FAKE GUCCI FOR FREE

This man created a fake Gucci ad with his own photo,
got a Swiss newspaper to run it and had the $50,000 bill sent
to Gucci. ROCK IT.

Singstar

On Friday night I babysat. I don’t normally do much babysitting but these guys are my favourite family and they’ve just come back from the US. The girls are like me (loud, attention seeking . . .) so we get along fine.

Apart from teaching the 7 yr old the art of sarcasm we engaged in a game of Singstar. For those of you who don’t know this is a form of Karaoke (as a playstation game) – except they score you on how well you hit the notes. Being tone deaf didn’t help but I found myself really getting into it. In the end we were doing dance routines accompanied by the 7 yr old on the French horn - which we then listened to on the playback.

This was my first encounter with such an interactive game – having always avoided they trashy tragedies – I am now a fan. However I find myself wondering how much something like this must be worth for the artists that have their tracks on the game. GOLDMINE I suggest. Whatever the agreement is the peeps that are gracing the game are onto a good thing.

Serious commercial infiltration going on here.

Given I had so much fun I can’t figure out if it’s a good thing or a bad thing for young girls to be imitating pop stars. All I can say is that no wonder there are so many ten yr olds walking around wiggling their booty in mini skirts!!

Peter Sheahan . . .

Is a genius and is quickly making the life of GEN Y's, employers of GEN Y's and marketers much easier.
Peter Sheahan is Australia's leading Generation Y expert. He has worked with more than 100,000 members of Generation Y in seminars, panel discussions and focus groups across Australia.
Places like Ernst and Young, Coca Cola and other large brand are going to Peter for advice on how to deal with Gen Y.
I'm glad that someone has decided to charge money for telling people exactly what I've been telling my dad for the past five years, 'I'm not lazy . . .rah rah rah . . I just need . . .'!
Check out his blog for some cool facts http://generationy.typepad.com/petersheahan/

Flavours of Lakhoum

This one is for Ed the Barista boy.
Check out this coffee from Flavours of Lakhoum (Swan St Richmond, VIC).
The Barista there is a genius. He does a different pic on everyones coffee. You can see his handywork on the walls of the cafe. And if you are really adventurous you can try some Greek or Lebanese coffee.

RESPECT to the Barista

Dynamite Surfing

When Bob Isherwood came to play at RMIT the other week he mentioned this ad done by Saatchi & Saatchi in Copenhagen. It’s set in the early hours of a morning on the lake in Copenhagen. Such a goodie . . . because how else do you advertise a surf brand to a place with no waves!! I liiiiike.

Businessman of the year 2006

This made me giggle

Bob the Pornstar

I found the picture!!!! And it wasn't in The Age it was in The Australian. Anyway check it out Bob Isherwood looks like a total pornstar cross naughty sex kitten. I’m really sorry Bob . . . but it’s true.

Lily Allen

So don’t know how many of you in Oz have got on to Lily Allen, probably heaps as she’s all over youtube, has her own myspace (http://www.myspace.com/lilymusic) and website (lilyallenmusic.com) AND made JJJ’s hottest 100 (twice). Her first single ‘Smile’ made me laugh and showed some seriously profound insight to every girls first breakup.

But her latest single ‘Not Big’ is awesome. And yes she’s right it’s exactly what goes through a girls head after a dumpage.

Have a listen. I couldn’t find the film clip anywhere (the jjj’s said it was awesome) so I’ve just posted some chicks random slide show from youtube with the song in the background.


I love the way she’s not singing some icky love story, or whinging into a microphone about breaking up with her boyfriend and saying how much she’ll miss him. It's The Streets meets Estelle cross skapop.

I love her stuff because her lyrics just smash it, tells it like it is and even manages to rhyme.

I've also posted an interveiw with her about 'not big'.

HOT

P.s I am not a bitter xgirlfriend

"Welcome to Holland"

The following peace of writing is given to parents by the Australian Hearing Association (and most probably many other organizations) to help them cope with having a deaf or disabled child. I thought it was a fantastic piece of writing and really touching. I could never imagine having a disabled child . . . especially in this day and age when disabilities are so easily detected while the child is still in the womb.

Not only is just good advice for these parents but also in general. If it doesn't go to plan it's not the end of the world.
You're just in Holland.