If This Is A Blog Then What's Christmas?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Db5pjCHQms

Like many wonderful American ads, it gets the selling bit right out there, front and centre.

Then it goes batshit crazy (Skittles, Starburst, Nextel).

Thanks God for that.

(Seems to have directed by Ringan Ledwidge.)

(Thanks, A.)

It’s clearly an inferior (not least because of the lack of originality) version of Perfect Day.

But then I suppose many of the people this is aimed it were either not born when Perfect Day came out or are too young to remember it.

So this is for them.

And here’s to the next one in 2031 (will it still feature Elton John?).

Zadie Smith takes down an ad in a very well written manner.

*It hasn’t actually been that lazy. I wrote a whole proper post earlier today but it turned out a bit shit and I didn’t really think it would reflect well on me or interest you, so I’ve shelved it. I might continue to work on it later this week, or I might not.

Man Ray’s surrealist films (thanks, T).

Interesting analysis of Taxi driver:

Creepy pro-wanking film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRogmcixV_M

24 amazing Prince stories (thanks, J).

And if you’ve never seen this, it’s one long, brilliant Prince story very well told:

I think you all saw this a couple of days ago, but if not…

Zeppelin on their private jet (how thin was Jimmy Page? Thanks, T).

Great Fincher doc:

Funny text scam response – but also fake as fuck, I believe. Shame hardly anything good on the net is actually a happy accident. But then some things are (thanks, P):

The evolution of the chase scene (thanks, J):

Click on this link.

Or, slightly more seriously, try this (thanks, P).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxpTFT7XxN4

On the plus side you’ll remember the name of the product.

On the minus side you’ll forever associate it with two of the biggest wankers on planet earth.

Another side project from the excellent Oli Kellett:

Hi Ben,