Is It Wrong to Want to Live in a World Manufactured by Sony?

Having teased us for weeks with videos and imagery, Sony has finally launched "Foam City," a spot for a line of camcorders and cameras, not the Bravia TVs like we originally thought.

Beautiful work. The music gives it a dreamlike quality, and people are depicted playing in the white menagerie while immortalizing the occasion with cameras.

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Nike: Jump Over a Moving Car. Kobe Bryant: How High?

Jun Group is distributing a Nike-sponsored YouTube video where Kobe shoves some shoes in the camera's face and then jumps over an Aston Martin coming at him from 50 MPH.

"DON'T -- TRY -- THIS -- AT HOME!" he shouts, but come on. How often have you done some dumb shit on a boring afternoon just to see if you could?

That Kobe. If he's not cheating on his fine-ass wife, he's doing silly shit for shoe dollars. Way to set an example, role model guy.

We're filing this under "Bad," but what we really mean is "Stupid."

Rubbing is Not A Good Thing on the Subway

Not every subway rub is purposeful. If certain people have bodily protrusions that are larger than normal well, then, some rubbing is to be expected. But, according to this Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority poster, rubbing on the subway will get you exposed. And this kind of exposure is not of the good variety.

Naked Ass Says Your Customers Are Exposed

Some readers think the only thing we like to write about here on Adrants is T&A. Well, who are we to argue with reader's assumptions so here is yet another T&A-based ad for you all to slather over. In fact, you won't be the only one's who do slather over it as, apparently, the ad caused quite a crowd at a recent RSA trade show.

People are so easily manipulated. Especially by ass. Even if it is crappy trade show ass with copy so predictable it likely wrote itself. Is it possible to tire of this dreck? Apparently not.

Hapa Ain't No Half-Wit; It's Really Rather Sly

To promote afternoon Happy Hour, Hapa Sushi Grill & Sake Bar coupled public utility images (like the "Slippery when Wet" symbol or the crosswalk man) with the legal language of liquor advertising ("Drink responsibly").

The result is a set of prints that merit a double-take and a smile. At left is "Chopstick responsibly." Also see "Flirt responsibly" and "Dance responsibility" (wardrobe malfunction!). Agency: TDA ADVERTISING & DESIGN, Boulder.

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Seth Godin Praises Twitter; Seth's Tweetiquette Critiqued

Seth Godin recently wrote a warm laudy post about how Twitter is great for building trust, brand equity and ultimately sales. Practically two seconds later, marketing and social media blogger Ryan Kuder wrote Seth an open letter declaring shenanigans.

It's not that Seth is wrong. Twitter is a great relationship development tool. I maintain daily contact with more people on Twitter than I've met in real life over the past year. We pass on streams of thought, as well as links we find interesting or valuable.

Occasionally, that interesting or valuable link brings users to our website. But that isn't only or always the case ... and this is where Ryan raises his complaint.

"I've got a beef with the way you use Twitter," he writes, "Because you don't use it."

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Will Teens Gone Bad Lure Boppers Back to 'Gossip Girl'?

With help from 72andSunny, the CW Network is using suggestive shots of teens -- flanked by the phrase "OMFG" -- to promote the April 21 return of Gossip Girl.

Despite crappy ratings, Advertising Age calls Gossip Girl the CW's flagship program. So busting out with the SEX SELLS! is probably a good indication that the CW desperately needs to court new viewers, not just the scattered flock of old ones.

Wow. Teens have sex on TV. And here I was thinking Dawson's Creek was really about a body of water.

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Student Ad Contest Offers $15K Prize

CommercialPitch.com, a new original ad sharing platform, is holding a contest, What's Your Pitch, to find the most "out of the box" original ad. The contest is open only to U.S. college students and offers a grand prize of $15,000 cash.

Commercial Pitch says ideas can be submitted via video, image, or text. After submission they are posted on the site to be voted upon by visitors. The three best ads will be chosen by a panel of judges in tandem with voting statistics.

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Like a Buzz Saw, Newcastle Takes the Edge Off

vitro robertson recently launched this bus shelter campaign for Newcastle. In each poster, a glass of Newcastle beer is set alongside something prickly, like a blowfish or a cactus. The part nearest to the beer is jarringly barb-free.

"Smooth like no other," the ads read.

Weird. But you know what would be neat? If the ads were tactile, maybe in a magazine or something. They could be like scratch-and-sniffs, except for your fingers.

Bendy Bare Asses Used to Advocate Mobile Service

In Punta di Penna sent us this spot for Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM). Produced by The Famil for agency Euro Rscg, a bunch of people -- mostly naked, but not always -- touch their toes to a cover of the Beatles' All Together Now. All that doubling-over draws an association with the flip phone that appears at the end.

Quirky. Now let's see the splits.