Le CO2eux Soirée - Broadcast From The 1960s and From Inside A Bottle

Alain du Monde and co-host Jeannie present the most carbon efficient television show of the 1960s  from inside a bottle. 

The video-clip in this post is the first episode of Le CO2eux Soirée, a four part variety show created to launch Stella Artois’ new lightweight bottle, which contains less glass and therefore produces less CO2 emissions.

It's also a variety show with a difference...

A follow-up to last years’ Recyclage de Luxe Show, the CO2eux Soirée is also inspired by 1960s television programmes and is aired ‘live’ from inside the new bottle. Broadcast directly from 1963 (yep, we're travelling back in time with this one.... but it might not look like the past you knew, though), the show features the ‘first ever music video’ - of Marina and the Diamonds’ hit single I Am Not a Robot - alongside a live set from The Mystery Jets, performing their yet to be released single Dreaming of Another World.

"The show has been created by creative agency Mother and is supported with press and outdoor activity as well as an on-pack promotion."

Le CO2eux Soirée is a more intimate version of Stella Artois’ Recyclage de Luxe show, launched last autumn. The show was presented by avant-garde, eco-chic personality Alain du Monde who also co-hosts Le CO2eux Soirée. It featured Florence and the Machine alongside several eccentric guests who shared fascinating tips on how to please Mother Nature - the show’s muse – whilst maintaining a chic lifestyle.

"Stella Artois believes many small green steps help make a big difference. Their new bottles not only contain less glass but are made of 75% recycled glass; their cans are made from 50% recycled aluminium; the corrugated packaging we use for our packs is made out of 100% recycled paper and our cardboard packaging is certified compostable. 

Over the coming years, the brand will continue to produce pioneering eco innovations, taking small steps towards improving the environment"

Episode 2 (featuring Marina and The Diamonds) is now available to view in our "Le CO2eux Soirée - The Marina and The Diamonds' Music Video Episode" post.

Update: Episode Three is now available to watch through our "The Mystery Jets Are Dreaming of Another World" post

Enjoy!

Loup Dargent

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Terry Venables Made History - With The First Ever Gig On Top Of The O2

Now, that's the kind of post I like: It's World Cup related and helping some charities in the process...Cool!

Yep, you've read it right: Terry Venables, former football player and England manager, has made history - with the first ever gig on top of The O2.

And, from what we saw and heard in the video, it looks like a pretty good performance. Nice one Tel!

The sky-high performance was to mark the announcement that The Sun's World Cup song "If I Can Dream" is being released as charity single on 31st May.

Terry's voice is not just lifting England's hopes (and helping me do my bit for England); proceeds of his single go to the worthy charities of Help for Heroes and Malaria No More UK.

 (You can become a fan on Facebook here: www.facebook.com/thesunfootball.)

Enjoy! 

Loup Dargent

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May 25th: It's Universal Day of The Jedi and My Grandchild's Birthday!

How more blessed could a Science Fiction fan feel when his own grandchild actually decides to be born on the Universal Day of The Jedi? Now, that has to be a sign...

As you've probably guessed, we are celebrating both my grandchild's first birthday and the Universal Day of the Jedi in today's post... That explains why, with some help from the FaceInHole.com site, we have now a picture of Riley (that's my grandchild's name, by the way) dressed as a jedi... He does look the part, doesn't he?

Mind you, it seems that Riley has already gone for the jedi look before as we can see from the following picture...

 Riley, a jedi in the making?

All together now:

Happy First Birthday, Riley!

 

 Meanwhile, In The Star Wars Universe...

Image via Social Blend

This year, May is definitely the Star Wars fans month as not only we have the yearly Universal Day of The Jedi in it but it's also the Empire Strikes Back 30th birthday.

The Empire Strikes Back was (and is still) the mother of all movie sequels and I did my bit towards celebrating its birthday by submitting a few stories to Mixx.com and some of the related Mixx Community Groups. Here they are for your own perusal:

• Happy 30th Birthday, 'The Empire Strikes Back'!
• Star Wars: 30 years later, 'Empire' left a lasting mark
• 30 Most Memorable ‘Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back’ Quotes
• The Empire Strikes Back: A Track-by-Track Commentary of the Original Score

 The above mentioned Community Groups are:

• Science Fiction Related - Mixx Community
• Star Wars - Mixx Community
• Jedi - Mixx Community

Feel free to have a look... There are loads of good stuff there.

The icing on the cake was when I actually submitted the Universal Day of The Jedi related Round Up podcast episode...

I definitely invite you to listen to it... If you don't, this Universal Day of The Jedi won't be the same.

Happy Universal Day of The Jedi, Everyone!

 Have fun...

Loup Dargent

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The One About The Tiny Streaker

Meet Tiny. He streaks for a living and is looking for people to help him get to the World Cup. He's actually been streaking for years but you probably haven’t seen him. 
Until now.

This is probably the best of all those Freeview HD ads that have been running lately in the UK...

I love the one with the big bird on the green screen in the background while the wife is arguing with her husband but the Tiny Streaker one definitely gets the Loup Dargent Award.

Tiny Streaker is... well, yes... a tiny streaker who wants to go to the World Cup but can't really afford it and, as he says himself on his website:

"It’s a long way to South Africa – when you have 6-inch legs."

His original list of potential sponsors included:

• Sock Sponsor. (He is English which means he doesn’t ever take his socks off – ask his missus if you don’t believe this.)
• Beard Wax Sponsor. (He needs his beard to stay in place so that peeps don’t see his boys!)
• Manicure Sponsor. (He is not wearing much else so he might as well have good nails.)
• Bean Sponsor. (He just loves beans, that’s all.)

[To be fair, I can relate to the "never taking socks off" business... The weather is rather cold in this part of the world, you know.]

Oh yeah, you can see the little guy in action in this post's video-clip... and don't worry if you're a tad on the prudish side: his beard does conveniently hide his "boys".

Have fun! 

Loup Dargent

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And The Giveaway's Winner is...

Okay, the time has come to reveal who won our giveaway prize...

Yep, a while ago we ran a giveaway event giving a chance to one of our readers to win a 16 x 20 Rolled Canvas kindly given away by UPrinting.com.

And, today is the day when we announce the lucky winner.

Five... Four... Three... Two... One...

The winner is...

V-A! 

Congratulations V-A! I've got your email addy through my IntenseDebate account so I'll pass on the details to UPrinting.com sometimes today.

Also, if you could send us a picture of you next to your prize, that's would be great... You don't have to, but that would help making this contest as friendly as possible (you know, with the personal touch and all that).

Thanks everyone for taking the time to post comments on the Giveaway's page.

Talk soon

Loup Dargent

PS: I'm currently net-less, so I can't be online as much as I would like but I'll be back soon with hopefully more goodies.

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'The Infidel' - A British Comedy Of Ethnic Proportions

Meet Mahmud Nasir, loving husband, doting father and something of a “relaxed” Muslim...

Image via Revolver Entertainment

Does the “F” word occasionally pass his lips? It’s hardly worth mentioning.

Does he say his prayers five times a day? Of course! Well, usually…

Does he fast every day of Ramadan? Who’s counting anyway?

He may not be the most observant, but in his heart he is as Muslim as it gets.

My kind of guy, really...

I mean, who can honestly say that they really manage to go through a whole day without dropping the "F" bomb time to time?

And, by the way, those who are using alternative words instead of the good old honest "F" word are actually cheating. We do know what they mean when they say, for example, "flipping heck!" (A rose by any other name is still a rose, you know)...

But after his mother’s death a discovery turns Mahmud’s world upside down. He finds his birth certificate which reveals that not only was he adopted at birth…but he’s Jewish, and his real name is Solly Shimshillewitz!

He must feel like Nick Griffin (the BNP wannabe Führer) finding out that he is not really a proper indigenous British or, even worse, like me discovering that, despite my name, I am actually not a wolf.

As Mahmud tumbles headlong into a full scale identity crisis, the only person he can turn to is Lenny, a drunken Jewish cabbie who agrees to give him lessons in Jewishness, which start with how to dance like Topol. Oy vey.

Ah yes, Topol... The fiddler on the roof dude. A role model for us all.

Three of my favourite comedians are starring in this movie:

• Matt Lucas (from 'Little Britain')
• Omid Djalili (from ‘The Omid Djalili Show’ and ‘Whoopi’)
• Miranda Hart (from 'Miranda')

And, not only it was written by David Baddiel, but Richard Schiff (from 'The West Wing') is also in it... What else does someone who likes a good comedy movie want?

'The Infidel' is now out in cinemas in the UK and should be released to the USA, Australia, New Zealand, France, Benelux, Italy, South Africa, Latin America, Singapore, the Middle East, Portugal and Turkey soon.

The next two videos are clips from the movie...

Enjoy...

Loup Dargent

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Giveaway Time: Let Me Bribe/Reward You

"Turn your most precious moments into masterpieces!
Get that artist’s feel and transform your favorite photos or work into canvas art.
These thick and high-quality canvases are ultra durable and will last a long time."

And, guess what? You could be the lucky one who wins a 16 x 20 Rolled Canvas kindly given away by UPrinting.com to one of our readers... Nice of them, isn't it? Plus, the canvas will be delivered free of charge.

How To Enter

To enter this Giveaway all you need to do is visit UPrinting.com and then come back here and leave a comment about your favorite product and tell us what picture you would like to make a canvas print of if you won...

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You can get extra entries by following this blog on:

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(and by letting us know by leaving a comment here)

Easy, isn't it?

Now, if you subscribe to this blog through email, you also get 2 extra entries and (that's the icing on the cake), if you mention this giveaway on your blog with a link to this post you get 3 extra entries as well as a big thank you from us.

Want more?

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Once that's done, let us know here by leaving a comment and your extra entry/entries will be automatically allocated.

Okay, enough of "me, me, me!"... What about "you, you you!"?

Ah, yes... Even so, with the CommentLuv facility, every post of yours should show a link to your latest blog post,  you can also leave a comment telling us about your blog or/and your latest post and still get an extra entry that way. See, I didn't forget about "you, you, you!".

By the way, if you are running a Giveaway event as well, you are very welcome to leave a comment about it (and earn another entry that way) with link to it and all...

Unfortunately the Giveaway is only opened to our readers who are US residents (that has to do with the free shipping part) and are 18 or above... 

But, we would like those of you who are not US residents to also get something out of this Giveaway event. So you are very welcome to comment about your blogs or/and your latest posts too... Granted, you won't get an entry to the Giveaway, but, at least, you'll get some link love (and, who knows, maybe even a few extra visitors in the process).

Don't Forget

• You can only enter the Giveaway if you've done the first entry (comments have to be a bit more original than "I want to win!" to be considered). 
• The Comments/Entries have to be posted here only to be considered (that's very important to know if you're reading this post on Magnify or Zimbio).
• You will have until Wednesday April 21st at 11:59pm GMT to enter. 
• The winner will be randomly chosen the next day and notified by DM or PM depending on what sites they're following me on. 
• I'll also post the winner on this blog through a new post (link to be provided here as soon as it has been published) and I'll also leave a comment about it on this post. 
• If I don't hear back from the winner within a week, I'll pick another one.

Good luck everyone!

Loup Dargent

Football Fiesta - The Heineken Way

Girls, Rio Carnival costumes, beer and football. The perfect mix?

What happens when you bring together the beautiful game, amazing costumes from the ultimate football nation – we’re talking Brazil of course – and everyone’s favourite Dutch export? 

Whatever you’re imagining, it probably isn’t this…

Michael Moore's 'Capitalism: A Love Story' Is Out On DVD

Yep, 'Capitalism' is now out on DVD and we've got one of Michael Moore's emails telling us all about it...

While I've been more than happy to help in a small humble way promoting Michael Moore's movie by sharing his emails with you guys, I haven't been able to actually see it as, sadly, the price of a plane ticket to the USA was  a tad too high for my modest and overstretched budget.

But, now that the movie is available on DVD, that's obviously not a problem anymore, I'll be able to watch the movie at last.

Just to refresh your memory (and for our new visitors), here are the related posts we've published around the time the movie was released::

• Michael Moore: 'Capitalism' as Comedy and Tragedy Now Playing in NY and L.A.
• Free Screenings Tonight of "Capitalism" for the Jobless and Homeless in America's Hardest Hit Cities
• 'Capitalism' Opens Today at a Theater Near You! ...an invitation from Michael Moore
• 'Capitalism': More from Michael Moore
• Michael Moore's Open Letter to President Obama

And, just in case that was not enough, we've also added the ones published by our good friend and fellow Stumbler and Mixxer, PinkPackrat

• Sunday Fun With Michael Moore
• Thoughts on Michael Moore and Capitalism
• Michael Moore is OK by Me

Okay... If you didn't know who on Earth Michael Moore is and what his movie is about, you must have some idea by now . So, let's The Man Himself tell you more about it and its release on DVD.


Enjoy..

Loup Dargent

Sell! Buy! Rebel! 
'Capitalism: A Love Story' 
Is Out Today on DVD 
(...and what is up with Wal-Mart?)!

Friends,

DVD-Day for "Capitalism: A Love Story" has finally arrived for all you good folks who just couldn't figure out how to fit in a trip to the movie theater between your three part-time jobs -- or simply weren't able to afford the $10 for the small popcorn at your local rip-off cine-mall when my film was released last fall.

What's with you people?! I make these movies for you to see on a big screen, in the dark, with 200 strangers who want to hoot and holler along with you. Those of you who did see it -- thank you!! You helped to make it the 8th-largest grossing documentary of all time (and, as of Sunday morning, "Capitalism" had sold more tickets than Best Picture winner, "The Hurt Locker").

But for those of you who didn't get to the theater, what's your excuse? Didn't want to sit through 20 minutes of TV ads up on the screen before the movie started? Don't like sitting next to people who have 6 important cell calls to make during the film? Feet get stuck to the floor after two hours of people spilling their 164 oz. sodas, thus preventing you from getting up when the film's over? Jeez, what babies!

Well, starting today, you can now OWN your very own DVD (or Blu-ray) copy of my latest action/romance/horror film, "Capitalism: A Love Story" -- and watch it in the comfort of your soon-to-be-foreclosed home! Get it cheap at Amazon, rent or stream it fast at Netflix, or go down to the local Wal-Mart that put your locally-owned mom & pop video store outta business and pick it up for pennies on the dollar. See! Something for everyone!

The fact that Wal-Mart is carrying this movie -- a movie that specifically exposes Wal-Mart's past practice of taking out secret "dead peasant" life insurance policies on its employees and naming itself as the lone beneficiary should the employee meet an "untimely" early death -- well, my friends, need you any further proof that Corporate America is so secure in its position as the ruler of our country, so sure of its infallible power that, yes, they can even sell a movie that attacks them because it poses absolutely no threat to them?

A sane person would think that Wal-Mart would never carry "Capitalism: A Love Story" because it's simply not in their best interests to inform their customers of their shady past. After all, many Wal-Mart stores wouldn't carry "Bowling for Columbine" back in 2003. That was *Kmart* I went after (for selling the ammo to the Columbine killers)! But I guess that was too Mart-y close for Wal-Mart -- so no DVDs were allowed of that film on the shelves of some of the world's biggest retail chain's stores (the movie studio estimated that cost them $2.5 million in sales).

But seven years later, it's a new day in America. The corporate coup is complete. Corporations like Wal-Mart now call all the shots, write all the laws, pay off almost all the congressmen and essentially (along with the other Fortune 500 companies and Wall Street) rule the nation. They've helped to eliminate consumer choice and the free market while convincing you they are all for "free enterprise" and the "U.S.A."
More importantly, they've snuffed out any criticism or opposition. They've even co-opted liberals, like the people who made the wonderful documentary, "Food, Inc." The last half-hour of this movie includes -- I kid you not -- an homage to Wal-Mart as the filmmakers swoon over this kinder, gentler company that has decided to -- bless them! -- put an organic food counter in their stores! Thank you, Wal-Mart! Kumbaya! (And hey, granolaheads, don't forget to flash a smile on the way out of the store at the "greeter" who can't afford to see a doctor.)
Yes, Wal-Mart, by selling "Capitalism," is saying to me: "Go ahead Mike and expose us all you want! Hahahhaha! We're so convinced that the public has either been dumbed down or made numb enough to not give a lick about whatever it is you're saying about us and capitalism. We can sell a million of these and it won't make a damn bit of difference about our ability to rule the world. So knock yourself out, big guy! Hehehehehehe. Go ahead and put your little movie on our shelves. It will never start a revolution."

Or so they think.

But what if they're wrong?

What if they and their brethren -- the banks, the insurance companies, the hedge fund sociopaths -- are too confident we won't fight to get our country back? They think that because they, the richest 1%, now own more financial wealth than 95% of all Americans COMBINED, that they can get away with anything. Perhaps they're right. Perhaps they're not.

I did ask someone at the studio why Wal-Mart was so willing to carry this movie.

"They're no dummies," he told me. "They know who shops in their stores -- working people, blue collar, the people hit hardest by the economy. They know your movie will resonate with them and that only means one thing -- ka-ching, ka-ching at the cash register!"

Happy now? Good. I thought I'd cheer you up on my big day!

Listen, let me cut right to it: I am passionate about this movie. It is not only my most personal film, it is the most vital and necessary film I've made in my 20 years as a filmmaker. Period. I told my crew at the start of this movie, "Let's make this film so brutally honest that NO ONE with any money will ever want to write us a check to make another movie!" And so we set off to make the most dangerous documentary we could.

As gloomy as our situation in the world looks these days, I refuse to give up. If there's even the slightest chance that we can turn this around, then I want to help, I want to be part of the fight along with you.

And I want you to see this movie. Not next week (by then, the health insurance companies will have won). Not next month (by then, the banks will have scuttled any new regulations). I need you to watch it right now and I need you to get as many of your friends and family to watch it as soon as possible -- and then I want you to do something.

That "something" can be found in the 80 new minutes of material and DVD extras I've put on this home video. It's 80 minutes of bold ideas and things we can do to get our country back. No one has seen these extras -- and today will be the first time they're available on the home video of this movie.

Well, that's the pitch. I get nothing $-wise from the sale of these DVDs. I just want you to see this movie because, if you haven't, I think you will not only be "entertained" for 2 hours, you'll be ready to rock-n-roll your way down to the local Citibank and create the nonviolent ruckus they need to see. THIS IS OUR COUNTRY -- not theirs. They have plundered and pillaged long enough. Homes in this country receive foreclosure filings every eight seconds! This must be stopped.

Let my movie be the tool you use to rise up and become the citizens I know you want to be. If not now, when?

Thank you for all your support over all these years. You must know by now that I honestly couldn't make these movies without you.

My absolute gratitude and best wishes for you and yours,

Michael Moore
MMFlint@aol.com
MichaelMoore.com
 
P.S. To order "Capitalism: A Love Story" from Amazon, click here. You can also add "Capitalism" to your Netflix and Blockbuster queues.

P.P.S. To see just how secure Wal-Mart feels in its place as King of the World, I'll take a spin around to some Wal-Marts this weekend and see if the DVD has been pulled off the shelves. I'll let you know!

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The One About The Nation’s Ultimate Dad Dancer

Cool! I actually recognised some of my own moves in this video-clip...

As a Dad, I quickly understood that one of my duties was to embarrass my kids at any opportunity available if I wanted to make the grade... So, showing off my "classy" dance moves in front of their friends was one of my favourite (and one of the most efficient) ways to do so.

Believe it or not, you'll never be a true Dad until you've demonstrated your dance moves in public (and preferably in front of your kids' friends)...

Unless, of course, you're a single/divorced Dad and you want to impress some of your kids' friends' Mums, that is. That's the only acceptable reason for not doing it as, for some unknown and weird reasons, the Mums don't really warm up to that kind of public display. That's also why I've stopped doing my famous dance moves in public since I've got divorced... Just in case, you know.

Of course, your kids will try to stop you doing your dance moves... they might even plead with you or (they can be crafty, when they want) give you the wrong address of where the party they're going takes place so that you don't show up there and make (in their eyes) a fool of yourself.

Don't worry too much about that, they're just jealous... They wish they could dance like you, but haven't got the guts to do it. They also know that they'll have to wait until they're parents themselves to dance like that and get away with it.

But, now, you've got a good reason to carry on dancing your way and even do so with your kids' blessing...

Yep, you could win a prize for you and your family!

There is no way they'll even think of stopping you now...

 Here is what the competition's organisers say:

"The winner (that could be you... as long as you live in the Uk) and his family will be sent to spend a week in Jamaica, where the island’s infectious rhythms, music and attitude will hopefully rub off on dad. 

He’ll also go into Dance Rehab and be given some individual tuition."

Don't worry too much about the "Dance Rehab" business, it's not as painful as it sounds...

"Kiss FM's Rickie Haywood-Williams will choose a winner from the ten most popular clips. Runners-up will be drawn from a Rasta hat and will receive special ipod Nanos."

Are you the Uk's Ultimate Dad Dancer?

There is only one way to find out: by entering the competiton...

Have fun! 

Loup Dargent

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