this dude will not be at roger's picnic
Roger's Wireless is putting on a big music festival that they call Roger's Picnic. And they want to let everyone know what kind of cool bands are playing there. And motivate the audience to check out the Roger's Picnic website.
So M30 in Toronto created a campaign that promotes the festival by showing you what kind of bands WON'T be there. Who won't be there? This totally metal dude. Or Bomb Bay. Or Roulette.
What a cool way to build curiosity, and drive traffic to the site. Nicely done.
Labels: ads, music, pop culture, youthmarketing
posted by darryl ohrt @ 9:13 AM
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a picture of punk rock
A friend of mine, C.A. Vanaria has just published a beautiful book documenting the punk and rock scene in Boston, during the heyday of the 80's. The Boston Years 1979-1986 features stunning photography of bands like Anthrax, B-52s, Billy Idol, The Jam, The Shirts, Talking Heads, The Clash, Tom Petty, X, and XTC before any of the 'uncool' people even knew about them.
This is a great trip down memory lane for aging punks, and a wonderful photographic history lesson for those born in the 90's. Her shots are nothing short of historic. You should buy this today.
I'm still pissed that she got to see XTC, and I didn't.
Labels: music, photography, pop culture
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:20 AM
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video to watch again and again
Really cool video produced from the desktop of a Mac. This may have you watching again and again. And again. And Again. From 30gms.
UPDATE: Here's an attempt at producing the same video, on a PC.
Labels: apple, mac, music, video
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:25 AM
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how they did things before photoshop
Back in the day when artists shaved their heads and wore nothing but tube tops, it was difficult to get your body into complex yoga poses. And they didn't have Photoshop to fake it. What's a photographer to do??
Check out this post detailing how the shot of Grace Jones, above, was achieved. Think of how many buttons you'd have to push today, to achieve the same shot. ;-)
Labels: music, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:18 AM
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let peter gabriel pick out your music and movies.
That dude Peter Gabriel has been up to some really good stuff. Personally, I think he should be punished for having anything to do with Genesis, but since forgiveness is in vogue, we'll look the other way.
Now he's created The Filter, a site that helps you identify what music and movies you might like.
This would be cool for picking out movies, I guess. So now when my wife gives me that look like "Are you serious? we're really going to watch Night of the Comet??" I can look back with a straight face and say "What? Peter Gabriel picked it out. He says we'll really like it."
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:44 AM
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proof that the end is near
Ummm. Styx. Coffee. I give up.
From Coudal.
Labels: beverage, music, pop culture, yummyfood
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:15 AM
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behold the muxtape
Back in the olden days, there was this thing called a cassette. Essentially, a throw-away mp3 holder. Before mp3's existed. People even sung songs about them. Anyway, people used to use cassettes to make mixtapes for their friends. It was like social networking before social networking or the internet existed. You could share your custom mixtapes for someone's birthday, going away party, or whatever.
Muxtape has created today's version of the mixtape. Upload your mp3's, and share your mix with the world. Or your friends. People are really digging this simple tool, and it's buzzing up the internet.
Labels: music, social media
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:48 AM
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packaging saves the day
The special edition of Grand Theft Auto comes with some pretty sweet packaging that even includes a GTA safety deposit box.
And the new NineInchNails release is available in special packaging, too. You can download the release for free - or spend more dough on NIN goodies. This gives a real reason for fans to spend money on something they can't download or trade for free. Sweet packaging. The $300 version even comes packed with a Trent Reznor autograph. Cool.
Who says package design for content is dead??
Labels: design, gaming, music, package design, youthmarketing
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:22 AM
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chrome and fire and lense flares, oh my.
From the band that brought you the groundbreaking music video DANCE, comes a super rockalicious tribute to cheezy motion graphics.
DVNO is a sweet video celebration of chrome, fire, animated neon and everything else you still see on the small-time news channel intros. Awesome reminder of yesterday.
Labels: design, illustration, music, video
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:11 AM
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previously on lost...the band
Missed Lost this week? No problem. Now there's a band, called Previous on Lost, that posts a new song each week, detailing what's happened in the latest Lost episode. Can your brand inspire bands? From BuzzFeed.
Labels: music, myspace, social media, tv
posted by darryl ohrt @ 6:13 AM
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what to do with your old records.
In the olden days, before the system of wires and tubes that we call the internet existed, people saved their music to large vinyl discs. Cooler people even called it 'wax." And instead of iPods, they carried these disks around in milk crates. The problem is, many old people have basements and closets full of these black discs, and have nothing to do with them. What to do? Put the old people to sleep? Or find a safe place to put the black plastic discs?
Artist Carlos Aires has found a solution. Laser cut (I assume) art made from old records. I sooo want many of these. Found on NOTCOT.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:46 AM
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find, embed, link all of your favorite music.
Check out this amazing music search engine, SeeqPod. Search for just about any song in the world, and listen to it immediately. Get the song's lyrics, the artist's MySpace page, tour dates, and even embed it into your blog. Setup a playlist, and share it. Pretty cool.
I've chosen to embed your favorite Rick Astley song above, because I know how much you love to rock out on a Wednesday morning.
Found through Jesse Kanner, via Facebook
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:33 AM
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