Comedian/Musician of the week: Reggie Watts

Howdy,

Thought I'd share a comedian/musician I just came across. Fantastic. He's a one man show -- vocals over beat box with sort of stream of consciousness comedy. A bit hard to classify this one.



I'd recommend checking out his other videos, but warning: NSFW.

Stay inspired!

Maurice
Voice One Oy
www.voiceone.fi

Creative writing -- new venues

Hello,

Science fiction writing in the comments to a $6,800 speaker cable. Bravo!

Find it here.

We live underground. We speak with our hands. We wear the earplugs all our lives.

PLEASE! You must listen! We cannot maintain the link for long... I will type as fast as I can.

DO NOT USE THE CABLES!

We were fools, fools to develop such a thing! Sound was never meant to be this clear, this pure, this... accurate. For a few short days, we marveled. Then the... whispers... began.

Were they Aramaic? Hyperborean? Some even more ancient tongue, first spoken by elder races under the red light of dying suns far from here? We do not know, but somehow, slowly... we began to UNDERSTAND.

Stay inspired!

Maurice
Voice One Oy
www.voiceone.fi

Fake Science

Hello,

I'm always amazed when someone hits upon a great new idea. "Wish I had thought of that!"

The folks at Fake Science have done just that. Provided you learned something in science class at school and do not disavow evolution, you will catch the comedy gold here: http://fakescience.tumblr.com/






Stay inspired!

Cheers,
Maurice
Voice One Oy
www.voiceone.fi

Comedy: Patton Oswalt and Dave Burbank

Hello,

To celebrate Halloween, I'm posting a choice clip from one of my favorite comedians--Patton Oswalt. He's fairly well-known for his supporting role on the King of Queens and as the voice of the rat in Ratatouille. However, he's also known for his biting, sarcastic, and darkly funny stand-up comedy. Here is a bit about Dave Burbank and living in the suburbs for Halloween.

Warning: NSFW!!

Jokes.com
Patton Oswalt - Dave Burbank
comedians.comedycentral.com
Read Patton Oswalt's biography Watch Patton Live at the New York Comedy Festival Find more from this comedian in the Shop.

Stay inspired!

Cheers,
Maurice

Voice One
www.voiceone.fi

Music of the Week: The Bad Shepherds

Hello,

I've got a wicked treat for you this week.

Everybody knows Adrian Edmondson, one half of the comedy violence duo that was Bottom, the Young Ones, the Dangerous Brothers. (The other half being of course, Rick Mayall (genius!)) Never satisfied with leaving a legacy of comedy gold -- Eddie has embarked on new endeavor that left me with a grin from ear to ear.

Having bought a mandolin on a lark, he started learning to play songs he liked. What songs came first -- punk! He calls a mate they work out a few more. Thus, the Bad Shepherds were born. Punk classics played on traditional folk instruments. Again, creativity -- finding something completely new by melding two seemingly different things.

Here they are doing the Clash's 'London Calling'. Enjoy!




Stay inspired!

Cheers,
Maurice

Voice One
www.voiceone.fi

Giant Gorilla made of recycled tires

GIANT RUBBER GORILLA

In Viikki (suburb of Helsinki, Finland), we now have a 5-metre high Gorilla made out of recycled tires. I love this beastie. Villu Jaanisoo created this work entitled "Everything is Possible" for a Finnish invitational art competition and won. Brilliant! There is something wonderful about reusing waste for public space art.

You can read more about it here:
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Rubber+gorilla+finds+good+home+in+Helsinki+/1135256267714

500 Biggest Brands in the World

As a copywriter who has worked with many different ad agencies, I have to concede that sometimes a picture is worth a thousands words...okay...maybe a thousand characters (without spaces).

Here is a perfect example. Compare BusinessWeek's useful and interesting Top 100 Global Brands versus this new graphic by Business Management magazine...



http://www.busmanagement.com/news/newsbuilding-a-successful-brand/



Stay inspired!

Cheers,
Maurice
Voice One Oy
www.voiceone.fi