Archives for category: culture

Wake Up Wild!

October 9, 2009 //

This summer, somehow, I ended up seeing more films than I have in the past five or six years combined. Since most of these films were from the summer-blockbuster variety (Star Trek, Wolverine, GI Joe, etc.) I ended up seeing many of the same trailers over and over. I feel like I’ve already seen some of those films, even though they haven’t been released.

However, it might have been before District 9 (which was super-intense, by the way; I’m stressed just remembering it!), I saw this lovely trailer for Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are:

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Categories art, culture, design, films, music

Music For The Masses

October 7, 2009 //

I wanted to pick up on a thread I started yesterday on my posterous account (I know, a tumblr and a posterous? Microblogging overkill!)…

The music nerd in me (combined with my undergrad marketing background) always notices when indie-ish bands are featured in commercials. While I suppose lots of the folks who are working on Madison Avenue are either in my age cohort or younger and, therefore, probably have similar tastes in music to me, I am often confused (and a little put off) by their choices in background music for ads.

This commercial for Absolut Vodka features a Joy Division/New Order song, Ceremony:

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Categories advertising, communication, culture, indie, music

Third Way Thinking: Creative Tension

October 1, 2009 //

Third Way Thinking - tension

[Note: I’m picking up on a thread, Third Way Thinking, that I started awhile back – talking about third culture leaders and finding the groove]

James Choung shared a great quote from Roger Martin in The Opposable Mind this morning at our San Diego Asian American Minister’s meeting:

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Categories asian american, church, culture, faith, race, third way

Fail = Win

September 25, 2009 //

Yesterday, I heard this great story on NPR, Wall Streeters Weigh Life After “Giant Pool of Money.” (By the way, I highly recommend last year’s NPR/This American Life story, The Giant Pool of Money in which they explain things like subprime mortgage securitization in understandable ways.)

During the height of the financial boom, a young mortgage broker named Glen was living what many would describe as “the good life.” Still in his 20s, Glen was earning six figures every month and partying like a rock-star – velvet ropes, Cristal, and all.

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Categories culture, faith

We Are Church!

September 4, 2009 //

Francis Chan is joining the Flannel crew!

[h/t: Johnny Laird]

Flannel, the production team behind the Nooma series (featuring Rob Bell), is partnering with Francis Chan to produce a new DVD series called We Are Church.

Francis is a dynamic communicator. Last year, we took a group of college students up to the Passion Los Angeles event, and Francis’ words spoke deeply into our lives. His passion is contagious, and his communication style manages to inspire without bashing a person over the head (Lord knows, I’ve seen enough of that in my day).

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Categories asian american, church, communication, culture