First, let me get the finger-wagging social commentary out of the way: bottled water is unholy water, if you buy it, you’re waterboarding Mother Nature. OK. I don’t know what Spa’s ad production budget is, but I bet they just blew it shooting these two outrageous spots for the brand’s Barisart sparkling water. The tagline, “water with more action in it,” is very literally reinforced by these commercials. Both spots, by Antwerp’s Duval Guillaume, were filmed completely under water in a big tank in Berlin. The first, “Bar Fight,” is reminiscent of a scene from a cheesy 70s disco action movie. Pretty damn cool, and it sells bubbles more memorably than Perrier ever has. But, do I want my water to be so ultra-violently sparkling? Will Spa make my mouth bleed? Jump for the second Kung Fu spot featuring a sensei styled after Pai Mei from the Kill Bill films. |Videos: adme.ru|

Montana Colors unveiled its new limited edition spray paint featuring the artwork of the legendary cartoonist and longtime fixture of the graffiti community: Vaughn Bode. Although he died in 1975, the characters he created like the infamous Cheech Wizard and his busty Bode girls, have been immortalized by countless writers for the past three decades. His work lives on through his son, Mark, a respected artist in his own right, who was also honored with his own can. Only 500 will be made available at MSRP, the rest will likely end up on eBay for a lot more.

(Left: Vaughn Bode, Right: Mark Bode)

“SF is like a cleaned up NYC and you add perverts and
sex in place of the dirt.”

Mark Bode, son of legendary cartoonist Vaughn Bode checked in the other day with a classic but brief antidote describing the main difference between San Francisco and New York City.

“SF is like a cleaned up NYC and you add perverts and
sex in place of the dirt.”