Adpunch (Free subscription) | yesterday
See what will happen to your dogs if you are careless about their oral health. Well, the dogs will begin to smile, but they won’t bite. Even if they bite, it may not make an effective impact. See these smiling (?) dogs. Are they cute? Or are they..
Great Advertising, Clever Ads (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010
How can you not love a dog great teeth? Sweet new commercial for Pedigree Dentastix entitled "Doggie Dentures". Credits: Agency: TBWA\Chiat|Day Los Angeles TBWA\CCO & Global Director Media Arts: Lee Clow Chief Creative Officer: Rob Schwartz Group Creative Directors: Chris Adams, Margaret Keene AD: Denise Zurilgen CW: Eric Terchilla Executive Agency Producer: Guia Iacomin Agency Producer:...
scaryideas (Free subscription) | 02/03/2010
Pedigree : Dentastix - Doggie Dentures [Image] Most dog owners never think about it, but oral care is actually incredibly important to dogs. Gum disease can lead to heart disease and all kinds of other serious problems. But who wants to see an ad campaign that shows tartar build up and red, painful gums? So we developed a more entertaining and engaging way to bring people into the conversation. Doggie...
scaryideas (Free subscription) | 02/03/2010
Pedigree : Dentastix - Doggy Dentures [Video] Most dog owners never think about it, but oral care is actually incredibly important to dogs. Gum disease can lead to heart disease and all kinds of other serious problems. But who wants to see an ad campaign that shows tartar build up and red, painful gums? So we developed a more entertaining and engaging way to bring people into the conversation. Doggie...
with both hands (Free subscription) | 01/12/2010
Billy Higgins had the heart of a warrior and the soul of a poet. He was a Policeman - an Area 2 Homicide Detective - and a true civil servant. Shortly upon his retirement, Billy's great heart went quiet and his soul returned to Christ. Billy Higgins died reading at his kitchen table, but had lived kicking down doors behind which armed enemies of civilization cowered from the Truth. They were our monsters...
Do the Math (Free subscription) | 12/30/2009
(Many of us prefer the Seiko due to it's "woody" click. Mark Turner hipped me to it.) Only on the internet: mega-badass fusionista Jeff Berlin and contemporary jazz style-setter Dave Douglas debate practicing with a metronome.--- Two weeks ago at...
Buns O'Plenty (Free subscription) | 12/28/2009
A 1972 release, Dexter is 49 years old. "We See" is a Thelonius Monk composition and "Milestones" is a Miles Davis tune. "Scared to be Alone" is written by songwriter/singer Dory Previn and "The Group" is an original. 1. Milestones (first version) - 8:56 2. Scared to Be Alone - 7:39 3. We See - 11:18 4. The Group -6:33 Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone Freddie...
California Greening (Free subscription) | 12/22/2009
Winter Solstice, showers off and on. Sun came out, go pick some persimmons, rain starts gain. Quiet now, listening to Grant Green, Herbie Hancock and Billy Higgins Feelin' the Spirit (1962). So what was so important to write about? Copenhagen COP15 meltdown? Health Insurance Company Bailout? Maybe this: The only answer to organized money is organized people. That is an idea so important that Bill Moyers...
Undercover Black Man (Free subscription) | 12/22/2009
Brooklyn-born drummer Dana Hall is pursuing more than a jazz career in the footsteps of Max Roach, Art Blakey and Billy Higgins. He’s working on a doctorate in ethnomusicology from the University of Chicago. Already Hall is an assistant professor at the esteemed University of Illinois music school. Now, at age 40, after years of gigging with the likes of Joshua Redman, Roy Hargrove and Malachi...
scaryideas (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Tony Hawk Ride : Carpet [Video] The Mill's CG team has recently completed the eye catching visual effects in the latest Activision commercial for the skateboard game Tony Hawk ‘Ride'. Directed by Stylewar and produced by Smuggler this ad from agency Droga5 cleverly demonstrates how you can rail grind, kick flip and air walk from the comfort of your living room. Advertising Agency: Droga5, USA...
metropolis (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
This concert in Albuquerque by the Cedar Walton Trio + Bobby Hutcherson was one of the greatest I have ever witnessed. I sat down in the front row and they started playing and the next thing I know they were done. They played about 70 minutes but it seemed like only seven. They [...] Related posts: mark weber | the south pasadena concert | october 26, 2009 veryan weston | john edwards | mark sanders...
metropolis (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Shelly Manne & Billy Higgins, September 23, 1984| Photo: Mark Weber “Memory is something we all wonder about — as time goes by, what one remembers or wants to remember may be different from what really happened.” –Toshiko Akiyoshi she is speaking about her composition “Memory” and goes on to say how she tried to “capture that [...] Related posts: mark weber...
with both hands (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Fake Hamsters, Snuggies, North Face stuff, Delux sets of TV Shows on HBO - gifts that can wait. I'm going for coffee with retired Homicide Detective Billy Higgins at Magic, going to Pat and Jack's Butchers on Ridgelands for stuffed pork chops, taking Clare to Cheerleading at St. Rita, sneaking over to catch Leo Basketball and taking my Sweet out for a night of fun, hand-holding and sparkling conversation....
Buns O'Plenty (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
A 1967 Blue Note soul jazz album from McLean. It was not released on CD. This was shared sometime ago by the blog Orgy In Rhythm . Nice drumming by Higgin's on this one! 1. Hipnosis 2. Slow Poke 3. The Breakout 4. Back Home 5. The Reason Why Jackie McLean - Alto Saxophone Billy Higgins - Drums Scott Holt -Bass LaMont Johnson - Piano Grachan Moncur III - Trombone 320 kbps ::Hipnosis::
Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
This is a fascinating two disc set that collects music that the great saxophonist Ornette Coleman recorded in a concentrated session in September of 1971. The music was eventually released on the albums Science Fiction and Broken Shadows . Coleman brought together former colleagues like bassist Charlie Haden, tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman, drummers Billy Higgins and Ed Blackwell and trumpeters Don...
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