...you get commercials like this stuck in your head: So has anyone ever worked for/with The Ad Council? Is this the best we can do, pro-bono wise? Oh, and while we're on the subject... When is "Cop Rock" going to come out on DVD? …
Turn Your Kids On To Jazz And Poetry
When you're writing to parents and asking them to involve their kids in the arts, the copy should sing. Thankfully, it does in this second phase of print ads from AmericansfortheArts.org and ArtsUSA.org. Click image to read larger version Other artists and thinkers in the series include Celia Cruz, Walt Whitman, Virgina Woolf and Homer. …
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Psalm 9:2
I was a bit startled to find the above leave behind when it was served with my on board breakfast yesterday morning en route from Anchorage to Seattle. I realize the US is a Christian nation, but there's a line here that Alaska Airlines willfully crosses. Their only out is the fact that this Psalm could be, and likely is, an intentional literary reference to the great state of Alaska (Denali means "the high one"). …
Back In the Saddle
I just returned from a two week vacation in Vancouver, BC and Alaska. It's the first real vacation I've taken in several years and the first and only break I've given myself from AdPulp since its inception in October 2004. While every trip to the Pacific Northwest is filled with natural beauty, one of the more memorable pleasures for me this time was stepping back from the machine. I did check email every few days, …