and Hobbes snowmen. Here they all are in case you want some reference inspiration.
Just an awesome rhino photo. No more no less.
