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CRUDE OIL

• God-awful 90s mixtape/mashup thingy I couldn't stop listening to.

• Puppet Apartment. (Trigger warning: anthropomorphic appliances)

• 25x magnified seawater contains an entire world of things that are probably trying to kill us. Never trust the small stuff.

• "Are these the most dangerous people in marketing?" by Sell! Sell! (Surprisingly not just a hit list of creatives/clients who have murdered people before.)

• The Ad Contrarian's parable of "The Polluted Fountain of Youth."

• Braves. Blands. Brants. A primer on brands by George Tannenbaum.

• Clickhole.com. Infinitely clickable. Probably more interesting than any other clickbait site on the internet.

• David Simon continues to gripe and make my affections for him grow stronger.

• NO SHIT by Dave Trott. 

• Food's getting more expensive. Toys cheaper. Maybe Huxley was on to something.

• Nice ad for The Weather Channel

• Sam Rami's low budget camera rigs for Evil Dead.

FOSSILS

What you'll be if you don't read this presentation by W+K's Martin Weigel. (via Sell! Sell!)

ROCKS AND MINERALS

Please use this song in a commercial. (via @Awoooooga)

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin went to Russia. Shot a video for their song "Young Presidents."

Why is ketchup so hard to pour?

Smoking. Also hard.

This space intentionally left blank for that hamster eating a burrito video everyone has already seen. 

Lots of stuff for you all this weekend so let's dispense with the chit chat and head straight to the links.

BY THE WORD

• Writing Tips from George Tannenbaum. And good ones at that.

• Bill Watterson (creator of Calvin and Hobbes) designed a movie poster. Still won't make any more Calvin and Hobbes.

• Luke Sullivan on a force more powerful (and potentially more important) than creativity in advertising. Not to be all Upworthyian but you're going to have to read to find out.

• Periodic Table of Storytelling. 

• Sell! Sell! have dug up (okay, opened Campaign to) what is potentially the most depressing article of all time. 

• One on One with Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland. (Great show if you're a fan of sci-fi and humanity and madness in general.)

• Dave Dye is back with TWO interesting posts Gibley's Gin and Know Stuff.

• And Ben Kay rounding it out with Fear and Bullshit in Adland.

BY THE PICTURE

Harold Ramis' advice to filmmakers. (via @RobSchrab)

News report about Kenyan slang contains three languages. Puts US news to shame.

New Richmond Sausages ad from Saatchi London.

Most amazing instrument I've even seen.

Hello. Hello. I do hope you can read this. I've spent the week speaking Finnish and thinking in Mandarin. that's not true. But I've spent the week thinking about speaking Finnish and thinking in Mandarin. It didn't work out so well. So here's some interesting links/videos to make up for that.

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• Broke my listicles resolution to read "10 Myths about Modern Advertising" by Sell! Sell! It was worth it.

• The motorbike girl gangs of Morocco. via Mary Toves

• Martin Weigel's "Against Nostalgia". It's long. It'll make you squirm if you enjoy Buzzfeed or reminiscing about the "better" times. But that's the point.

• The only worthwhile post about Super Bowl ads. Written by a someone in Australia. 

• Queen ants live up to 30 years. Not sure if you needed to know that but I found it fascinating.

• Dave Dye's excellent post about Tom McElligott. Tom was the McElligott in Fallon McElligott before they dropped his name for reasons no one can seem to comprehend. He also made some of the smartest written print ads in the 80s and 90s. (Including a Porsche ad about penis size.) 

• There's a term for carrying out evil acts to become famous: Herostratus.

Elokuva

Excellent ad for the Sunday Times. (via Ben Kay)

Nice short film about the nature of love and soul mates. Done by an agency! 

Also from Ben Kay. Brilliant talk about the nature of "writing" jokes or anything, really.

Weekly Linkly is back. As is—dare I say it—good work! I've seen more good work this week than I can remember in a very long while. Here's the business:

• A recently revived Sell! Sell! post about the quote "All progress depends on the unreasonable man."

Can't put my finger on what I like so much about this ad. I've watched it 5 times and still want to watch it again, so it must be good. Thanks to AdVerve for the find.

• The Ad Contrarian scientifically dissects the industry in Neuroscience and Pseudoscience.
• Briefs. We've all complained about what they shouldn't be. The San Francisco Egotist decided to get some opinion about what they should be. (bonus Sell! Sell! tweet as a sidecar)

The new Axe ads remind me of the great series Errol Morris did for High Life. They had me, for a brief moment, consider picking up some Axe body wash next time I'm at the store. The moment has passed. See the rest on Ben Kay's blog.

• A modest proposal by Vinny Warren: Make Love, Not Virals

Google's Project Re:Brief. Any lover of advertising has to be teeming with jealously over the googlers getting to work with these ads/creatives.

• Dave Trott's advice on how not to be like the rest of everyone. Hint: don't be so scared of risk. (Bonus riff on the subject by Seth Godin)

Weekly Linkly is back after a far too long hiatus. We've got links, we've got videos, we've got a little bit of everything for anyone. All for the shockingly low price of $0.00. It's been bugging me that I let this go so it's back in full force. Enjoy!

• Arcades are dying across the nation but some still thrive in basements and back alleys.

A quick glimpse into the food of Vietnam (which I happen to be a big fan of).

• Crabs. This is how you prepare them. This is how you eat them. This is how you write about them. (It reminds me of the long copy I'm so fond of in The Copy Book)

This documentary is going to dabble in a lot of interesting things. Very excited to see it/fund it.

• A love story.

The Van Halen Brown M&M's story. This is the stuff of lore. (via)

• One of the creators of Makin Ads set up a new site. You can get ideas for stuff to put into your book, or get your book reviewed by a senior creative. Check it out.

Werner Herzog is just the right kind of crazy/brilliant. I'll never be able to look at chickens the same way.

It's been a while, but Weekly Linkly back. If anything it's a nice break from Christmas music.

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  In case you don't have a Jewish family to spend thanksgiving with. Here's "Old Jews Telling Jokes." From the Sell! Sell! Blog.
• Good News Everyone!* "Good Ideas Win, No Matter What Form" from the Division of Labor Blog.
• You can own the Swanson Pyramid of Greatness. Or buy it for the Parks and Rec fan in your life.
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  Movie Magic!
• "Anyone can knock down ideas. You don't have to be clever to do that." - Dave Trott

• 
  from Canalside View.

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  The best commentary on SOPA. That piece of legislation that wants to break the internet.

*Bonus points if you recognize this reference to Futurama. Too bad bonus points are relatively worthless here.

• Check out the "Lemonade: Detroit" 17 minute short. It'll make you happy inside.
• "What No One Else Wants" from Dave Trott
• Why The Fuck You Should Choose Oberlin. (via)
• How To Last In A Tough Business Filled With Rejection by Luke Sullivan.

Well it's a new year for us Jews and a new weekend for the rest of you. Here's a bunch of links from this week and last week, that I forgot to post was saving for you. Enjoy the New Yearly freshness.

• Incest and Personal Brands (not related, oddly enough) from George Tannenbaum.
• John Logan* and why starting late isn't necessarily a bad thing, from Ben Kay.
• David Oakley gives you a lesson on losing.
• Sometimes you're it helps to figure out what you're NOT going to do. by Vinny Warren
• Muppets Live: In Posters from AdVerve's Bill Green.
• Scott Adams tells you exactly how to kill your creativity. Since that's what we're all looking for, right?
• Do You Know Who You Are?, about exploring yourself, and It Ain't Over 'Till It's Over, why workaholics may not be sick after all, from Dave Trott.
• Talker's Block from Seth Godin. (He doesn't have it, and neither do you)

Video

*John Logan wrote this speech

The most identifiable lyrics that aren't lyrics.

An aurally pleasing event from Mother NY and Kyocera. (via)

Awesome ad for Big Game Hunter 2011. Agency: 72 and Sunny.

The best political ad you'll see this season. "What's good, is to get these goats for our computer industry.

We're selling links of all shapes and sizes! Drop on by today and buy, buy, BUY!

• Gerry Graf hilariously breaks down TV cupcake shows.
• The Cerberus of ad blogs cometh! Angela Natividad, Bill Green and Darryl Ohrt quit their individual blogs and became the collective known as AdVerve.
• "Two Ways to Be Great" from Makin' Ads.
• Seth Godin on why schools should ditch the industrial model.
• Why Ben Kay thinks companies are wasting money on ads.
• AS A RULE, you shouldn't use as a rule. From Dave Trott.
• And, of course, two posts from George Tannenbaum. "Using Your Ears" and "Is honesty suicide?"

And we've got plenty of video too:

A London bus tour that "made London look cool like New York." (via)

 Laughs from the uber talented Everynone.

Show this to your friends when they say they don't understand why color grading matters.