This is so bad. But this is so funny at the same time. ROFLMAO!
Thanks Flo!
Sony Walkman: Music Pieces ad
October 31, 2007 @ 12:07 pm
This is the result of 128 musicians each playing one note on a different instrument. This commercial is for the new line of Sony Walkmans, which can be seen at The Sony Walkman Project.
From the press release:
Sony has created the first ever ‘monophonic’1 ad to mark the launch of the latest generation of WALKMAN digital media players. Titled ‘Music Pieces’, this innovative commercial is created by Fallon’s award-winning team behind the BRAVIA ad trilogy. Creative Director at Fallon, Juan Cabral, worked with the creative team of Samuel Akesson & Tomas Mankovsky to create this unique project.
‘Music Pieces’ brings a musical experience like.no.other to television screens, by taking an original piece of music composed by Hollywood music director Peter Raeburn [‘Sexy Beast’, ‘Birth’] and deconstructing it to give 128 musicians just one note each to play in order to reconstruct the melody.
The production gathered the musicians, playing everything from electric guitars and Kalimbas to mini toy grand pianos, in an iconic music venue – London’s Alexandra Palace – under the direction of top music video director, Nick Gordon [The Kooks, Muse, Supergrass]. The musicians were then arranged by instrument group to form an ‘acoustic grid’ which created spectacular waves of sound and movement when each note was played in sequence.
The trailer to this commercial and a behind-the-scenes look at its creation can be seen at Duncan’s TV Ad Land.
The Slanket: the blanket with sleeves
October 31, 2007 @ 1:57 am
The Slanket is a blanket with two arm sleeves built into it. It’s great for times when you want to stay warm yet still want to maintain the freedom of using your arms and hands for various tasks.
Born from the mind of a channel-surfer, the Slanket is one of those ideas that make you think Why didn’t anybody do this before?
The Slanket comes in a variety of colors, each for $44.95. WANT. [via]
Make My Logo Bigger Cream
October 31, 2007 @ 1:34 am
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Dave Grohl solo: Acoustic version of Everlong
October 31, 2007 @ 1:15 am
I’ve always thought that the acoustic version of this song was better than the original.
The Last Supper @ 16 gigapixels
October 31, 2007 @ 1:13 am
100% crop of the image. You can see the cracks in the painting.
This clearly falls into the ‘Hi-res’ category, but if I had a ‘Super-duper Hi-res’ category, this would fit in there as well.
Measuring 172181 x 93611 pixels at full resolution, HAL9000, an Italian company that specializes in art restoration and imaging, has put Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper online in its entirety. [via]
Jesus’ hand @ 7% crop.
It’s very likely that this is about as close as you’ll ever get to the image — probably even closer you’d ever get if you were in the physical presence of the painting.
As you might have guessed, the hi-res image is compiled from 1677 multiple images. At 16,118,035,591 pixels — that is 16GP, for gigapixels — this is a whopping monster of an image.
Check out the hi-res The Last Supper here. Fascinating, indeed.
If you get tired of viewing The Last Supper, you can see three other hi-res images (2 paintings, 1 photo) here.
PS: WHY DID THEY ADD THAT MUSIC?! SO STUPID. Totally turned an awesome thing sour, in my opinion.
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