† JUSTICE †

Before you go to a Justice concert you are obviously trying to become as much a hipster as possible. Our friend from New Zealand taught us some serious lessons about being hip and cool at the same time. Of course in Williamsburg, after a fancy gallery opening.

And I think everyone did pretty well. For example Alexus, using the shades for her advantage.
(Please note the Bedford Av sign in the back, that's sooooo Williamsburg)

And we were the last hipsters leaving Brooklyn that night, cause all the others were already at the venue in Manhatten. And I think Ben fell in love with my Bling Bling NYC Necklace. He hesitated giving it back at the end of the night. And I can totally understand him.

And then: Business Time!

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Those two guys are freakin Rockstars. No doubt. The Bass was kicking, we cried "D.A.N.C.E." and "because we are your friends..." out loud, shook the booty, smoked illegally inside the building (felt totally like back in the days) and enjoyed the huge soundsystem they built up.
It was sooooooooooo goooooooooood.
Jesus!
no, upps, sorry
JUSTICE!!!!
Here a link to some nice pictures from that night: klick

After the concert the party went on with Erol Alkan and one of the Justice guys DJing back to back at Studio B in Greenpoint till 5 in the morning and because of that I almost overslept the saying-good-bye-to-the-best-kiwi-ever-(apart-from-
frodo-of-course)-appointment.
The G-Dissel, der G-Vati, the Garthenator, the incredible G O B left today for a week to Australia and so we had to say good bye for at least half a year.

My dear friend, I had an awesome time with you, thanks so much for your generosity, your jokes, the New York in a Bag present and for all the lovely hours I spent working and hanging out with you. It was a pleasure. Keep up the good work, try to make it a bit conradical (you should know some tricks by now) and stay as you are, don't turn into a hipster slash animator.
And I know the picture looks a bit gay, but it was a very sad good bye hug.
For Gissel!

And by the way, he's saying hi to all my visitors he met here. And hopefully he's coming over to Deutschland next year, so everyone who's interested can make appointments to meet him now.

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Nicht mehr mal ne Woche bis zur Rückkehr in das gelobte land aus dem gelobten land. Schon ganz schön abgefasert.
Wie man sich vorstellen kann, ist in der letzten woche eine menge passiert. Wir fangen einfach rückwärts an, da kann ich mich lebhafter erinnern:
gerade ebent: aus dem Kino gekommen, wo wir Nightmare before Christmas in 3D geguckt haben. Alter! Unglaublich. Kam jetzt gerade raus, die Jungs und Mädels bei Disney, Pixar und ILM dürfen nach der Arbeit daran wahrscheinlich keinerlei Hologramme oder ähnliches mehr anschauen, weil sie sonst durchdrehen. Reizüberflutung pur. Aber nicht nur wegen 3D sondern auch wegen der ganzen Charaktere, der astreinen Animation und überhaupt und sowieso.
Less than a week left till I leave the land of hope and glory, pretty crazy though. As You - dear reader - can imagine last week was amazing, no work and stuff, so let's start backwards, that makes it easier for me to remember details:
30 minutes ago we came from the movies, Nightmare bfore X-Mas in 3D. Unbeliveable! The Boys and Girls at Disney, Pixar and ILM aren't allowed to take a look on holograms anymore, cause that would drive them insane. But the whole thing in general was just way to much, all those details, the animation, the characters - and all in 3D. Crazy!

Und der Clou: diese Brillen.
And the best thing: the glasses
Dann hatte unsere geliebte Claudia, die wie eine Mutter zu allen im Büro war, heute ihren letzten Tag bei Buck und strebt nun nach höheren Karrierezielen bei ihrer alten Firman, einem wohlbekannten Kosmetikunternehmen. Das TAJ Team sagt: DANKE FÜR ALLES LIEBE CLAUDIA.
Our dearest Claudia and part time mother for everyone at the office had her last day today at Buck and is going to climb up the career latter now at Estee Lauda, again. The TAJ Team says with a high pitched voice: THANKS SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING BELOVED CLAUDIA.
Die Verabschiedung sollte eigentlich mit Schampoo begossen werden, da es aber gestern abend - ihr glaubt es kaum - feuchtfröhlich zuging, wurde heute Alkoholverbot für alle erteilt.
Das war eine Musikpromoparty mit Sponsoring von Vodka und Kaffee Zeug, da wurden uns tolle Brillen geschenkt und mit denen auf der Nase haben wir uns dann Natalie Portman angeschaut. Die war nämlich auch da. Zuckersüß und - natürlich - kleiner, als man immer dachte. Ta-Da.
The plan was to get buzzed with champagne, but last night was so alcoholic that we put a ban on any more drinking for today. It was a kind of Music-Promo-Party where they gave away free booze and fancy glasses. and with those on the nose we were checking out the Portman Natalie, cause she was there as well. Pretty and - of course - way smaller than you thought.

Dann noch ein Karaoke Massaker, aber auf das wollen wir hier gar nicht näher eingehen. Alles was ich sage: wenn man weder die Texte kennt, noch singen kann, sollte man an dieser Stelle nicht weiter darauf eingehen. Krächtz.
Then a Karaoke-massacre followed, but we won't get into detail here, cause when you don't know the lines nor have a good singing voice you won't get into detail. trust me.

Und ja, ich weiss, ich war schlampig mit all meinen Serien, deshalb hier das ESB (in grün)
And here some new episodes of my beloved series: the ESB (shining green)

Hier das New York Musikvideo:
The New York Musicvideo:

Und gleich noch eins, weil's so schön ist:
And another one straight away:

Und dann arbeite ich jetzt fleissig an meiner Hausarbeit, und da stößt man natürlich auf allerlei schöne Virals, deshalb hier noch ein richtig guter Clip:
And I am working hard on my essay and while research you find funny virals, like this one here:

Wir danken für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit und wünschen einen angenehmen Start in den Tag.
Achso, noch was, der Le Train Bleu Film ist jetzt auch feierlich auf www.ostwaldhelgason.com zu sehen.
Thank you very much for your attention, we wish a good start for the day. Oh, almost forgot: the Le Train Bleu Movie can now also be found on www.ostwaldhelgason.com.
Und noch was. Mein aktueller Lieblingsohrwurm, so good: Neon Bible von Arcade Fire mit astreinem interaktiven Musikvideo wo man auf die Hände und das Gesicht klicken kann: Klick
And one last thing: my favourite song right now: Neon Bible by Arcade Fire with an impressive interactive musicvideo where you can klick on the hands and the face while the guy is singing: Klick

The ESB from every... Vol. 3

Today a picture taken at Bens Balkony in Brooklyn last night.
(It's in the upper left corner)

Oh - and only 8 days left and I haven't started the essay yet...

Le Train Bleu

Finally!
OMG, that took long. But here it is - the new Movie for my sisters and her boyfriends label OSTWALDHELGASON. Rendered 1 hour ago, it is for their current collection Le Train Bleu.
Started working on it like 4 month ago, then there was so much to do at the office that I couldn't find time for it then the After Effects file broke which cost me about 1 month of work and now it's done. I still can't belive it.
Now the only thing that's left to do here is writing an essay about viral marketing and getting a facebook account. Shouldn't be that tricky...
(If anyone is into helping me with the essay: eassay@taj.com - thanks)

6 Layer Fun

Hola, today we start with another awesome invention of the American food industry: ROJO's 6 Layer Dip. The taste is somewhere between pretty disgusting, layery and well - junkfoodish.
If somebody wants to try some: cover _my_nacho_with_6_layers@taj.com

Here you see our friend the Garthenator in a pretty social-critic pose. It wasn't intended to be awesomely deep and meaningful but the longer you look at it, the awesomely deeper and way meaningfuller it gets.

That's the Cake lovely Kitty made me for the big Good Bye Party on Friday. Thanks again so much for that. The boobies were amazing and very very delicious.
And as you can see I choose the right cloth that day before I went to work, to make the cake in my face fit with the colors of my shirt and my jacket.

As you - dear reader - can guess, it was an awesome night. Almost everyone was there at this cosy beer bar in williamsburg, where they even sell Leipziger Gose (bottled), and after a couple of those it got pretty emotional....


Fun in tha Hood.
Sentence!

The Last Day at Buck....for now

I'm not crying.

It's just been raining on my face.
And if I am crying it's because I'm cutting an onion.
I'm making a Lasagna.

The Garthenator made this incredibly awesome invite for the party tonight.
I love him for that.
And everyone else in the office.
Thank you very much, Buck NY.
(dear reader - a full summary of the last six month at the office will appear soon, here on this digital thing no one ever asked for but likes it now quite a bit and byte (i love digital jokes))

Stacy Hedger

It might not be a new New York Music Video - that's coming soon - but this video here dear reader shows what you end up on TV with, when you push the whole show slash pop culture thing too far.