http://culture.toolofna.com Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:26:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Congratulations, Sam, on the  June 28th FWA selection. It's great to see all your hard work and ideas acknowledged. http://culture.toolofna.com/cold-war-kids-june-29th-fwa/ The Lakers bring home championship #15. Phil gets #10 ("X"), passing Red Auerbach for the most in league history. Kobe finally gets #4. And there were some loud chants at the victory parade of "Back To Back, Without Shaq!" There were also mostly smiling faces at Tool. http://culture.toolofna.com/2009-nba-champs-la-lakers/ After a tough loss in game 3, the Lakers are looking to rebound tonight. The fan's wanted a sweep, I even painted my broom handle purple and gold, but I guess that will have to wait until next season. Tonight's game must be another statement game, like the first game. The ... http://culture.toolofna.com/2-1-lakers/ On a very rare night, all the Tool reps-- LA, Chicago & NY-- were actually in the same place at the same time. And despite the warnings, it didn't rain. It was a great party. http://culture.toolofna.com/2009-aicp-party/ The Kingon Defense Academy website-- with "Neon Nurple," "Kingon Dance of Seudction," "Dozarian Flat Tire" and the rest training films Geordie shot-- was recognized by FWA in their June 3rd Selection of The Day. We believe it to be the first FWA winner that includes both nipple twisting as "an ... http://culture.toolofna.com/bk-kingon-fwa/ During a night shoot for DIRECTV in Century City, Erich got to find out what it's like to work with Plant of the Apes' Colonel Attar (Michael Duncan Clarke), who is best known for saying, "Get your stinking hands off me, you damn dirty human!" "He is great to work with," ... http://culture.toolofna.com/colonel-attar-one-badass-ape/ At the CLIO 50, the Aaron Burr Got Milk? spot--that Erich was an art director on--received the CLIO Hall of Fame award, and then on Sunday, 3-time Indy 500 winner, Helio Castroneves, did the traditional winner's circle guzzle of milk straight from the jug. These events inspired the Tool office to open ... http://culture.toolofna.com/got-milk-paranoia/ Being a Nuggets fan is rough. Growing up in Colorado, the Nuggets always played second fiddle to the wildly popular and successful Denver Broncos. And I grew up watching this seemingly permanent underdog team battle the rest of the league and consistently fail to achieve, or even come close, to ... http://culture.toolofna.com/a-run-of-a-lifetime-for-the-nuggets/ For Geordie's Burger King Kingon shoot, we were given several Star Trek commemorative glasses. And while the Kirk, Spock and Nero glasses quickly disappeared right after the shoot, we have found ourselves left with an Uhura glass that we are unable to get rid of.   It would appear that, for some ... http://culture.toolofna.com/a-leftover-from-bk-kingon-shoot/ Game 5 was one for the history books. Every quarter, leading into the 4th, ended in a tie score. Both teams battled hard and the refs actually let them play. In the end, the Lakers came out on top. It was a combination of Kobe playing more of a decoy role ... http://culture.toolofna.com/lakers-take-a-series-lead-3-2/