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		<title>Super Bowl Ads 2010</title>
		<link>http://ariasfilms.com/blog/2010/02/08/super-bowl-ads-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the whole this lot of Super Bowl commercials were okay. Some of my favorites were&#8230; This one made me laugh a few times but my buddy Dan roared when the two fun boys slaped each other. Man, this must be the year of the furry, rodent like animal stealing the spotlight. I love that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On the whole this lot of Super Bowl commercials were okay.  Some of my favorites were&#8230;</p>
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<p>This one made me laugh a few times but my buddy Dan roared when the two fun boys slaped each other.</p>
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<p>Man, this must be the year of the furry, rodent like animal stealing the spotlight.</p>
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<p>I love that this commercials cost nothing yet still managed to evoke emotions.</p>
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<p>I got a chuckle out of the vampire joke.</p>
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<p>Loved the song placed to the visuals but I played this PS3 demo and it&#8217;s just too gruesome for me.</p>
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<p>And of course, in space, no one can hear you scream.  Yeah, that one joke elicited the biggest laugh from me.</p>
<p>BTW, it was great to hear songs by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/grizzlybear" target="_blank">Grizzly Bear</a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/arcadefireofficial" target="_blank">The Arcade Fire</a> (did you know they donated all their profits from the NFL spots to Haiti relief?) but why are ad executives still using <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JATWwU3Aa-4" target="_blank">that Blur song</a>?  It&#8217;s what, fifteen years old?  And what&#8217;s with repurposing all those YouTube videos?  Here&#8217;s hoping the creators are getting a fat paycheck from this.</p>
<p>And with that I think I&#8217;m getting sick so I&#8217;m out and apologies in advance if I&#8217;m not blogging regularly this week.</p>
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		<title>The Double Nought Decade in Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s that time of the decade where everyone makes a list of the best/most important albums of the past ten years. After looking at the lists, a lot of the same names start cropping up. For examples, most lists will have&#8230; Which are all very good but if this is what defines a decade, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So it&#8217;s that time of the decade where everyone makes a list of the best/most important albums of the past ten years.  After looking at the lists, a lot of the same names start cropping up.  For examples, most lists will have&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral_%28album%29" target="_blank"><img src="http://ariasfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Funeral-AF.jpg" border="0" alt="Funeral-AF.jpg" width="300" height="272" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Hotel_Foxtrot" target="_blank"><img src="http://ariasfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/YankeeHotelFoxtrot-W.jpg" border="0" alt="YankeeHotelFoxtrot-W.jpg" width="300" height="270" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stankonia" target="_blank"><img src="http://ariasfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Stankonia-OK.jpg" border="0" alt="Stankonia-OK.jpg" width="300" height="303" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Blood_Cells_%28album%29" target="_blank"><img src="http://ariasfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/WhiteBloodCells-WS.jpg" border="0" alt="WhiteBloodCells-WS.jpg" width="300" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Problems" target="_blank"><img src="http://ariasfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/99Problems-JZ.jpg" border="0" alt="99Problems-JZ.jpg" width="300" height="299" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlanticism" target="_blank"><img src="http://ariasfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Transatlanticism-DcfC.jpg" border="0" alt="Transatlanticism-DcfC.jpg" width="300" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>Which are all very good but if this is what defines a decade, well, it was often an excellent decade but did any of these albums/songs break new ground or set the world aflame? Personally, I&#8217;d have to argue that this was the song of the decade&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_%28Gnarls_Barkley_song%29" target="_blank"><img src="http://ariasfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Crazy-GB.jpg" border="0" alt="Crazy-GB.jpg" width="300" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>And I think this is the album that defined a decade dominated by music piracy (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster" target="_blank">Napster</a> turned 10 this year) and laptop maestros&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_Album" target="_blank"><img src="http://ariasfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/GreyAlbum-DM.jpg" border="0" alt="GreyAlbum-DM.jpg" width="300" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>Okay, some of you will say that I&#8217;m being unduly hard on this nascent century or that I&#8217;m just a child of the 90s but can we take a look at some of the albums that defined the last decade?</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odelay" target="_blank"><img src="http://ariasfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Odelay-Beck.jpg" border="0" alt="Odelay-Beck.jpg" width="297" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homogenic" target="_blank"><img src="http://ariasfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Homogenic-Bjork.jpg" border="0" alt="Homogenic-Bjork.jpg" width="300" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entroducing" target="_blank"><img src="http://ariasfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Endtroudcing-DJS.jpg" border="0" alt="Endtroudcing-DJS.jpg" width="300" height="295" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exile_in_Guyville" target="_blank"><img src="http://ariasfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Guyville-LP.jpg" border="0" alt="Guyville-LP.jpg" width="300" height="299" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Computer" target="_blank"><img src="http://ariasfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/OKComputer-RH.jpg" border="0" alt="OKComputer-RH.jpg" width="300" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevermind" target="_blank"><img src="http://ariasfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Nevermind-Nirvana.jpg" border="0" alt="Nevermind-Nirvana.jpg" width="300" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>Yeah, right, I know! Unbelievably great albums.</p>
<p>Okay, let&#8217;s see if the 2000&#8242;s teen years can kick some ass.</p>
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