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I think there’s such thing as a “couple crush”, like being fond of a relationship rather than being attracted to either person. It’s when two talented people are in a great relationship and you kinda wish you could be the third wheel on one of their dates. There are a few couples who fit into this category for me, Beyonce & Jay-Z are certainly at the top of this list. So even though I try to avoid celebrity gossip, I (like the rest of Twitter) was pretty excited about their announcement.
There are several hints about starting a family in her new album and in this short documentary you can see she’s totally ready to start a family.
So here are my three favourite jokes I have heard about the pregnancy. Yet to see any topical ads but please send them in if you spot some.
1. Jay-Z & Beyonce’s kid will have everything, except a last name.
2. Beyonce is pregnant, but it’s not Jay-Z’s. It’s Destiny’s child.
3. Beyonce is pregnant, Jay-Z’s 100th problem.
And if you’re one of those haters who thinks your/ someone else’s pregnancy deserves more attention, well I’ve made a baby shower card especially for you. Just print it out and stick it on your mantlepiece.
Why I love Lady Gaga
When I first heard Lady Gaga (the disco stick song) I wasn’t a fan, to say the least. I hate most current “mainstream” music, with the exception of my home girl Beyonce. So the Telephone video was my first proper introduction to Gaga. And I’ll admit I had it on repeat for days. I was hooked.
Watching the “Google goes Gaga” interview today I realised just how much there is to love about her.
Firstly her respect for the people that work at Google. While most people think they’re all nerds, Gaga actually fits right in she has close friends that work there. You can tell she loves the interweb and is more intellectual than most pop stars. She really is just like me.
It’s that notion of being a “real person” which is central to her fame. Sure she makes mistakes, but for the most part she’s honest and raw with the people who interview her. It’s intriguing getting to know the human being beneath all the regala.
Gaga comes across as incredibly positive and deeply religious. According to some very good debaters it’s because she’s a puppet for the illuminati. More likely it’s the best way to deal with fans who treat her like a God when she preaches. Her message: she’s just like the rest of us and if we work hard enough we can be just like her.
I hope by the time I’m Gaga’s age I’ve been nominated for half the amount of awards she’s won (although mine will be advertising not music).
In the Google interview she calls Rebecca Black a genius for using Youtube as a means to gain fame. It’s true Stefani Germanotta could have been another talented NYC piano player like Regina Spektor (who’s music I like a lot better), but instead she became a performance artist. And a bloody good one.
Enjoy the interview as Lady Gaga awkwardly spends an hour readjusting her short dress so her black undies don’t get in frame:
Weird Weekends
My weekends have been kind of weird lately. I was in/at the Santa Parade last weekend and today I’ve been running a for #ASBLost.
In the limited down time I’ve had over the past few weeks I’ve been watching Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends (which are a lot more bizarre than mine). While the people he interviews are interesting enough to make the show watchable I really like what Louis brings to the episodes. In particular how he gets involved in all the sub cultures despite most of them being quite different ends of the spectrum. I wonder if he would have been allowed onto Christian TV if they knew he also starred in gay porno?
Broken social scene, yes please
In Paris I had the pleasure of seeing BSS play live. It was a great night out with two of my favourite people in the world. Had a bit of a nightmare navigating the metro and got there quite late so had to stand at the back, squished up against the sound desk. Seriously French people suck at shows. They didn’t dance, they didn’t want an encore and when Kevin Drew promised to play one more song on the condition no one took photos or video during it… some idiot started taking photos.
Oh well I guess it’s people like that who enable me to share video of the show with you.
Probably the best thing about the show is I managed to buy three of their records which I didn’t have yet for the price I would pay for only one in Australia. They are a band I highly recommend having a listen to if you haven’t before >
How realistic are the wax models at madame tussauds?
Since I was a little kid I have always wanted to go to MD, and a couple of weeks ago my dream came true. Except instead of Spice Girls there were a bunch of pop/movie stars I didn’t know. Still an enjoyable experience, but probably not as enjoyable as it was for the people in this video (via mtlb):
Oh and our plane to Milan was grounded meaning we had to skip having dinner with George Clooney at his fav restaurant in Lake Como (thanks for the tip @handypearce). So it was good to at least get a snap with him, to show my grandkids when I am geriatric and forget that the event never actually unfolded:
Mardi gras
I found out that we won’t have access to our building during the parade this weekend, which will be interesting. I will have to get over my disgust at the exposed urinals and enjoy the night out.
This week I have seen a lot of closed mindedness. One example of this is people in the gay community who exclude heterosexual couples from Mardi Gras events (seriously, Mardi Gras is stemmed from a Catholic tradition). Another example is this website > which provides a list of gay music that you will go to hell for listening to. It includes two of my favourite bands Cold War Kids > and Death Cab for Cutie.
Anthony & the Johnsons some how skipped the list:
Enjoy. I will try to take some pictures at the parade to put up, hope there’s another Hillsong float. Lols
The beatles vs wu tang clan
The Magical Mystery Chambers by Tom Caruana
Will never be as good as Encore off DJ Danger Mouse’s Grey Album.
Slow Club
Last night I went to see Camera Obscura at the Sydney Festival.
They did not seem happy to be performing and were out of time is a few songs which was disappointing.
However, Slow Club who opened for them put on a very fun show! I liked it a lot.
5 things I would like to see in wave
1.This should be on gmail as well, the option to have a message delivered to the recipient at a set time in the future. This would be useful for sending reminders to other people, digital time capsules and at least a million other things. Such a technology existed in the late 90s when e-cards were popular, the options were “send now” or “send at future date”.
Why is this not standard these days?
2. As seen in this video, it would make cooking so much easier and creative. Pamela Fox suggested it be a gadget not a bot (as I originally concepted). Currently rethinking it and more on that to come…
As far as I know there are tons of interior design applications and all of them are rubbish.
My idea is you upload photos of areas of your house to a Wave gadget and change the colours of the walls/ carpets etc straight onto the photos. You would be able to add furniture into the picture straight from an Ikea (for example) catalouge and if you gave dimensions of the walls, this could be used to position things as well as feng shui. Being on wave means you could work with family and housemates to find colours and furniture everyone likes.
4. Whenever you leave a job you get a big card signed by everyone in the office, which you lose at work drinks before getting a chance to read it. Wouldn’t it be better to have that card online so you could access it later?
My proposal is a wave gadget with ecard templates which coworkers can decide on and then decorate using photos or drawings of the person leaving. When everyone signs the card with their personal message there is an option to leave a link to your facebook or linkedin account so you can stay in touch. When everyone has signed it a designated person would publish the card and add the leaving person to the wavelet.
5. Imagine if Protools or a similar company made a Wave Gadget which allowed multiple musicians to upload and mix together their tracks in one place.
No more emailing different parts to each other just one place to mix the music, discuss the lyrics and potentially even publish straight to Myspace/ Purevolume/ Lastfm when finished. Instead of paying for expensive mixing software each song could just have a 5 second soundbite at the end promoting the brand who made the gadget. Would be perfect for start up bands and school music projects.
“Never use jazz music in a tvc”
- I can’t remember who said that to me recently, but it was either Don Draper or Cameron Hoelter, the CD of Campaign Palace at 31 things. Probably the later.
Either way, I’ve found an ad which proves why. Everyone is raving about this ad today, but too be honest it took me seeing it on several blogs I respect for me to watch it the whole way through. And when I got to the end there was no reward.
It reminds me of this ad, where the product shot half way through completely gives away the whole gag.
Blame Ringo band (website) concept
This website is flipping inovative! The best band website I have come across, by far. First off awesome name for a band (I love Ringo and have a Zebra Finch named Strakey after him), fantastic concept for using the name as a website, and omgosh it scrolls sideways!
Love your work Sir Mano.
My heart is beating like a drum
Rather awesome series of ads, which remind me of James singing Emiliana Torrini’s song which for him goes “my heart is beating like a drum, drum, drum, is goes a boom-de-boom”.
From Euro RSCG Switzerland courtesy of ibelieveinadv.
New Vinyl
Have been listening to our new vinyl today. James got his favourite R.E.M. record for his birthday, and I have recently purchased Cat Stevens – Tea for the Tillerman, The Shins – Oh Introverted World, Feist – The Reminder and Broken Social Scene – You Forgot it in People. However they always skip when I put them on 
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Gunther – Ding Dong
I had a link to this video on my twitter the other day when youtube gave it to me. Since then I have listened to it heaps, it’s so catchy! My french flatmates say it’s a big dance hit over there hahaha.
It’s embarrassing how much I like it. Even the video, with his disgustingly sleazy and seductive chiny chin and the mullet and at the end with the champagne, it’s like all the completely supressed sexual tension you feel building up during the song is released. I realised today that the reason I keep listening to it is the similarity in sound to Aqua – my all time favourite band.
“Your my doll, rock n roll, feel the glamour in pink, kiss me here, touch me there, hanky panky”