I cannot look at this photo and not crack a smile. The ursine-headed road-runners are, of course, Sweden’s own Teddybears; and judging by that M7 Harlem bus behind them (are they fleeing the front-loaded display ad of Katie Couric?) and the surrounding buildings, the road they’re running must be 6th Avenue/Avenue of the Americas.

Why the Teddys are jogging in full hitman-like black suits and oversized bear heads is beyond me. Possibly, they just finished laying a remix on some song, like the electro-guitar treatment they gave to the Bee Gees classic “Stayin’ Alive”, and felt the need to blow off some steam. Better than the usual bearish outlet of mauling someone, I suppose.

I’m thinking a natural fit for a future Teddybears collaboration would be a remix on their musical-motif cousins, Grizzly Bear. Veritable bruin-brewin’ in the recording studio.