I saw Dark Knight Rises yesterday.
This is not a spoiler, so long as you've heard Michael Caine speak before. VERY LOUD INDEED
30 July 2012
27 July 2012
US Olympic Swimming Team
Doing "Call Me Maybe." This really reminds me of my college volleyball days. In a good way. If you can imagine that. This post might get deleted shortly.
26 July 2012
Derek Redmond
Another Barcelona '92 Olympics memory.
English track star Derek Redmond pulled up lame with a torn hamstring halfway through the 400 semis. His dad ran out onto the track, and together, IN TEARS, they limped to the finish line. I might have cried a little bit when I watched it and told my mom there was something stuck in my eye.
While the Olympic motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius - "Faster, Higher, Stronger" - the Olympic creed reads "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well."
guh. I love the Olympics.
Here's a Visa commercial commemorating the moment. I think they took the voiceover from Shawshank Redemption.
And here's a user-created montage tribute to the race. That's right - set to Coldplay. If you think this is lame, you have no soul.
While the Olympic motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius - "Faster, Higher, Stronger" - the Olympic creed reads "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well."
guh. I love the Olympics.
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barcelona,
coldplay,
derek redmond,
olympics,
track and field
Greatest Olympic Cauldron Lighting Ever
Antonio Rebollo, a Paralympic archer who was stricken with polio when he was eight months old shoots a burning arrow 181 feet and seven stories high perfectly into the cauldron to start the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. via
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1992,
barcelona,
olympics,
opening ceremonies
25 July 2012
22 July 2012
The greatest risk is not taking one
Chris' sent me this TV spot in a response to the ISS montage below.
Sure, it's AIG, which would make the tagline comical - if it weren't tragic. But it's a great spot. The copy is taken from TS Elliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock".
Sure, it's AIG, which would make the tagline comical - if it weren't tragic. But it's a great spot. The copy is taken from TS Elliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock".
View from ISS
This doesn't suck. Photography taken from the ISS, set to a cue from John Murphy's epic Sunshine soundtrack. Best played loud and full screen.
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iss,
john murphy,
nasa,
perspective,
space,
stars,
sunshine
21 July 2012
Dirty Projectors "Dance for You"
gosh, this album is good
Labels:
dance for you,
dirty projectors,
looking for the answer,
music
my dad
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dad,
dwight d. eisenhower,
family,
family project,
ike,
jfk,
john f. kennedy,
john flynn
20 July 2012
18 July 2012
Puss In Boots "Leche"
Just uploaded an event spot I did for DreamWorks' Puss In Boots. I know you were interested.
I think the slurping sound effect might be Art.
I think the slurping sound effect might be Art.
Labels:
antonio banderas,
event spot,
leche,
marketing,
puss in boots,
tv spot,
work
Obama with Teams USA
Obama with the men's and women's Olympic basketball teams. This is darn good campaigning if you ask me, Team Obama.
17 July 2012
Kiss Cam
I've managed to get myself on Staple Center's and Dodger Stadium's jumbotrons a few times as a rabid, often dancing fan. But the Kiss Cam is my Holy Grail.
One day. One. Day.
One day. One. Day.
Labels:
basketball,
can't be ignored,
kiss cam,
obama,
team usa,
yeah I'm talking to you
11 July 2012
06 July 2012
All the Presidents' Menus
A great compilation of various US Presidents' tastes.
George H.W. Bush: Pork rinds, popcorn, beef jerky, hot dogs, Butterfingers, and ice cream.
George H.W. Bush: Pork rinds, popcorn, beef jerky, hot dogs, Butterfingers, and ice cream.
Dwight D. Eisenhower: Roast stuffed breast of veal, beef stew, oxtail soup, chicken noodle soup, rare steak, quail hash, trout, corn pudding, string beans, succotash, fluffy turnips, and prune whip.
03 July 2012
Doug Pitt
pretty good. The other Pitt for Virgin Mobile
Labels:
brad pitt,
doug pitt,
marketing,
virgin mobile
02 July 2012
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