Monday, January 31, 2011
Awesome Parody: TLC Station Promo
Love this. Funny how some of these sound like pretty good shows. At least for TLC.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Awesome Tech: WeSC puts RFID in shoes
This sounded like one of those "so what" ideas when I first head it. But, after watching this video, there's a lot of potential here.
RFID in shoes from Hampus Lemhag on Vimeo.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Awesome Artist: anthony michael sneed
click here to learn more about the artist
Anthony Michael Sneed - "Hell for Hire" from The New Pop on Vimeo.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Awesome Use of YouTube: subaru wrx - rally of the tall pines
Haven't seen this before. Subaru Canada uses YouTube to show 4 angles of a rally run, all playing simultaneously. Pick your angle, jump back and forth, and enjoy the ride.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Awesome Campaign: old spice response case study
given that all of our contributors are in advertising, we had to take a second to acknowledge by far the best advertising work in 2010 that none of us obviously had a part in. w+k & old spice, we tip our collective hat to you
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
Awesome Video: Dennis Coffey Gets Detroit to Say "F**k You."
Dennis Coffey -- the older white guy in glasses -- put together this video of an instrumental version of Cee-Lo's "Fuck You."
About Dennis:
As a member of the Funk Brothers studio band, Coffey played on dozens of recordings for Motown Records, and introduced the wah-wah guitar sound to Motown record producer Norman Whitfield's recordings, the most notable of which is Cloud Nine by Temptations. He also played on Edwin Starr's "S.O.S. (Stop Her on Sight)," The Isley Brothers' "It's Your Thing", and Freda Payne's "Band of Gold".
In 1971, Coffey recorded "Scorpio" which was a million selling instrumental single that peaked at #6 on the Billboard pop chart. Coffey performed "Scorpio" on the television show Soul Train, the first white artist appear on the show.
"Fuck You"
"Scorpio"
About Dennis:
As a member of the Funk Brothers studio band, Coffey played on dozens of recordings for Motown Records, and introduced the wah-wah guitar sound to Motown record producer Norman Whitfield's recordings, the most notable of which is Cloud Nine by Temptations. He also played on Edwin Starr's "S.O.S. (Stop Her on Sight)," The Isley Brothers' "It's Your Thing", and Freda Payne's "Band of Gold".
In 1971, Coffey recorded "Scorpio" which was a million selling instrumental single that peaked at #6 on the Billboard pop chart. Coffey performed "Scorpio" on the television show Soul Train, the first white artist appear on the show.
"Fuck You"
"Scorpio"
Awesome Site: fedex cup - golfing school of business
Adding golf to a business service resulted in a collection of funny videos. Well worth checking out. Click here to take a lesson.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Awesome Site: storming juno
great interactive extension of history tv's telling of the canadian influence on d-day. click here to visit the site
Awesome Site: nike - better world
hats off to nike for implementing the green initiatives highlighted on this site and to w+k for the great use of html5. thanks again moses for this one. click here to check it out
Awesome Talent: the man with the golden voice
Awesome Trailer: jr - women are heroes
We featured the work of photographer JR a while back, but here is the trailer to his film debuting this month. And for more about JR, click here for his interview with TED.
Monday, January 3, 2011
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