I believe in good advertising

Wieden+Kennedy, Amsterdam, did this AWESOME page takeover for their Honda "Let it shine" video on vimeo. There is also a link to see how the video was done (not the takeover :o( ) .

Chris Cunningham is back. But, is that a good thing?

Check out this work he did for Gucci. I know, I said it out loud too, but I have to say I don't hate it. Hey, millionaire directors have to pay bills too.

Imitating art?

Don't think so. Ximena Sarinana and Natalia Lafourcade are 2 of the most talented singers out there from Latin America, right now. Both have formal musical training, great voices, are awesome lyricists and pride themselves on creating their own style, right? Well, here is the thing: both are relatively young (Lafourcade is 25 and Sarinana is 23) and are still looking for their own musical style. Sarinana has mentioned that one of her biggest influences is Fiona Apple and her latest video "mediocre", took me to a place very close to my heart in 1996...

And here's Fiona:
Fiona Apple ~ Shadowboxer

Hmmm...now let's move on to Natalia Lafourcade. I was hooked to her self titled album with La forquetina from the moment I heard the opening song, which was an "untitled" Capella. Great, awesome album, if you like pop, ska, electronic and a few other sounds. The latest "Ella es bonita", made me think of some other pop darling from oversees with a similar taste for new sounds, sweet voice and out-there lyrics...but who...?

Ladies you are extremely talented women, the last thing I want to do is to see you become someone I intentionally didn't buy their album to begin with. Now, I understand pressure, specially from music houses, but reinventing is always better than plain taking from someone, or as some people my put it, stealing. Next time I see you pulling a 1996 or 2005 it better be for a tribute album, cause you are not going anywhere.

NWVO

Pablo Diaz- Reixa, a.k.a. El Guincho, originario de las Islas Canarias odia los intrumentos musicales, pero eso no lo detiene a hacer música. Su sonido electrónico ya ha sido comparado Panda Bear's Person Pitch and Animal Collective's Strawberry Jam en articulos y revistas en el mercado anglosajon, otros mas familiarizados con el sonido de latinoamerica lo han comparado a Manu Chau, para mi, él es mas original que comparasiones. Su produccion Alegranza! salio a la venta en Espana en el 2008 hasta que XL Recordings (los mismos que firmaron a M.I.A, Vampire Weekend, The White Stripes) lo añadieron a su lista para distribuirlo en EEUU Y Europa.

Este video me engancho desde el inicio...es Palmitos Park, para mas info visiten su pagina en myspace. Y algunas presentaciones en vivo en pitchfork.

BBDO MS-DOS

Con la invencion del ipod, sistema gps y demas electronicos, es dificil pensar que hace poco utilizar una computadora tomaba mas el click de un mouse. TODO, y es decir desde la prendida del sistema, se hacia por codigos...me acuerdo de aquello como si fuera ayer, sentada en la computadora con una pantalla oscura que esperaba instrucciones de que hacer...pero al parecer no todos tuvieron malos recuerdos de esa epoca, o por lo menos la gente de D'Adda, Lorenzini, Vigorelli BBDO Italia, donde acaban de recrear el sistema en su "nueva" pagina web. La verdad revivir esa experiencia me hizo sentir mayor, menos ignorante y harto mas competente. VIVAMMM Leocita!

Where do you come from?

As I was looking for material to post in the blog, I came across this video in motionographer. I didn't know if it was going to make it, until I heard one of the best lines I have heard in my life " I come from the same place you come from, where do you come from? Your mother". Thing of genius, then again, I might just not be so bright. Check it.


The Lost Tribes of New York City from Carolyn London on Vimeo.

Viva la nostalgia!!

Hay cosas que se celebran porque son inevitables, un buen sentimiento melancólico por ejemplo, y es que acabo de escuchar mi adolecencia y tengo que compartirla en una canción de Fiona Apple. Amo su voz, su piano y todo lo que la envuelve para hacer una melodía, esta vez es un cover de una cancion de Cy Coleman...escuchenla sin ver el no-video, que es un collage de todas sus fotos, para que como yo, se bajen en la intersección de 1995 y la calle emo...

El hada padrino?

Hay comerciales que tienen mérito, no por su nivel de producción, ni casting, sino por hablarle al cliente en su idioma. Este comercial tiene el humor apropiado y suficiente información visual y escrita para entretenerlos por :54. Mensaje recibido.