Tuesday, April 29, 2008

New Coldplay (Five Thumbs Up) / Olympic Mascot Weirdness

Starting today, and for this week only, you can download the first single off of Coldplay's new album from their site. This is the album that's going to have a Hispanic influence, and at first I was wary about the whole thing but the song sounds awesome. I can totally see it in a soundtrack for a new badass (yet angsty) Western/shoot-'em-up film. It's nice to see artists finally realizing the benefits of viral marketing and offering free music. Coldplay can do no wrong. <3
Was a long and dark December
When the banks became cathedrals
And the fog
Became God

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I was browsing the 2008 Olympic store and I came upon some freaky mascot badges. I can't think of a 'cutesy' way to show the shooting events, but somebody had to have realized the irony of a panda happily holding a gun. I'm glad Beibei has all the water sports--no controversy there. ;)



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ooh, thanks for this! I've read about this and everything, but totally wasn't aware when it was offered!

The prospect of this new influence is totally cool for the album--sounds exciting!