Monthly Archives: July 2008

Gnarls Barkley

By Chungaiz | Published: July 31, 2008
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video I dismissed Gnarls Barkley for a while as it got a bit of the Moby treatment – played out all day, every day thereby destroying any objective opinion forming, replaced instead with gut-reaction hatred… but revisiting the albums and listening to any new material [...]
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Recession Marketing From Nike

By Chungaiz | Published: July 30, 2008
I’m sure that there’ll be less articles on TheScrapBook about new clothes and things, and perhaps more about the effects of the credit crunch on marketing and design, as time goes on. Here’s my first! Contagious has an interesting article about recession marketing that mentions Nike’s new Zoom Victory shoe. Not only is this a great [...]
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Chris Brown’s Double Mint Hit

By Chungaiz | Published: July 30, 2008
R&B singer Chris Brown has a top 10 hit out at the moment called “Forever”. The chorus has the line “Double your pleasure/double your fun” – sound familiar? “Forever” is an extended version of a new Doublemint jingle written by Chris Brown and scheduled to begin airing next month in 30-second spots for Wrigley’s green-packaged chewing [...]
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Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes

By Chungaiz | Published: July 28, 2008
Jon Ronson spent 5 years going to Stanley Kubrick’s home to read the content of the boxes the film-maker left throughout the buildings there. Ronson admits that he was looking for Kubrick’s ‘Rosebud’ in the boxes that contain correspondence, photo research, his films’ ads, his daughter’s on-set films and more – and he points to [...]
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Fox News Not Biased

By Chungaiz | Published: July 25, 2008
Brilliant. Thanks Poplicks
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“Read at Work” and “Dont Click It”

By Chungaiz | Published: July 24, 2008
Read At Work: Dont Click It Two great websites that deserve to be here on TheScrapBook. Play with them yourself to appreciate what they’re all about!
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Tokyo Eye Denim Special

By Chungaiz | Published: July 23, 2008
Denim special on NHK’s Tokyo Eye, looking at all the denim hot spots in Tokyo town. Click here to watch the Google video. Oh, and it’s got a spot about Curry in Japan too, right at the end.
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Timex 80 Watch at Oki Ni

By Chungaiz | Published: July 23, 2008
Oki Ni are pushing the 80s iconic digital classic, a Timex watch! The indigo backlight rocks. Yellow for me, please.
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I met the Walrus

By Toms | Published: July 23, 2008
Don’t know about the rest of you but, when I was 14, I was trying to perfect a 180 heel-flip whilst slowly beginning to realise that there was this whole bunch of people that I had not really noticed before but, who were now omnipotent and strangely appealing…yep: – girls. What I was NOT doing [...]
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Be Kanye (Absolut) Continues

By Chungaiz | Published: July 23, 2008
Clever data capture opportunity from Absolut, following on from the infomercial we showed last week. The copy says: Press 1 to begin the registration process to become a groupie Press 2 to join Kanye’s absolutely fabulous entourage Press 3 for the absolute summertime cocktail Press 4 for the BeKanye tablet, which “unleashes the superstar within” and “turns you into Kanye [...]
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