Slow Down
How to slow down your life…right now…just as soon as I see what my Starbucks name is… In what is definitely solid proof that the Internet (and Starbucks for that matter) is a place of endless possibilities, some brilliant dude or dudette has created a name generator that simulates the experience of having your name […]
Summer Dining Series: Heavenly Kosher
The next great dining destination is just down the 101 Freeway, perfectly centered between downtown Los Angeles and Santa Barbara: Oxnard. Okay, so where am I? I am stuck in my Cohiba-soaked loft overlooking the hustle of the City of Angels. Crumpled sheets of typewriter paper building in the trashcan. Another assignment staring me down; […]
Notes from a Tinseltown Weekend
Okay, so where am I? Top left and around: Taylor, Seacrest, Nick Jonas, Ludacris, me, Iggy, the red carpet, Pia Toscano, and my credential. I’m in Hollywood getting ready to fly out on another top secret media campaign. Well, not so top secret, more of a non-disclosure, which binds my silences. Before the free drinks […]
Catching up with Margrét, My New Favorite Amazon Model
Margrét, my “New Favorite Amazon Model” has become some sort of a cult hero in the Media Guy Struggles Pantheon of characters. Ah yes, Margrét. Many hold her in the highest regard after an appearing in my number one all time story: Nude Modeling. Funny you ask because just hours before I left for my […]
Backstage at the Oscars: 2015
Reason no. 1,341 why I love writing the annual “Oscars Backstage” column: My agent. I need a slightly smaller version of this one! Last year, I reported on my tear-inducing plea to my agent imploring him to draw a map for me so I could be in a position to bring him that wondrous eight-pound […]
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 […]
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 […]
