Paying Attention: The mysterious disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 has gripped the world’s media–particularly the U.S. media. A giant airplane,a Boeing 777, with 239 people aboard, disappeared on 7 March 2014 about an a hour and fifteen minutes into a flight from Kuala Lampur to Beijing. Those concrete facts are about the only …
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Music For Sportscar Racing
The Hunt For New Music: The Twelve Hours of Sebring (62nd Annual ) runs this weekend at Sebring International Raceway in Sebring Florida. The Official Name of the Race is the Tudor United Sports Car Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring fueled by Fresh from Florida for the Tequila Patron North American Endurance Championship, but …
Color Coordination
Paying Attention: Don’t know why the thought came up, but the idea of unique colors in the internet/digital age is starting to get a lot of attention here at the Media Bunker. Color is a key component of branding (i.e. Tiffany Blue, Hermes Orange, Kodak Yellow –not very visible anymore, regrettably) but generally not quite …
Winter Film Festival: Powder 101
Paying Attention: Powder skiing is considered to be the ultimate form of the sport, much like clay court tennis is considered the ultimate form of tennis. It requires it’s own technique and there is a bit of a learning curve, but the rewards are worth it. The first post in the Winter Film Festival series …
Winter Sports Film Festival: Helicopter Skiing
Paying Attention: Spring officially arrives on 20 March 2014. Which means that there are 13 days left of winter and winter skiing and then the spring skiing season starts (always a favorite). Just in case you haven’t taken your Official Ski Trip yet, here’s a little something to get you in the mood: a video …
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Einstein on Creativity
“Creativity is intelligence at play.”
Caro Emerald :Back It Up
The Hunt for New Music: Caro Emerald (real name, Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw) is something of a wild card on the international music scene. She’s a Dutch pop and jazz singer whose musical influences range from Sarah Vaughn to Prez Prado. Her music definitely has sonic references to 20/30s American jazz and although not …
War Games
Paying Attention:The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics were not even a week complete when the dreary, scary, frustrating, demoralizing reality of international geopolitics reared its’ ugly head again, as Russia decided that–games over, competitors gone, happy closing finished–it was time to set the record straight about who controls what in the Ukraine and the Crimean …
The Shelby Daytona Coupe
Paying Attention: One of the greatest sports car ever designed was an American race car designed specifically to compete against the world-beating Ferrari 250 GTO. The car was the Shelby Daytona Cobra, and it was designed by a young Californian of impeccable design sense and terrific technical ability, Peter Brock. Brock is a type of “car …
Olympic Wrap: The Medal Round, Speed Skating
Press Clippings: The Olympic Medalists in Speed Skating: Men’s 500 Meters: Gold: Netherlands, Michel Mulder; Silver: Netherlands, Jan Smeekens; Bronze: Netherlands, Ronald Mulder. Men’s 1000 Meters: Gold: Netherlands, Stefan Groothuis; Silver: Canada, Denny Morrison; Bronze: Netherlands, Michel Mulder. Men’s 1500 Meters: Gold: Poland, Zbigniew Brodka; Silver: Netherlands, Koen Verweij; Bronze: Canada, Denny Morrison. Men’s 5,000 Meters: …
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