Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, John Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather overthink the commercials and halftime show from Super Bowl XLIX.
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- Matthew Belinkie
- Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
- Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
- Jordan Stokes
- Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
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Here’s an interesting Super Bowl ad story: the tech news website The Verge (which I read religiously) recently ran a Super Bowl ad, basically as a joke. It only cost $700, and it played only in Helena, Montana, but they were still able to say truthfully that they ran a Super Bowl ad.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/2/7965777/the-verge-super-bowl-ad-helena-montana
The whole thing (I think) is a commentary both on how traditional TV ads still matter in the age of the Internet, as well as how silly it is that that’s still the case (I think).
Re: piano (I’m still listening to the episode)
When it comes to rocking the piano I profess my undying love to jazz pianist Himori Uehara.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHi4tFz-F0g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HcKrd3K8_A
She’s fun to listen AND to watch.
Also, when Matt mentioned piano as an instrument that evoke somber mood, I couldn’t get this clip out of my head:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn7Hlq9Ad0k