Muse - Friday, November 14th

TODAY IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14th 2008.
WELCOME TO SHOWCASE!


We're halfway through MOVEMBER & envious of those who can grow beards.
The rest of us have to wear scarves.



Image courtesy of Gehry International, Architects, Inc.


Erm...
We sort of thought the photo would explain that bit.


It's been 2 years since I originally saw the blueprints from Gehry International revealing Toronto-born Frank Gehry's new designs for the AGO. Finally the day to see the design in practice is HERE. TODAY!
If you're in Toronto this weekend, you've got the luck of the draw. The AGO is offering free entry to anyone passing through its doors from November 14th - 16th.
Today is the first day for free public entry - go now!
All the details can be accessed here.

MacLaren McCann Toronto handled the promotional campaign.
For more on MacLaren, click here.
For more on Frank Gehry, click here


Toronto, you so lucky!!
Not only do you get to witness the grand opening of an worldwide architectural gem for FREE, but it's the final weekend for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.
[Contain the joy]

We have to congratulate ZIG Toronto for making this event somewhat exciting:



For more on the Fair, click here.
For more on Zig, click here.

HAPPY FRIDAY TO YOU WITH LOVE FROM TATTOO!

ADCC Awards

Behold - the Magic Book of the ADCC Awards:


[Angelic choir sings]

Last night's ADCC awards kicked off at 6:30 at the MacMillan Theatre, Toronto, followed by a banging after party at The ROM.

Congratulations to Saatchi & Saatchi Toronto's VP and Creative Director Daniel Charron who won a Merit award for our TA2 relaunch and design. The TA2 can be viewed on page 79 in The Book of GRAPHIC DESIGN section.
We love it:

Félicitations, Daniel! Without you, we'd have no TA-2.


More congratulations are in order for Steve Mykolyn [CD], Nathan Monteith [AD], Dave Luxton [AD] and Stefan Wegner [CW] at TAXI Toronto for winning a GOLD in the Business to Consumer category for the Aviva Microsite campaign.

TATTOO did the Music & Sound Design for this GOLD winning project.


The AVIVA campaign can be found on page 134 in The Book of INTERACTIVE DESIGN section.


Daniel Charron was featured in Marketing Magazine's "Plus ça Change" issue [October 27, 2008]. Read more here.
For more on the ADCC Awards and Organization, click here.

Muse - Wednesday, November 12th

TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12th 2008.
WELCOME TO THE NEEDLE!




For those of you who missed Styrofoam Ones' 7" Release Party on Saturday, fear not.
The Toronto based duo are still banging out tunes that will make you feel like you're dancing through Zelda. We love them.
Listen here!

For full gig action, please click on the calendar.



TONIGHT:
Be sure to check out Girltalk at KOOLHAUS and get your dance on.
Deer Hunter is at LEE'S PALACE - catch 'em quick before they tour the west coast.

HAPPY WEDNESDAY TO YOU WITH LOVE FROM TATTOO

Muse - Monday, November 10th

TODAY IS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10th 2008.
WELCOME TO thINK!



PHOTO OF THE WEEK IS COLLEEN VENABLE'S Connect-the-dots Tattoo.
Can you guess what? See if your answer is correct here.




A City Renewal Project from Dan Bergeron on Vimeo.

In "A Night at The Roxbury" [God shed a tear for a classic] Steve and Doug Butabi reveal their plans for the world's first outdoors-indoors nightclub.
Exactly ten years later, a brilliant thing has happened in Toronto.

Mr. Loogie - the entrance to an outdoor street indoors - depicts Toronto's lost shopfronts in gallery form. Located at 39 Lisgar Street, according to the Press Release from A City Renewal Project, "The project focuses on the state of decay within the city, renewing these dilapidated buildings as artistic monuments and documenting their history amidst the gentrified frenzy of urban change."

The Butabi's would be very proud. Emilio!

For the complete write up on Mr. Loogie, click here.
Open until November 23rd.


Yo weekend, you so fine!
What went down in industry town:

AGO HAS ADVANCED SNEAK PEAK FOR MEMBERS ONLY - Check back on Friday's Showcase to see Frank Gehry's transformation of a national classic
HOW A BLOG COULD SAVE YOUR CAREER






And your inkSPIRATION. To submit photos, videos or just cool stuff, please contact us at heather@ta2music.com with "thINK!" in the subjectline.

HAPPY MONDAYS TO YOU WITH LOVE FROM TATTOO!

It's HERE!

Party People!
The moment you've all been waiting for - DAVID ANGELO is on ADBEATS!!
Tell your speakers! Tell your neighbours! Tell your Mom!

**NOTE: This mix is guaranteed to make you fall in the pool. Please use proper flotation devices when listening to this mix**

To listen, click here.

Track listing:
1 Jazzanova | Rendez vous | Instrumental
2 Bagpack Selects | Bushwick Summer
3 Jazz Juice | Batidas Succulentas
4 Jazzanova | This is the Place | Instrumental
5 Secret Love | Combiner
6 Beatspoke | Dig Deeper | Dave de Gato Mix
7 Dubnosis | Bashmental | Sumsuch Math Mix
8 The Jazzual Suspects | This Beat
9 Brawcast | Calm Down
10 Gagle | Scene
11 Thievery Corporation | Sound the Alarm
12 Tek 9 | Is it On | Nightmares on Wax Mix
13 Phuture motion | Balero
14 Michna | Believe in It
15 Mark Farina | Life
16 The Jazzual Suspects | Ba Dada
17 Karma | Beach Towel | icube Cosmic Marathon Remix
18 Ben Mono | Jesus was a B Boy | TJ Kong + Dos Santos Remix
19 Wojtek Urbanski | Violet Violin
20 Dusty | Loco Para la Pista
21 Sharon Jones + the Dap Kings | Keep on Looking | Kenny Dope Remix

Muse - Friday, November 7th

TODAY IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7th 2008.
WELCOME TO SHOWCASE!











Ladies, calm yourselves.

This is the Remington Hunk, brainchild of Albion London's Liz Moss and Aimee Lewis. He can be your new desktop boyfriend with two clicks of a mouse!
Why go out this evening when Remington Hunk is there for you at home?
He bakes, works out, and -
Quick, break up with your boyfriend! He even breakdances!




Download the Remington Hunk here.
For more on Albion London, click here.






If you're out and about in MANCHESTER this Saturday [November 8th], be sure to check out The Third Manchester Artists’ Book Fair at the Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University. Doors open at 11 AM.

ESPECIALLY check out the collaborative work from Francis Van Maele [Redfoxpress, Ireland] and Kim Hye-Mee [Anticham, Seoul].







View their blog & work here.



HAPPY FRIDAYS TO YOU WITH LOVE FROM TATTOO

Muse - Wednesday, November 5th

TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5th 2008.
WELCOME TO THE NEEDLE!



For more on Glass Candy, click here
For directions to Styrofoam One, click here



We have a lot of things to thank Montreal for.
The most recent is techno funk duo extraordinaire, Bikini. Going out tonight? Check out "Oh Girl Get On The Floor".
Staying in? Throw on their cover of Feist's hit "1234" while you're cooking your pasta.

To listen to both tracks, click here.

HAPPY WEDNESDAYS TO YOU WITH LOVE FROM TATTOO

Muse - Monday, November 3rd

TODAY IS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd 2008.
WELCOME TO thINK!




PHOTO OF THE WEEK: PIEKE BERGMAN
To view Pieke's garden of light bulbs, click here.


THIS WEEK'S inkSPIRATION comes from CHARLIE KRATZER, who decorated his entire basement with $10 worth of Sharpies.
For the full story and 360° camera tour, click here.


Yo weekend, you so fine!
What went down in industry town:

D&AD AWARDS 2008 NORTH AMERICAN SCREENINGS CONTINUE - NEXT STOP: MIAMI
GWYNETH PALTROW LAUNCHES GOOP - YOUR WEEKLY TICKET TO GOOD HEALTH
ONE MORE DAY TIL THE AMERICAN ELECTION - CATCH UP WITH OBAMA & MCCAIN IN THEIR FINAL CAMPAIGN HOURS HERE





And your inkSPIRATION. To submit photos, videos or just cool stuff, please contact us at heather@ta2music.com with "thINK!" in the subjectline.

HAPPY MONDAYS TO YOU WITH LOVE FROM TATTOO

TILAPIA!

Doing your sound design at Tattoo is like changing your main dish from chicken to Tilapia.

Say what?!

Tattoo and Tattoo's own Steve Gadsden produced this brand new spot for OLG: Proline.

Trust us, Tilapia's good.

Watch it here.
Read about it in Marketing Magazine here.

Writer: Michael Takasaki
Art Director: Glen D'Souza
Agency: Bensimon Byrne

How much of a Hiptard are you?

In response to our popular write up on the Stuff White People Like blog [read me], here at Tattoo we've devised a quiz to determine the Hiptard status of all of our loyal readers. And from Leslieville to the 'Burbs, we decipher which area of Toronto you'd end up in based on your Hiptard Status.

But which is worse? Being a Hiptard, or making a quiz about being a Hiptard? You decide! Take me now:

HOW MUCH OF A HIPTARD ARE YOU? » Create A Quiz

Happy Wednesdays

If Tuesday is meant to be the most productive day of the week, Wednesday should be the day that provides you with enough inspiration to get you through until Friday...

Ladies! :



But in all seriousness, for this particular Wednesday I'm going to pass you on to the following concert. In April 2008 Halifax's Buck 65 [hip hop poet extraordinaire, pictured above] teamed up with Symphony Nova Scotia to produce an incredible concert set at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Conducted by Dinuk Wijeratne, the concert features Buck 65's vocal and turntable expertise mixed in with Norman Adams' solo cello, Terry O'Mahoney's solo percussion and Symphony Nova Scotia's orchestral talent.
Flagged as one of the most innovative musical collaborations this year, stream it anytime by clicking here.

This broadcast is rated E for easy-listening.

Photo courtesy of cbc.ca