Breakdown of Simpsons Steamed Hams scene (thanks, J).
Marvin Gaye’s isolated vocals from I Heard It Through The Grapevine (thanks, T):
Helpful boyfriend photographers of Instagram.
How peanut butter is made:
Hendrix doing Hey Joe live with an insane solo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw9JQC8nhhY
Three women started their own place today.
It’s a revolutionary model: a central management structure involving those three leaders, hiring freelancers on an ad-hoc basis, possibly extending to permalance terms, or even full-time if there’s enough growth.
In addition, they will only be taking on project based commissions, some lasting just half an hour. Absolutely no retained business. They’re looking at volume here, expecting hundreds, possibly thousands of clients per year.
They’ve found central London premises and plan to open their doors next week, but there will be no announcement in the trade press.
Yes, Cutz Hairdressers will be ready for the public by next Wednesday!
I was having a chat with the always-delightful and inspirational Trevor Beattie last week.
He pointed out that in the world of advertising the whole hoo-haa and rigmarole of a few people starting their own company is given a strange amount of respect and attention. But look around your local high street… Every single one of those independent mechanics, newsagents, nail bars and sandwich shops has been a start up, each relying on a steady flow of customers who must be pleased on a daily basis less they decide not to return.
And they’re not spending £25k. They’re blowing £1.57 on a Mars Bar and a paper, or £35 on a cut and blow dry.
They almost certainly have employees, insurance, lawyers, terms of a lease and supplier issues. They might have WH Smith or Starbucks opening next door in October. They might have a racist customer who isn’t fond of their muslim assistant. They might be robbed at 3am on a Saturday.
Or they might thrive and open another place.
So if you’re wondering about whether or not to start your own agency, and thinking it might be a big, scary risk, take a look around.
It’s so normal, it’s barely worth a mention.
Except for that headline in Campaign, of course.
Hi there.
Apologies for the wait since the last episode. I’ve been busy.
Anyway, this one’s a corker.
Ian Reichenthal is the one US creative I really wanted to speak to.
This is because he’s been involved with most of my favourite ads of the century so far. Here are just a few (the rest can be found here):
So if you want to find out how and why they were made, have a listen.
We also discuss life at Cliff Freeman, W&K, TBWA NY and Barton F. Graff, all at their absolute peaks.
So grab a cup of tea, hear Ian’s words of wisdom, watch all those crackers again, then tear your hair out because you might have done one stone cold classic, but you definitely didn’t get into double figures. AND he’s a jolly nice chap!
Here’s the Soundcloud link, the iTunes link and the little button you can click on right here:
How that Spike Jonze Apple ad was made.
A teenager’s shots of the early Beatles.
Milton Glaser on his best posters.
Making the dogs in Isle Of Dogs.
Visual musings on social media:
How they make foley sounds:
Describe your worst drunk experience in six words (thanks, J).
Death-tribute cartoons are a special kind of awful.
What the fuck is my social media strategy?
Salvage:
https://vimeo.com/channels/bestofthemonth/254932961
Honest trailers: every Wes Anderson movie (thanks, B):
TSIRKU:
https://vimeo.com/channels/bestofthemonth/249579173
Tommy Wiseau’s Joker audition (thanks, J).
Cool/funny urban graffiti art (thanks, D).
Pendulum wave demonstration (thanks, T):
Log Cabin timelapse (thanks T):
What is beauty? (Thanks, J):
What’s the Dark Net like? Here’s a primer.
Mountain halos (thanks J2).
Nile Rogers on Let’s Dance (thanks, J):
Make a real Viking double axe (thanks, T):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO2cKiq_Is0
Pictures from the Australian Mullet Festival (thanks, J).
Deconstruct There Will Be Blood, or any other movie:
Eyes Wide Shut – The Game:
AI is not as worrying as you might think.
very cool tape art:
The best wood joints ever:
The cool sounds of skating on thin ice (thanks, T):
Bird’s eye view of geese (thanks, T):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfafOjbTuTM
Incredible miniature airport (thanks, T):
