Rarely do I get to write a blog post about one thing that attaches so many things I love all at once, in this case, namely marketing, movies and fine timepieces. Back during South by Southwest I got to see the world premiere of the movie “Source Code,” in which actor Jake Gyllenhaal wears a […]
Archives for April 2011
Her Name Is Yukimi
My favorite new band is Little Dragon. We’ve been playing them for some time on Chillville, and they recently stole my heart with their performance at South-By-Southwest. At the center of the group is Yukimi Nagano, who is described as “Swedish-Japanese” on the band’s Wikipedia page. We (the Chillville show) had presented their show at […]
DC Countdown is ON
So I am only a few short days away from my big trip to Virginia/Washington DC. It’s sorta crazy that I have made it all these years without ever being to our nation’s capital. One of my favorite parts about this crazy, semi-charmed sorta life that I get to lead is that I can parlay […]
When To Fire A Client
One of my business partners, Dave Young, passed this along to all of us in the Wizard Of Ads group. We pride ourselves on being able to trigger dynamic, exponential growth for our owner-operated clients. But the truth is that, very often, we realize that some clients just aren’t going to be able to hold […]
Broadcast Pranks Of Yore
Many of my long-time readers know that my roots in broadcasting run deep. I started knocking around radio stations before I could vote or buy alcohol (legally anyway). And while I haven’t done radio full-time since 2003, I continue to host a specialty music program called Chillville, which airs Sunday mornings on Austin’s alternative rock […]