Hasta La Creative!

Despite the popularity of listening to music on services like iTunes, Spotify and Pandora, radio suddenly becomes more appealing for its human element.

Après son projet absolument magnifique Solipsist réalisé il y a un an, Andrew Thomas Huang s’est chargé de réaliser le dernier clip de Bjork pour son morceau « Mutual Core ». Produite par Sagafilm, cette vidéo mélange avec talent le travail coloré et déstructuré du réalisateur avec la musique de la chanteuse islandaise.

In 1957, when Elvis recorded "All Shook Up," grinding and groping was referred to as heavy petting. Today, it's called an ad campaign for adult sexual aids. To launch a trio of new lubricants, Church & Dwight's Trojan brand picked a dreamy, breathy, super-slow cover of the classic Elvis hit by the indie duo Avila. The result is a pretty darn effective set of spots from agency The Joey Company featuring couples in various stages of romantic dry humping. But it's OK, viewers, because they're married, as evidenced by the prominent wedding rings on display. (There must still be backlash against TV ads for this genre of products, or marketers might be able to skip this too-obvious prop altogether.) The attractive folks in the ads aren't the only ones getting lucky. The song shot to the top 10 on iTunes, where it's been for six weeks. It found its way into the Trojan campaign via L.A.-based music marketing and licensing firm MediaHorse, which also landed Avila's cover of "My Favorite Things" for a Victoria's Secret holiday campaign. See all the spots below.

Mr. Flippo, a dean of pop music journalism who wrote for Rolling Stone, insisted on profiling musicians like Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton during an era of rock celebrity mania.

Le photographe Alastair Philip Wiper réalise une partie de son exposition sur la chambre anéchoïque de radio de l’Université technique du Danemark. Visuellement impressionnant, l’espace présenté crée ses propres modalités d’existence en modifiant la propagation des ondes sonores en son sein. À découvrir en images.

This three-minute Samsung spot played during halftime of the NBA Finals last night, and it ran before my YouTube videos this morning. It’s Jay-Z, playing with sweet beats, so of course I didn’t click “SKIP AD.” You better not either, because at 1:20 you’re going to bob your head emphatically as Jay and his team recreate the sound of the speakers blowing out. If you skip the ad, you’ll also miss Pharrell’s face, looking incredulous and smiley as he assists Jay’s genius. You’ll miss uber-producer Rick Rubin hanging out on the couch barefoot.

Just as we were getting worked up over Yeezus, HOV comes through with Magna Carta Holy Grail and perhaps the greatest (or at least highest-profile) marketing coup in Samsung’s history. On July 4, the first million Samsung Galaxy users to download a customized app will receive the album for free. Three days later, other drabby people–i.e. iPhone users–get access. It’s a tantalizing prospect, and one that depends on avoiding the lately inevitable leak. Or maybe not–if the app’s “personalized stories and inspiration” really consist of never-before-seen content, then it’s an asset even if (when) the music sweeps the Internet in advance.

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I’m sitting in Salt Lake City Airport, shocked at the number of people wearing flip flops, and I want nothing more than to be in Myspace’s fun room of young, beautiful artists grabbing at one another amidst fluorescent confetti. Their instruments and skateboards may be breakable but they are not. They smash faces and tangle limbs and fall on the floor, but this video gives us the sense that these fiery singers, models, DJs, and rappers will never flame out.

After Justin Timberlake’s reboot, can the same be said for Myspace (capital S begone)? We weren’t sure the social network could drag itself away from obsolescence, but this spot seems to be doing just that, and with a bang. If Myspace is a room filled with the likes of DIIV, Iggy Azalea, Pharrell Williams, Sky Ferreira and Schoolboy Q, then it is anything but irrelevant. If you don’t know those names, you better learn them. And check out the new Myspace while you’re at it; it seems to be the cool thing to do.

Credits and MySpace announce note after the jump.

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La société française Patator Prod a réalisé en technique stop-motion et en animation le clip du morceau « Plastic and Flashing Lights » de Professor Kliq. Utilisant simplement du papier et du fil, ce clip sur fond noir très réussi est à découvrir en vidéo et en images dans la suite de l’article.

We first learned about Stanley last summer, when he was introduced at the Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle. Everyone’s favorite interactive piano that can take take requests via Twitter is back, this time to play at the Chobani SoHo yogurt bar for the New York-based non-profit Sing for Hope. Digital Kitchen is taking care of the creative legwork and will be broadcasting Stanley on www.singforhope.com June 1-2.

Stanley has collected nearly 2,200 followers in the past year, which is impressive when you take into account that he is just a musical instrument and doesn’t have thumbs. No word yet on whether Stanley is familiar with Watson, the “Jeopardy” computer, but the two could probably have an interesting electronic bromance if they ever got together in the same room. Anyone who would like to request a song can tweet @StanleyPiano.

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Digital tools known as “bots” are accused of trying to buy hundreds of thousands of tickets a day, shutting out fans.