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There is a free Beyonce concert coming up in London, so I thought I would start with this, which I came across on You Tube today. Apparently it’s advertising for it, and it will probably very good if this dance is anything to go by. I quite like things like this, staged to feel almost spontaneous.

It reminds me a little bit of the T-Mobile advert in London Liverpool Street station – although, of course, this one is much bigger, and much better.

It’s an entertaining and intriguing form of advertising. I’m sure, after a while, it could get old if everyone keeps doing it, it steel feels fresh enough to be enjoyable. And musicians are the perfect people to employ it, because their music will always be different, and it opens the stage for different live, and seemingly spontaneous performances.

Apparently this talking head has been raking in the crowds. I find it particularly interesting at the moment, because I’m looking at the mythology behind heads-without-bodies for some writing I’m doing. It’s an image that’s seen throughout myth around the world. As an example, it features quite heavily in Celtic mythology, where it’s supposed to be some sort of link to a higher plane.

To see how the image still has a hold over people today is pretty cool.