Murakami and Kanye, Good Morning video

This probably won't be up long, so see it while you can - from the MOCA show this is an animated video for a track off Graduation, and for my money one of the best Kanye videos ever. Embedded video after the break. Anyone have more info on this, like who the animation studio and animation director was? Have heard the MOCA show is amazing, but the Murakami show at the Gagosian was way underwhelming.

Fear, Loathing, Selling Things

Didn't I see an ad like this in some 80s dystopian scifi movie on cable late one night? "Fear Up" and "Pride and Ego Down" are supposedly techniques used by torturers in our recent military actions. I guess the ad agency working for Hummer got the memo.



Here's a quote from a former head of Citigroup: "If plutonomy continues, which we think it will, if income inequality is allowed to persist and widen, the plutonomy basket should continue to do very well".

It's not all just argy bargy politics with me. Absences can only be explained by spending a lot of time shooting lately. I just directed my first ad, which went well. We're just finishing up in editorial now. Despite the gloom and doom I persistently write about, eating a Thanksgiving meal and then watching Ratatouille with your loved ones makes up for it. Hope you all had the same warmth and comfort this year. Promise to start blogging again...