I was four when my parents first put me on ice.  I crashed into the boards and made one of the hockey moms spill her hot chocolate.  This was something I could get into. A few years later I witnessed my first professional game.   It was an original six matchup at Madison Square Garden.  Hash marks, grinders, wrap arounds, one timers and off to the sin bin. Man was I hooked.  Even now, the smell of the ice still fires me up. See, if a man has one true sport, ya know the one that distracts you when your girlfriend is talking to you, well then hockey is mine.  Don’t get me wrong, I love my girlfriend but I also love a good cross-check, saucer pass and coast to coast for the natural hat-trick.  And right now, the playoffs beards are in full effect.  I’m pullin’ for the Caps.  Alex Ovechkin might very well be to hockey what Sopranos is to HBO.  

Knock out your two front teeth, grow a mullet and learn how to talk like a hockey player here.

He plays Max Fischer in one of my all-time favorite films and now he’s quickly becoming one of my favorite go-to musicians.  The man is Jason Schwartzman.  The band is Coconut Records.  And this, my friends is a keeper.
Recommended tracks:  ”West Coast”, “Nighttiming”, “The Thanks I Get”, “Ask Her To Dance”

“Helvetica encompasses the worlds of design, advertising, and communication, and invites us to take a second look at the thousands of words we see every day”.  And yes, I lifted that straight from the film’s website but I dig it.  Shot entirely in HD by former San Diegan and current Plexifilm proprietor, Gary Hustwit celebrates the font’s 50th anniversary with a documentary that’s pretty darn cool.

For the record, Kentucky’s My Morning Jacket is the greatest rock band of our time.  Yup, I said it.  Their new album drops in June.  Click on the pic above and get yourself a sneak peak.  After that, its SNL, Austin City Limits, Radio City Music Hall and every other festival on the planet.  

The third TV commercial for SONY Bravia HDTV could very well be the most ambitious piece of stop-motion animation I’ve ever seen. Watch the ad but stay for the making of video. Genius.

I’ll let you google the original (girl smacks boy over head with baking pan, then kicks him in the nuts)… Here’s his revenge. This is some relationship.

This Koleston Naturals billboard by Leo Burnett is Creative Advertising 101. Smart and beautiful. Me likes.