Hairy M&M’s

Now that BLAK COFFEE has found its way onto the internets, I figure it’s a good time to direct you, dear reader, to further awesomeness in the world of advertising. Why? Because our next spot’s not going to be done for a few weeks, there are a few compelling campaigns out there right now and, most importantly, following these links is at least as much fun as sitting at your desk, pretending...

Once You Go Blak

Fire up your coffee maker and grab some Cokes from the fridge – BLAK COFFEE is now available for viewing in the TV Spots section of the site! Starring the beautiful Jeanine Hass as a sleepy young woman who takes her coffee BlãK, this 30-second spec spot – the first one I’ve directed on 35mm – stands as a terrific collaboration between a lot of frighteningly talented people. ...

Corey Delaney, Party Liaison

If today’s headline sounds like a movie title, that’s because it deserves to be one. And until that fateful Melbourne evening is re-enacted in all the big screen glory it deserves, we’ll all have to settle for the Australian A CURRENT AFFAIR interview with my new personal hero: Corey Delaney, party...

Up Down Up Down Left Right Left Right B A Start

Yes, the Konami Code – giver of infinite lives, unlimited ammo and juvenile arthritis. God only knows how many carpal tunnel injuries were sustained by kids fervently tapping this code into their Nintendo controllers in a futile bid to kill the bad guy at the end of Contra. Who is, for the record, surprisingly difficult to beat for a turtle with an external rib cage and brains for...

iPeedalittle

That’s how excited I was when the iPhone – codename: The Jesus Phone – was announced. Sure, I’ve been excited about shiny black gadgets before – most notably my PSP, whose charge light stares at me every night like a single eye that’s turned bright red from shedding tears of loneliness – but this is a whole different deal. I mean for God’s sake, just look at the...