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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
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Monday, April 05, 2010
Secret Hipster - trust me.
I love finding great music bloggers, and I also love sharing that shit with the world when I do. Enjoy Secret Hipster - a music blog that will be posting music pretty frequently. Make it a part of your web music rotation - you won't be sorry.
Two favorites from this playlist - Edward Sharpe, Miike Snow.
Enjoy.
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Holy balls this is amazing
@nerdist put it best - this music vid will whip your mind's pants off and blow it.
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Sienna ads by Jody Hill - fucking awesome
Toyota, in spite of its recent recalls, is doing a lot of things right. I've been a Sienna owner for going on 5 months now, and let me tell you, that fucking thing is bad ass. Full disclosure, I'm a minivan lover and have been since I was 16 (not sure what's wrong with me), but this thing sets the bar pretty damn high.
Anyway, full marks to Toyota for going balls-out with this campaign. TV spots, social media integration, and Jody Hill of Eastbound and Down, Foot Fist Way, Observe and Report fame directing the spots.
Are they a Modern Family rip-off? Absolutely. But they're still funny. Nice work Toyota.
b is for bourbon | altruism in the morning.
BMB digging his new air jordans, watching the syracuse game w dad. sickest shoes ever.
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Crazy Heart Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Dude deserves an Oscar for his role - the music was fucking awesome, the movie was strong too.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Found my calling
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
That was "Me Farting" by Chopin
Sunday, October 04, 2009
The Wrong Hole?
I can safely say I never thought I'd be blogging about Scott Baio and how much I dig him, but frankly this is his finest hour. DJ Lubel is a pretty funny dude, and if you enjoy the below, check out his facebook page and his roast of Murray Hill culture, which is pretty spot on. (blogger admission - I too have blacked out at Joshua Tree. thanks Little General for a night to remember...or not, as the case may be.)
I've watched this video at least ten times, and the only thing I've seen that tops it is "sheep shearing" by Seth MacFarlane. But, different genres for sure. There's room for both in my pantheon of YouTube greatness. Enjoy.
Thursday, September 03, 2009
moody's back baby - countdown is on
what could possibly compel the laziest blogger in the west to come out of summertime hibernation to post? HANK MOODY. to paraphrase Steve from Eastbound and Down, Hank Moody Is Coming Back Fucking Soon.
Thursday, July 09, 2009
United sucks balls
I've never particularly enjoyed flying any airline except Virgin America. Mostly the experience ranges from below average to completely fucking intolerable, and 9 times out of 10 I'll arrive at my destination haggared, pissed, and totally spent. But that can be due to a number of factors, and it's not always because the airline itself supports a policy of total assholery.
United, it seems, DOES espouse this corporate ethos, as evidenced by this story, first reported by the Chicago Tribune.
The gist of the story is that a bunch of United baggage monkeys were seen throwing guitars around on the runway like retards in the tanbark. Among those was a $3,500 Taylor belonging to Dave Carroll. Oddly enough, upon arrival his guitar was broken. United told him to take a flying leap, and he pledged to write 3 songs about his shitty experience, and make them available to anyone in the world.
He followed through.
Video below - hope United crashes and burns on this one. Pun intended.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Perfect. Snoop Dogg's Lakers Low Rider.
Better than the Batmobile. This ride speaks for itself. Well actually Snoop speaks for his ride. And it's fucking perfect. Enjoy.
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Worst strippers ever (but great ad)
Axe has been impressing the shit out of me recently. They take risks in their ads, and they're not afraid to say screw it, dudes in their 20s will dig this and those are our people.
Exhibit A:
This is one of my personal favorites - and below is the uncut longer version. For some reason this speaks to me...
And then there's this. I found it on Amy Paffrath's blog, and I've watched it ten times in the last half hour. Any ad that can recommend that you "finger. rub. spread." is pretty strong. The part that kills me every time is the dude at the very end of the ad in the background complaining "worst strippers ever." For some reason this absolutely wrecks me.
Finally, cuz I'm awesome like that, check out this ad for a wolf shirt posted on Amazon. I first came across this a long time ago, and @playrawkstar sent it back around again this afternoon. Worth it for the first comment alone, and just keeps getting better. You're fucking welcome.
Monday, April 06, 2009
Mow The Lawn
So I've been a little preoccupied with work, family, travel and borderline alcoholism these past 6-8 weeks, and the blog has taken a bit of a back seat in terms of priorities. Rock of Love Bus has remained top of mind though, and last night during each commercial break was a commercial for a different feminine hygiene product. I had to check the cable guide twice to make sure I wasn't watching the Lifetime channel by mistake. The logical connection is obviously that most of the ladies on the Love Bus fall into one of two categories: the low-rent whores who have probably infected the bus with crabs, or the professional "dancers" who if swayed to a new brand probably buy enough product to directly affect the revenue line.
Anyway, the bottom line is that commercials about bush trimming are funny. It's great to watch the ad men work hard to be creative about a subject they can't directly reference.
Favorite part is that the longer clip starts with a woman petting a cat that sits on her lap. Nice work agency!!
And shout out to Groovemonkey for reminding me that this is blog-worthy. Check out the Monkey's blog over at www.groovemonkey.com...
Monday, February 16, 2009
Steel Panther Rocks
"Whether they were jamming to sold out shows, or jizzing on passed out groupies...Steel Panther had only one way to go, and that was up."
I'll give you one chance to guess where I'll be on Thursday, March 19th at La Zona Rosa in Austin, TX: the Steel Panther show, that's effing where.
Is it blasphemous to compare a mocumentary to Spinal Tap after only watching for 2 minutes and 56 seconds? Probably, so I won't do it yet. But in asking that question, I actually just did.
Steel Panther.
Monday, February 09, 2009
Michael Phelps should get a pass. Really.
So Michael Phelps wins 12 gold medals for his country, at an immeasurable personal cost over several years in the prime of his life. Then he takes a little time out, hits the bong in London, gets sold out by some asshole who sends his picture to the tabloids, and gets crucified by the media.
Fair? Hardly. And if this didn't sum it up, check out the above by Seth Myers. Genius. And c'mon guys - if anyone gets a hall pass to let loose and smoke a little weed, I think it's Michael Phelps. Really.
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
GnR meets Nintendo. Get some.
Two things I love: Guns N' Roses and Nintendo. I've combined them in past by playing Wii while listening to the GnR catalog, but here's another mash-up I'm digging.
Does this make you feel like you're between innings in Baseball Stars? Enjoy.











