Friday Finds

Triple J's Unearthed competition runs annually and serves the purpose of, well, unearthing new Australian talent in music. The big catch is that all entrants to the main competition are highschoolers. So far, it's track record is pretty remarkable - perhaps the biggest winner being Silverchair back in the day, and this year's winner, the dreamy, surreal Japanese Wallpaper is a pretty stirring entrant into the winner's circle. This song, Breathe In, is particularly lovely.

- This video about geek girls acting like geek guys killed me.

- These tampon ads from Carefree are pretty darn delightful (glitter cave! Crimson companion!)

- Nude photos where the photographer is nude and the subjects are fully clothed are basically the best.

- A lot of the new Amazon Prime shows kind of look amazing? I'm particularly excited for Transparent and Red Oaks!

- And to take you out for the weekend, check out these eight short story masterclasses care of Aerogramme Studio.

It's Queensland Poetry Festival this weekend! I talked about it a bit over here, and will be there most of Sunday at this rate. What are your plans for the weekend though? Anything exciting?

Adspace: Wes Anderson, Jake Ryan & the Robots that Live Inside Xperia Phones

I go on and off advertising - sometimes I love it, can find the thought-out and well-scripted ads so compelling and wonderful bits of micro-cinema, but a lot of the time too watching an ad feels like being hammered with information you don't really care about in a very small space of time.

That said, the great stuff can be really, really special. Adweek has put together 10 Great TV Spots Directed by Wes Anderson, and they're all pretty great, but this one is just wonderful.

In creating the campaign, "Anderson asked more than 75 kids what they thought goes on inside Xperia phones and recorded their answers. One kid, 8-year-old Jake Ryan from from Long Island, gave a particularly magical response."