Archive for the 'Arts and Media' Category

The New Yorker Conference 2008

Why is The New Yorker awesome? Because Anthony Lane’s review of ‘Sex and The City’ says this of Sarah Jessica Parker’s dress montage:
Compare the quick-change sequence in “Funny Face,” with Audrey Hepburn robed in one Givenchy masterpiece after another, and you sense not merely the greater snap in Stanley Donen’s direction (with more than a [...]

Shirley Manson on Jessica Simpson

There are some shows where I talk very little and then there are some where I talk a lot. And then there are some where I talk entirely too much. And unfortunately for the audience and for the band, I never quite know which night it’s going to be.
But I was just thinking, while I’m [...]

Converse “Connectivity” Campaign

Although some people balk at the notion of Joan Jett selling Nikes, I like this campaign:

Rolling out around the world from February 2008, ‘Connectivity’ is a striking artistic showcase of true originals who define the essence of the Converse brand since 1908. The advertising visually ‘connects’ past and present Converse icons brought together by their [...]