http://lostpear.com The Pear Pages & Hafiz's Ramblings on Life, Art, and Music Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:43:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Being a new father... hell, even that statement feels odd still to type that, but I do have to say how much I love watching the excited on my daughter's face, even at 3 months old, from Sesame Street. Totally rediscovered this for the first time in decades and the ... http://lostpear.com/personal/watching-sesame-street-again-for-the-first-time Happy 9-9-09! No need to talk about Beatles Rock Band or other wacky product launches... or movie launches! So... I came across another fake PSA and I had to start rambling about how much I love this... The growing trend for big blockbuster movies is to engage it's fans months and ... http://lostpear.com/inspiration/cinematic-online-experiences-2012-and-district-9 No real commentary again... just wanted to share this clip from the John Hamm Saturday Night Live episode last season. The Two Assholes Pitch meeting... not like we haven't had to deal with the prospect clients that make us jump through hoops to catch their eye and nothing ever comes ... http://lostpear.com/humor/mad-men-snl-pitch-meeting I think that's the best way to describe this thing. Probably produced during the Super Bowl Shuffle hype... even that thing was bad. But this is even worse. I can't sit through this in one sitting, so I'm posting it here so I can return to it when I need ... http://lostpear.com/humor/paifully-awkward-grocery-broker-video Well, maybe not recession proof, but I love this site You have to check out the Zune Pass microsite from Microsoft. Wes Moss makes a good case for the subscription model, especially since I have no free cash to buy music anymore. Too bad I don't own a PC. Probably ... http://lostpear.com/inspiration/recession-proof-music-purchasing-from-zune Well, not really vintage... and not really viral... but I remember back when Ran and I would laugh hysterically because of these clips. I don't know why I loved them so much, but after all these years, they still resonate and I still dust off quotes from them. This clip dates ... http://lostpear.com/humor/knickerbocker-please-old-school-viral-clips Trust in Advertising and Marketing... viral pull can be dangerous... apologies to Frank and team. Now I can see why it needed to be pulled down. Might not have been as good as some of the other parody stuff we've seen before like the "Truth in Advertising" series. First picked up ... http://lostpear.com/marketing/draft-fcb-healthcare-client-abuse If you haven't seen the work of Passion Pictures, you should totally take a look at their site. Located in the UK, they've been a part of some amazing campaigns... and I recently discovered that they're the ones that put together the opening sequence for the new Beatles Rock Band ... http://lostpear.com/inspiration/passion-pictures-beatles-rock-band-opening-sequence With the last CG Star Wars film and the onslaught of spin-off games and novels, it all tends to become a big blur. I mean, it's gorgeous, but I don't think it's written well. The last thing I was really happy with was the cartoon series on Cartoon Network. Remember ... http://lostpear.com/gaming/star-wars-the-old-republic-cinematic Well, don't know if you stop by this site, but it was broken for the last couple of weeks. Haven't had much time to maintain things, but I discovered that the SPAM comments broke the site somehow. It was quickly fixed with a new install of the akismet plugin and ... http://lostpear.com/resources/stupid-spam-comments-upgrade-to-wp-2-8