ghetto rock and how nerds roll
I know I’m out of the loop because I don’t watch TV or hit up the online music video sites but a recent IdN I picked up had a DVD with some interesting content. One of my favorites was the Mos Def video Ghetto Rock. Toru, if you haven’t seen this music video, check it. I think I might pick up the album while I’m trying to track down some Ladytron vinyl at Easystreet Records down the way.
Other highlights were:
- Animated Honda diesel engine ad with music and vocals by Garrison Keiler.
- Animated spot for a British music thingy that ran a humorous A-Z of music legends
- Girl skateboard family DVD catalog thingy
- Some sick Shin Okada footage, poppin and flippin the crap out of his skateboard
- A neat BMW ad that was funky but slick featuring tortoises, wobbly legged fawns and a little girl on a tricycle
IdN v12 n2: Extreme Sport Design
(kiss a designer/skateboarder! you’ll feel all cool and stuff)
World of ExtremeSportsDesignCraft Weapon Stats
Jive Grip of Biking: +26 Speed/Agility
Honed Splinter of Skating: +15 THACO (To Hit Asphalt Class Zero)
Rusty Rail of Snowboarding: +2 Cold Resistance
Grid of Kerning and Leading: +5 Precision
Stylus of Plumbum: +30 Persistence
Onyx Cube of Calculation: +10 Ingenuity, -3 Patience
THPS 1, 2, 3 and 4: +1 All Stats, +4 Button Pushing, -1 CTS Resistance
21 July 2005, 22:28 ::
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