Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Ad break #15 (2011 Australian Earth Hour)
Local advertising for Earth Hour has ditched green messaging in favour of comedy this year, with a story about three friends in the outback who are besieged by a swarm of moths after neglecting to switch their lights off. The spot, created by Leo Burnett Sydney for WWF, debuts tomorrow, six days before the event on March 26th at 8.30pm.
The end frame of the ad features a web address where visitors can “go beyond the hour” by sharing stories with people in other countries about what they are doing to tackle climate change.
The campaign press release assured that no moths were harmed during the making of the film.
Using humour contrasts the approach taken in the global 2011 Earth Hour ad, shot in Sydney in February by Leo Burnett Chicago, in which people holding coloured squares form shapes and words, with the message that “it’s time to go beyond the hour” and do more than turn the lights off once a year.
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Vaughan Oliver’s selling some of his archive
Originally designed for Pixies: Minotaur box set
photography: Simon Larbalestier
10 SIGNED personal copies available as I open up my archives
£120.00 plus postage and packing
That’s one example, there’s more:
Vaughan Oliver on FacebookVia
Medvedev scolds Putin on Libya
Russia’s ruling tandem showed signs of an open crack for the first time as President Dmitry Medvedev publicly scolded Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for harshly criticising the U.N. Security Council resolution allowing military action in Libya.
Mr. Putin condemned the resolution as a “deficient and flawed” document that reminded him of “medieval calls for crusades.” Shortly afterwards Mr. Medvedev called Mr. Putin’s remarks “impermissible.”
Speaking at a missile factory in central Russia on Monday, Mr. Putin said the U.N. resolution “effectively allows interference in a sovereign state” and called the Western intervention a “foreign invasion.”
In response Mr. Medvedev defended the resolution as prompted by Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi’s crimes and stood by Russia’s decision to abstain in the Security Council vote rather than use the right of veto.
“Russia did not exercise [the veto power] for one reason: I do not consider this resolution to be wrong. Moreover, I believe that this resolution generally reflects our understanding of what is going on in Libya,” Mr. Medvedev said.
Mr. Putin also lashed out at the U.S. policy of intervention in other countries’ affairs. He described it as a “stable trend,” recalling the U.S. air strikes on Belgrade under Bill Clinton, as well as Afghanistan and Iraq under the two Bush administrations.
“Now it's Libya's turn - under the pretext of protecting civilians,” the premier said. “Where is logic and morality? There is neither.”
Mr. Putin made his remarks shortly after visiting U.S. Secretary of Defence Robert Gates hailed Moscow’s siding with Washington on Iran, Afghanistan and Libya and called for the Russian military to join Western coalition forces.
“The ongoing events in Libya prove that Russia is right in strengthening its defence capabilities," Mr. Putin said.
Cornershop And The Double-O Groove Of (feat. Bubbley Kaur) (2011 - Albumstream)
Following up Judy Sucks a Lemon for Breakfast in exceedingly timely fashion -- a mere two years compared to the seven that separated that 2009 effort from 2002’s Handcream for a Generation -- Cornershop capitalize on their Indian tradition, bringing in Bubbley Kaur for a collection of pop with a Punjabi punch. The vocals and flourishes are strongly Punjabi -- songs are often sung in the language, not English as they usually are on a Cornershop LP -- but these are essentially trappings for a collection of multicultural dance-pop not too dissimilar from the group’s albums since 1997. As on Judy Sucks, this is a blessing and a curse: Cornershop’s blends are still rich and flavorful yet they have the whiff of old fashion, still tied heavily to the post-rave years of trip-hop and Brit-pop, trends they fought and embraced in equal measure. Kaur’s presence gives The Double-O Groove just enough of a different tone to make a difference -- it doesn’t feel comfortably recycled as Judy sometimes did -- yet it doesn’t quite open doors to new avenues either. (Stephen Thomas Erlewine)
1. United Provinces Of India
2. Topknot
3. The 911 Curry
4. Natch
5. Double Decker Eyelashes
6. The Biro Pen
7. Supercomputed
8. Once There Was a Wintertime
9. Double Digit
10. Don't Shake It
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Monday, 21 March 2011
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