covid Back on set It's strange being back on set for commercial shoots. The past two weeks were a very intense time, 12 hour shoot days, our director cramming in as much as humanly possible and sometimes inhumanly, too. I had to get two rapid result Covid tests as this is protocol
writing Fugacious advertising Last night, my daughter was watching live TV and a commercial I wrote came on the air. For the past two months, she's heard all it entails to bring something like this to life. Approving the voice over by the copywriter and in some last minute instances rewriting
advertising New advertising work My first campaign launch as a CD at a new ad agency. Roman Coppola directed.
lou reed New York's closed. Come back some other time. Long before I lived there or even spent time twice a month there working on radio spots, I had been to New York lots of times for family trips. It was a hop skip and a jump from Pittsburgh. Sometimes we'd fly, other times we'd drive.
qanon CVB, New Roman Times, QAnon, and Walter Kirn In 2006 Walter Kirn published a serialized novel on Slate.com called The Unbinding. While major literary figures from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Dostoevsky And Armistead Maupin published major works in this format, when Kirn's novel appeared on Slate.com, it may have been the first to
lucksmiths Music is subjective except when it isn't. After working January 2nd to April 5th without a day off, thecampaign that led me down to South America and other parts unknown has finally launched and the first spot is out. I'm already anticipating taking time off after the second spot is finished to clear my head
wire Wire and other palette cleansers "The island monkeys love the dark No one is home, they've gone for a walk The island monkeys love the dark No one is home, the chemicals talk" One of the best shows I've seen, easily in the top ten, was Wire at the
dogs The stray dog dreams of home Writers write about what they know. It's a mantra repeated so many times it's downright cliché. But it's there for a reason. It's also incredibly misinterpreted. In college writing classes, writers took this to mean "write biographical events." Problem is
luna Story #6 "Superfreaky Memories" -- Luna "Now the years are rolling by and you don't get any wiser And the years are rolling on but you're going round and round And these superfreaky memories have put me in my place But my superfreaky memories are gone without a trace." At
