Hasta La Creative!

This here internet place may have proved a boon for the distribution and "legal" sharing of songs, but it has been the worst thing imaginable for the art of music criticism. Let's face it: Everybody holds several indisputably stupid opinions about music — like my contention that Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham is one of the three greatest guitar players who has ever lived — and the internet allows us to proclaim them loudly, taste and common sense be damned. Sharing, in the public domain as in interpersonal relationships, is bad.

LONDON – Britvic has appointed Simon Stewart, former chief marketing officer at Emap, as its new marketing director.

LONDON – Gemstar-TV Guide International, the News Corp-backed provider of electronic programme guides, has filed suit against Virgin Media alleging infringement of three of its patents.

(TrendHunter.com) Since the iconic Duck Hunt gun from regular Nintendo, few video game guns have ever gained any widespread notoriety. hat may all change soon with the Perfect Shot from NYKO.

The Perfect Shot allows the Wii remote to slide on to the controller and be able to bring back the fun of the original Nin…

LONDON – Community shopping centre operator The Mall is looking to partner with lifestyle brands to target 4.5 million weekly shoppers in 23 shopping centres throughout the UK.

LONDON – Titan Outdoor has secured a campaign for Gran Canaria tourism across its rail, road and shopping centre portfolio, as part of a marketing campaign worth around £448,000.

GSD&M has created a couple of new spots for the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. One is pretty ordinary, showing a couple of teens who are burning their possessions, having apparently burned out themselves. The second one is a bit trippier, showing a teen building—and then encasing himself inside—a large and pretty snuggly-looking marijuana cocoon (with a street value off the charts). But the fun doesn’t last: He soon emerges from his fuzzy lair, looking at least a decade older, chubby and balding. Apparently, smoking pot can turn you into Kyle Gass, minus the talent.

—Posted by Tim Nudd

While this scenario is, at best, a bit of a stretch, the commercial in which the scenario plays out does a pretty good job commanding one’s attention.

Advertising Agency: DDB Stockholm, Sweden
Creative director: Andreas Dahlqvist
Copywriter: Magnus Jakobsson
Art director: Fredrik Simonsson
Animation & Design: Gustav Dejert
3D: Jakob Dahlström
Sound: Plop

Advertising Agency: DDB Stockholm, Sweden
Creative director: Andreas Dahlqvist
Copywriter: Magnus Jakobsson
Art director: Fredrik Simonsson
Animation & Design: Gustav Dejert
3D: Jakob Dahlström
Sound: Plop