Pattern

Well NIKE got Cornershop, so the "Prince of Persia" video game series got Sigur Rós. That's right, "Sæglópur" appears in the new trailer for the new "Prince of Persia," out just in time for the holidays.

Chalk

If anyone's watched any ESPN as of late you've seen that new LeBron James NIKE "Chalk" ad that cameos Lil' Wayne for a two-shot total of about 0.6 seconds. The commercial's black and white and rad, but what was surprising to me was the song choice of Cornershop's "Candyman" feat Justin Warfield, a great track from Cornershop's record When I Was Born For the 7th Time, released in 1997 on David Byrne's label Luaka Bop. The rest of the record is pretty great as well, including a cover of the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)." I remembering picking this CD up at a bookstore in Cape Cod years and years and years ago and loving it. Glad to see it slip into the current mainstream again (the other being a fairly recent Target ad with their song "Good Shit" reworked to "Good Stuff").