Already cringing with embarrassment as each college basketball coach slid out to the dead-horse send-up of that ridiculous scene in Risky Business, my brain failed to make the requisite amount of shame necessary for when the members of Metallica finally showed up. It’s not as though Metallica had much reputation left to tarnish, what with […]

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Yep, that is The Sea & Cake’s “Jacking the Ball” in the background of that Citibank commercial. Our taxes have trickled down from bailout cash to one of Chicago’s finest bands. Reaganomics Works! “Certain nation bows to the young Nothing is wicked, everything’s fun You got some money do you right We are jacking the […]

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This commercial is going to get old, but for now it brings a smile. (that’s my favorite train station, too)

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Community service worker, jailer of escorts, and 80’s pop icon, Boy George, shilling overseas for Takara Shuzo. I have absolutely no idea what’s going on in these ads. They are disturbingly bizarre. I guess it pays. There’s no way this would sell soft drinks in America. I am constantly intrigued by Japanese aesthetics.

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Teac’s version of the clunky all in one CD/Cassette/Vinyl recorder is not only hideous to look at but also ridiculously priced at $700. These things are notoriously of shitty quality, but sometimes the lazy way is the only way. I’ve been wanting to digitize some cassettes for a long time, and while I know there […]

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ION’s new LP 2 Flash turntable is a slight update of their old USB connected player, which came with Audacity software to rip your records. The new platter makes the process of digitizing your 7″ collection slightly easier, since the built-in software transfers the data without any additional hardware or know-how. The built-in software also […]

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Chris Knox’s Heineken ad freaked me out, but this is just crazy. Cinematic Orchestra?! Really?

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