I was reading over on Transbuddha, a sister site of ours, and I ran across this video he posted today.  This is possibly the creepiest cake I have ever seen [please, prove me wrong].

This is a cool idea, but super creepy.  I was surprised at the detail of the entire cake being sculpted to look a baby.  Naturally I linked a few people in the process and we all agreed that it would be nasty, except one.  He suggested using a cherry filling in the center so when you cut in it gushes out.  That was all in good fun though.

I do love strange art, but this one was a bit too odd for my taste.

I was reading around on a sister site of ours, .alphamonkey from Transbuddha wrote about the new Akira movie that should hit by 2009

For those of you who do not know Akira, then you probably are too young. I myself have not seen the 1988 film, since I was only one year old when it came out. I do plan to watch the anime in the next couple of days, if not tonight, out of curiosity though.

Akira is well known amongst the anime fans for its being a classic but at the same time having a nice modern look. Most consider it one of the best, I will update with how I feel about it once I finish it.

The reason why I brought this anime to attention now is because Warner Brothers has decided to turn the 6 series manga into a 2 part feature film. Honestly, I am a little excited to see this, people say that the original ’88 film is good, I hope that the ‘09+ is better. Over on Transbuddha he says,

Astounding visuals and style aside: the film version is actually pretty bad. It compresses far too much information into a muddy mess of pseudo philosophy and new agey weirdness, and the last 20 minutes are pretty damn cringe-inducing.

Here is hoping to the new Akira being better than the last. Go to read more about the WB plans for Akira in 2009.

There is an interesting read over on Transbuddha about the book The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell. Not only is the post about the book, but it also includes his cutthroat opinions on the marketing and advertising world. The book refers to the theory of few cool kids liking the idea, or whatever, and the rest of society follows the crowd.

Everything in advertising these days is looked at in the sense, can it go viral? But, can you judge solely on the viral-ness of the trend. AlphaMonkey says, “…most of us realized long ago, that trends are essentially random phenomenon which succeed or fail largely due to timing, quality, and how receptive the public is to an idea at any given time.”

When you think about those fads that make it, and the pathetic ones that do not, look at the time they were thrown out into the world. If society is not ready for the certain trend, then theoretically you can reintroduce it at the more appropriate time and it should take off.

Yes, the Wii became the fastest selling console ever not because it was a revolutionary gaming device aimed at families instead of hardcore gamers, not because it launched with a groundbreaking entry in one of the most popular game titles ever (Zelda), and certainly not because it cost nearly $350 cheaper than its rival (which launched with fuck all for must-have titles), but because a handful of cool people liked it.

One word: Bullshit.

And we wonder why gaming advertising is so bloody awful. Or why commercials (like say, that horrid H&R Bloch spot with the vicious woman berating her obviously de-balled husband for buying tax software*) are so uniformly terrible? Or why 99% of ‘viral’ attempts made by most companies aren’t fit to lick the pastrami scented sweat from a Dom DeLouis’ Cannonball Run gag reel? You just don’t get it, Madison Avenue. And at this rate, you never will. Most importantly, you just don’t get us.

What matters? Content. Quality content will always rise, while crap (while often getting undue attention) typically settles to the middle. Timing. It’s 2008. You do ’subservient’ ANYTHING, and you deserve a boot to the crotch. But there are any number of bands, directors, writers, artists, etc who can tell you that there’s more than a fair share of luck in tapping into the right reaction/sentiment at the right time. I know this is scary for you, but this is important: You can’t change that, and you certainly can’t bottle it sell it like just another media buy (my apologies to Scaramouch from YesButNoButYes for appropriately that last phrase).

We posted a Suns Virtual Locker Room story last week and it seems you can get your dirty little video editing hands on some of the in hockey gear asking about Robert Horry (which I had to look up the reference).

So, this clip is of Steve Nash walking into a Yo Gabba Gabba “It’s Time To Dance” video. Totally off the wall stuff but worth it.

If you don’t know Yo Gabba Gabba (on Nick Jr.) by now, you should. Our sister site, Transbuddha, posted a Yo Gabba clip a while ago and since then it has become a bit of a cult underground hit.

The 20 something kids have been eating up the playfulness and have been seen dressing like DJ Lance for Halloween last year. On top of that, figures of the Gabba crew have been showing up all over the place.