Why isn’t packaging this hot anymore?
I remember going to dad’s office – he was Mr. Public Relations once upon a time – and watching the secretaries change the ribbons in the typewriters. (I wonder how many of us actually used a real typewriter in our lifetimes.) Anyway the best part of them changing the ribbons was they gave me the […]
The Anti-Sweetheart
Last time I talked of the pleasure of meeting up with Diane Lane. This time, the anti-sweetheart of the ad world is chronicled. You don’t know him by name, but you know his type oh too well. He’s the kind of guy who can ruin Valentine’s Day, Christmas and the Fourth of July in the […]
World Portraits: Sandstone Citadels
In the southeast corner of Arabia lies the Sultanate of Oman, a charming blend of the old and new. Near its capital in Muscat is one of the most amazing sites: immense sandstone citadels that were carved naturally from the wind and have petrified over the last four centuries to remain in nearly the same […]
A Morning with Diane Lane
Connor ‘The Highlander’ MacLeod. George W. Bush. The Media Guy. What do these characters have in common? They’ve all had relationships with the ageless Diane Lane. (Yes I know, some more brief than others). For a woman who was born to October 1957 Playboy centerfold Colleen Farrington, it’s no wonder that Ms. Lane possesses a […]
MGS Chat: BIJAN
IN MEMORIUM: BIJAN PAKZAD DIED ON APRIL 16, 2011. THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THE LAST INTERVIEWS HE DID (click here for the Los Angeles Times obituary). Bijan Pakzad’s sophisticated, bold, brash style made him a star in the world’s richest retail district and allows him to (sometimes) reveal his often hidden softer side, of […]
World Portraits: Charming
MOROCCO…Snake charming, one of the oldest professions of India, is making its way into the Middle East and delighting tourists and residents of the North African nation as of late. Armed only with their special flutes, street-side charmers hypnotize deadly cobras and audiences alike with their singsong tunes, while inducing silence from all who watch.
It’s On…!
Leave it to the marketing geniuses at Nintendo to get more publicity from its long time cash cow Donkey Kong. The company is trying to trademark the iconic phrase “It’s on like Donkey Kong.” Just the awareness alone is credited for making the recently released Donkey Kong Country Returns a big hit. There are also […]
