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Every guy has 'his beer.' Mine's Heineken, It's delicious when it's cold, comes in a green bottle and ha my name in the title. What's not to love? Anyway, after making us all laugh with their first walk in fridge ad, Heineken have now released a sequel, and it's pretty funny.

http://lesterhein.blogspot.com/2009/11/heineken-walk-in-fridge-part-2.html



Now although the walk in fridge ad was funny, I'm almost tempted to say that the spoof that Bavaria made was funnier. Have a look and decide for yourself

http://lesterhein.blogspot.com/2009/11/heineken-walk-in-fridge-part-2.html

So after the entire internet going crazy about the debacle surrounding the way that Ras Dumisani sang the South African national anthem at the Sa vs France rugby match last week, I thought it might be useful for anyone else thinking of singing the national anthem to actually know the words.



Here's a handy illustrated way to learn the South African national anthem

My guess is that at that exact second, this guy was the fastest man in the world and would have given Usain Bolt a erm..run for his money.

My best friend is getting married soon. This is itself if a big thing and all the usual guys things are running through my brain - "Man Down!" "Another One Bites the Dust" & of course "I should get him a name tag for his chain."

The other unexpected complication in this whole shebang is that he had the bad sense to nominate me as his best man. This means that I get to plan the stag. And of course, the rehearsal stag, just to make sure that we get it right.

I've also been having a few other ideas for the big guy's big day. So I'm thinking that at the church we can do something like this:

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And at the reception maybe a little something along these lines:
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Whatever we wind up getting up to (or down to) I can guarandamtee that this is going to be one for the photo albums.

What do you think I should get them to do?

I've always that it would be cool to have my own TV show. You know, sit around and talk with cool people about cool stuff. Sort of like Ellen without being gay. Or blonde. Or a woman. Anyway, last week the myself and the rest of the team at StereoType Records launched a new YouTube channel called StereoType Live.

This one is definitely worth the bandwidth. Check the subtitles they're hilarious!




I couldn't find the really funny version, which has subtitles, but you can find it here: http://www.cracked.com/blog/billy-bob-goes-ballistic-with-subtext-titles/

As Dan Bailey pointed out on his blog, Susan Boyle has been this week's BuzzWord, notching up over 45 million views of her performance at Britain's Got Talent. After a bit of snooping I've found a clip of what is allegedly Susan Boyle doing a rendition of Cry Me a River by Diana Drall from a 1999 recording she did for a charity album. Now, regardless of whether or not this is actually her, it's bloody brilliant regardless.

Have a listen:




For more detailed stats on Susan's rise to online fame, hop on over to Dan's blog and have a read.

John Mayer shows his funny side when in studio with Kanye West talking bout their collaboration "Bittersweet."




One of the things I've always admired about Kanye West is his willingness to experiment with different styles, genres and artists.

You might also find this Kanye West spoof funny

Just in case you can't remember the gist of the movie, here's a quick reminder.

I guess you can talk about clothes so much before people starting poking fun at your sexuality,so Kanye West is a gay fish.

Since I'm a fan of the both of the above, I can't think of a better ad ;) There's even beer in there.

Great ad promoting organic food

I haven't seen this vid in a while and I saw it again last week (thanks Justin). Have a look and prepare to be contextualized.

I'm not the sportiest guy around. Never have been. I think the problem is that I just don't have the concentration span for it. Sitting around and waiting for something cool to happen very often just takes too damned long.

Having said that - I think this commercial for the Fantasy American Football leage is very very wicked. I'm tempted to think that it's partly CG'd but even then it's still pretty cool. See for your self

Here is a video clip of the truck that was blown over by the wind in Cape Town being dragged out of traffic in to an underground parking lot in the Cape Town CBD.

First off - don't hear what I'm not saying. I'm not saying that Wanted is one of the best films that I've seen in a while. What I am saying is that it's a helluva lot of fun to watch. Lately I haven't been making it to the cinema much. A combination of a busy schedule and the amazing amount or crap movies out (e.g. don't see The Eye - it blows) have lead to me chilling in the comfort of my couch and satisfying my cinematic appetite at home. Being able to watch movies on my projector does help tho, lol. Anyway, back to Wanted. On Saturday night the default boys and I decided that we should see it, cos the trailer looked cool as hell and well, cos Angelina Jolie is in it. So off to the Waterfront we trouped and got some tickets.

Now usually I don't watch action flicks due to the fact that directors often try very hard to persuade you that this stuff could actually happen in real life and often fail miserably (see Transporter et al). In Wanted however, this problem is dealt with in the first few minutes of the film when reality takes a flying leap out of the window. The director lets you know from the jump off that this is a no holds barred never gonna happen in real life ride that might just be fun. With some new and inventive stunts, gun play and incredulous car chase scenes, the effects department succeeded in keeping my interest piqued for almost the entire movie. The plot on the other hand is on the flimsy side and occasionally leans dangerously close to lost, but all in all it doesn't really matter when considering Wanted's subject matter - an ancient fraternity of assassins originally formed by a clan of weavers (so watch out for pissed of Rex Truform employees). I rest my case.

Aside from a breathtaking shot of Angelina Jolie's butt (or a shot of Angelina's breathtaking butt, you choose) she seems to be wasted in her role as a wise cracking gun toting vixen. Morgan Freeman too seems like he could have played the dignified mentor part in his sleep (Chain Reaction anyone?) You sorta get the feeling that pretty much anyone could have done it, much like a Britney Spears song.






James McAvoy (a la The Last King of Scotland) on the other hand manages to impress suitably as he's cast out of type and proves to be pretty damn funny. I enjoyed watching his on screen transformation from pissy little cubicle worm to bad ass assassin, but at times the film's notion that 'the only way to be a "real man" is to shoot somebody' made me slightly morally (or is that ethically) squeamish.



The short version? If you like big stunts, crazy fight scenes and over the top car chases, go and see Wanted. You probably won't feel compelled to see it again, but hey - it's fun the first time around. Oh, and do yourself a favour and go see it on the big screen. Somehow I don't think that the scale of the action will translate well when you're watching the downloaded version on your buddy's PC trying like hell to ignore the people getting up in the front row on your recorded copy.

Have a great start to your week,

Lester

After yesterday's post on the BMW Gina concept car, I scrounged about a bit and found the official BMW Gina trailer video. Very emotive in typical BMW fashion.




Now i know for sure that my next car will be a beemer.

Update - if you like this, try this article on the BMW M8 concept car

You know that feeling you get when you think you've done something, you're positive you remembered, only to find out later that you didn't even come close to doing what you were supposed to? Well, that's exactly how I felt this morning. I really thought that I'd posted up pictures of the BMW GINA concept car a few weeks back when BMW owned my OCD crazed soul. Yes, I posted pics of the BMW M8 and BMW's uber cool Infrared Video (on the 7 series), but it turns out I completely forgot to post the Gina. Bad Lester. Oh well, rather late than never eh?.

So without much further ado, I'd like to introduce you to Gina (Geometry, Function, N = infinite, Adaptations), the sexy Bavarian model with the dress that's got everyone talking. Gina challenges the assumptions that are made about the way that cars are made, specifically the shell or skin of the car. Gina uses fabric to build the shell of car. The fabric is stretched over the frame of the car to astounding visual effect as you can see from the pictures below





Ok, I'll stop yapping and let you watch the BMW Gina Video.

Prepare to be amazed

Update: I've added the official BMW Gina video, as distributed by BMW before the car's internet debut






Lester

I wish with all my tiny little heart that someone would try sh*t like this when I'm in traffic.



Where the hell do you even find a snail suit?