Super Bowl XLIX Commercials!
Super Bowl XLIX Ad Chart: Who’s Buying Commercials in Super Bowl 2015 All the Marketers, Agencies, Creative Plans and Backstories, as We Learn Them Psssst…first things first! Thanks to the AdAge team for the heads-up on this story. Secondly, if you need to see some of the spots before game day, go here. Now, on […]
Yippie Ki Yay: Notes and Videos from Tokyo
Just enough time before Christmas to squeeze in a few tidbits from my latest trip in Japan. So here I am knocking out the next season off Miss Pilot and in the middle of it I was called away to a wireless company prove how fast their data speeds are. How did I do it? […]
Spending $4 Million+ at ComicCon in 9 Easy Purchases
Do yourself a favor if you jump into the media world: Stay away from the bourgeoisie state of mentality. Shoot for the lowest common denominator. This is whats sells product…the masses. Get in touch with your inner 19th century French side and think of it this way: The Bourgeoisie are those who own the land, […]
Vision Dreams of Passion
Okay, so where am I? I’m in the middle of Hollywood with some interns (no, not Lewinsky-types, actual interns interviewing me for a Pepperdine University thesis they are writing for their masters degrees.) We were at a Starbucks because I was still reeling from losing $100 in the office pool. I bet all my M&Ms […]
OMG! A Sold-Out Burning Man
The real story for August is Burning Man. How many of you know Burning Man? You know, the annual festival devoted to radical self-reliance and self-expression…? Okay, so where am I? Well… I decided to make the pilgrimage to better understand a world I had immersed myself in, downtown Las Vegas, where Zappos CEO Tony […]
The Emmys? Fugedaboudit!
Okay, so where am I? So Monday night the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences handed out their beautiful statues at the Nokia Theatre. As always, the Emmys were a snore-filled snooze fest , but luckily there was a brightly shining stoned star who guided us safely through that never-ending mess. (**-more on that in […]
Bai Ling: Ice Queen
I remember hanging with Bai Ling as her “handler” at some random beauty pageant. For more on that, you’ll have to buy the book (that is, if I ever finish it!)… …as a handler, I knew she was a handful… So, just when you were starting to think that the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge hit […]
Penang: The Virgin Paradise
There’s something cooking in Malaysia’s virgin paradise, better known as Penang Island. Start with Kek Lok Si Buddhist Temple and never look back. As a matter of fact, eating is the single topic on everyone’s tongue from the minute you hit the beautiful tropical island. Despite its British roots—under British rule since its sultan gave […]
The Maneater
These days have been rather pedestrian. Conceptualize the campaign. Craft the copy. Art direct the graphics designers. Gain approvals. Go into production. Rinse and repeat. The life of the Media Guy isn’t always so tame and simple…especially with the cameras role. Ah, the drama. Perhaps the biggest drama what you encounter behind the scenes. In […]
Logos: Inside the Creative Lab
Famous last words: “Can you whip out the logo for new client today?!” Are you kidding me? “Whip out a logo?” It’s not as easy as it looks. Every person from the CEO to the janitor gets to weigh in on the new brand identity. It’s simple, right? Think again. There’s more to whipping out […]
