Sunday, February 7, 2010

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Brilliant Car Safety Advert Video | Embrace Life, Always Wear Your Seat Belt PSA

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 08:08 AM PST

Anyone of a certain age will remember when Public Service Announcements (PSAs) were cheap, cheesy, lecturing diatribes which no one bothered to pay attention to. Because they were so crap.

But things have changed, with governments and local authorities now using advertising agencies to produce proper, glossy, informative ads which get the message across in a more basic, easier to understand way.

This PSA is simple to the extreme, but it contains a powerful message about road safety. The fact that there are people who still don’t wear their seatbelts when driving shows how useless some of the old ads have been.

The added bonus of making ads which look good is that they’re picked up online, becoming viral video hits which end up being seen by million more people than they otherwise would have. Which should save lives.

Them Crooked Vultures SNL Video | Dave Grohl, John Paul Jones, Josh Homme Perform

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 03:07 AM PST

Most supergroups are crap. Seriously. They usually comprise musicians who are bored of life in their current bands and feel the need to break out and do something different for a while.

However, Them Crooked Vultures are a little different. They are a supergroup and two of their members have other bands, but the difference is they are absolutely fantastic. Seriously, just check them out on SNL.

Them Crooked Vultures are Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) on drums, Josh Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age) on guitar and vocals, and John Paul Jones (formerly of Led Zeppelin) on bass guitar.

This video shows them performing New Fang on Saturday Night Live, and it made the show worth watching despite it being the douche that is Ashton Kutcher hosting.

Art for the Musical Birds Video | Finches and Instruments Create Brilliant Installation

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 12:52 PM PST

Forget Rockin’ Robin. The zebra finches of this art installation really know how to strike a chord.

They’re part of a new art installation in London's The Curve. The work, by French artist Celeste Boursier-Mougenot, is a walk-through aviary with a difference.

Alongside the finches there are electric guitars and other musical instruments. As the birds go about their regular routine, they create a captivating soundscape.

I love it, but I’m not sure the birds are as easily impressed. The one making a nest looks very confused by the sounds his “tree” makes as he threads twigs through the strings!
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