Birds (advertisement) compositing video of the birds in their harnesses with video of the gliders in flight. Birds (advertisement) "Birds" is an award-winning television commercial for the Washington Lottery; it won a Silver Lion at the 2009 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, and "Best in Show" at the 2009 National ADDY Awards. "SHOOT" magazine placed it on their Top 10 list for Summer 2008. First broadcast in June 2008, it depicts three flightless birds—a penguin, a chicken, and an emu—being taken hang-gliding (the chicken and the penguin are shown wearing harnesses strapped to the chest of the glider pilots; the emu's harness
Masters of the Hemisphere and any number of other bands. In 2006 the Masters of the Hemisphere briefly reunited to play shows in Athens, Georgia; Lexington, Kentucky; and San Francisco. "Local Government", a song from "Protest a Dark Anniversary", was prominently heard in an environmental PSA that debuted on MTV on August 31, 2006. The Masters of the Hemisphere recorded a new album in 2010; released by Kindercore Records in 2011, the new album was entitled "Maybe These Are the Breaks". Masters of the Hemisphere Masters of the Hemisphere are an American indie pop group, founded by Bren Mead and Sean Rawls. The two