Oscars Week 2020: My Picks
2019 Oscar winner Mahershala Ali during Saturday rehearsals. I wasn’t able to get the Las Vegas this year to double down on my incredible streak of picking Oscar winners. In sports gambling, they say if you pick sixty per cent winners, you’ll be rich. My success rate of picking winners? How about 57 out of […]
The Best and the Worst of the Super Bowl LIV Commercials
Photo: Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images Okay, so where am I? Let’s just say that The Comeback Chiefs just scored three touchdowns in the final few minutes in Miami to earn their first Super Bowl win in 50 years. That ought to narrow it all down. On Sunday, huge brands like Tide and Pepsi once again spent […]
What I Learned from Professional Wrestling
Last week marked the another death from one of my childhood legends, Rocky Johnson. He was one of the first black wrestling champions (in fact, the first tag team champion) and brought class to sport that is seldom know for that characteristic. RIP Rocky Johnson. Saturday mornings were never the same without you. His death […]
The 43 Postcards Project: Saint Petersburg
To kickoff 2020, I’m adding intriguing visuals from my trip around the world, my 43 Postcards Project from my lifetime of travels. So far, my quest has taken me to places familiar and others remote, in 43 countries and counting, from the deep Pacific to the deserts of the Middle East to the snow-crusted landscapes of […]
The 43 Postcards Project: Moscow
To kickoff 2020, I’m adding intriguing visuals from my trip around the world, my 43 Postcards Project from my lifetime of travels. So far, my quest has taken me to places familiar and others remote, in 43 countries and counting, from the deep Pacific to the deserts of the Middle East to the snow-crusted landscapes of […]
The 43 Postcards Project: Finland
To kickoff 2020, I’m adding intriguing visuals from my trip around the world, my 43 Postcards Project from my lifetime of travels. So far, my quest has taken me to places familiar and others remote, in 43 countries and counting, from the deep Pacific to the deserts of the Middle East to the snow-crusted landscapes of […]
GREENLIT! A New Media Guy Book
Okay, so where am I? I am doing a little happy dance because I’ve been GREENLIT! Yes indeed, my little pitch about writing a book on the wacky, wild, and sometimes great Kontinental Hockey League has been accepted for a 2021 publish date by Penguin Random House Canada. I mean, who would have thought that […]
The Biz: Curating In-Store Music
In the last two installments of The Biz, I told you origin stories about my life in the New York ad agency world, including fake vampires, Schlep-Rock bosses, phone stabbings, death threats, and furniture throwing. Just in time for Black Friday, I take you inside the in-store shopping experience, specifically the music that plays while […]
The Biz: Being Great is More Than Luck
Okay, so where am I? Today I’m in the office. I’m in “grinder mode.” Actually, I’m in Finder/Minder/Grinder mode. I’m sure you up and comers know what grinder mode is, right? (If you don’t, you should.) Let’s go over the definitions… Finders—these are your sales and marketing types. From finding your audience to positioning your […]
Eating Alone Can Be Your Virtuoso Moment
Okay, so where am I? I’m at a local eatery working, of course, on finding the next big idea. The last few years have been fruitful on my pursuit of these grand plans for advertising and marketing grandeur. It never stops. But the quest for being great should never stop. Employers and businesses want that. […]
