The Ballast


RAKIM X ZOO YORK
November 13, 2009, 2:56 pm
Filed under: Art, Community, Design, New York, Skateboarding | Tags: , , , ,

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NEW YORK, NY – Zoo York, in association with RA Records, SMC Recordings, TVE and Cornerstone Promotion, is proud to announce an exclusive collaboration that celebrates the November 17th release of Rakim’s highly anticipated new album, The Seventh Seal.

This classic, limited edition skateboard deck features graphics designed by Rakim, Zoo York and NYC artist Dean Nicastro and will come packaged with the new The Seventh Seal CD. It will be available to collectors and fans in December 2009 at select retail outlets, www.zooyork.com, www.rakim.com, and through online promotions guided by the Cornerstone team and Zoo York.



Jim Gaffigan + ebay
November 10, 2009, 11:36 am
Filed under: Art | Tags: , , ,

These commercials will have you rolling on the floor. Jim Gaffigan is the perfect ‘America’ guy to do this! Kudos.






New Ad Campaign for Guinness Launches, “Bring It To Life”
November 10, 2009, 9:05 am
Filed under: Video | Tags: , , , , , ,

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After 10 years using the campaign slogan “Good Things Come to Those Who Wait”, Guinness has broken from tradition to introduce their new campaign, “Bring It To Life”.

The ad here debuted in the UK on Sky Sports 2, not sure yet if we’ll see this in the US. Regardless the video is shot beautifully, with quite a cool concept. It was created by AMV BBDO , here’s what Paul Blazier, executive creative director had to say,

“It was important that the film looked real, so we shot as much as possible in camera, in a number of locations – New Zealand, Fiji and Canada. The director was Johnny Green and the directors of photography were Wally Pfister  (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight) in the Southern hemisphere and Joost Van Gelder in the Northern.”

Have a watch below.



Give Me All Your Cash! Bank Notes: A Collection of Bank Robbery Notes
November 3, 2009, 10:01 am
Filed under: Book | Tags: , , , , ,

This site is priceless, head over and check out http://www.banknotes365.com a fabulous collection of notes used in actual bank robberies and the fools / geniuses that used them and the very forward writing used in these demands. As the site puts it: “Robbing a bank is as simple as putting pen to paper. Here are actual demand notes used in successful and unsuccessful unarmed bank robberies – - accompanied by a photo of each robber and appended with details about the robbery itself. ” The book is also now available through Amazon HERE
= a successful robbery

= an unsuccessful robbery

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WATERCAR
October 30, 2009, 4:34 pm
Filed under: Art | Tags: , , ,

Ohh you got a cool car?! I don’t think so…Ballast just started their Christmas list.
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More info HERE