Let this be the year of itchy, wonky, hand-knitted acrylic holiday ads
Famous Campaigns’ James Herring is about as sick of holiday AI, and AI in general, as I am, which is about as much as everyone else seems to be. In …
Welcome Back to the CGC VAABC: Pattern Recognition, Chapters 13-21
That’s right, bookworms, it’s time once again for the Caperton Gillett Creative Vaguely Advertising-Adjacent Book Club (CGC VAABC). Last month, we were introduced to our heroine, Cayce Pollard, and mysterious …
Ads I Wish I’d Made: Products for Every Bodily Fluid Edition (mostly SFW)
In a past Ads I Wish I’d Made, I highlighted Adam Greenberg, the Diaper King of Chicago, because even though the billboards themselves weren’t terribly creative or conceptual, they did …
From the Vault: Meet the Voices Behind Those Political Ads You Love to Hate
This campaign season, these are the voices in your head. A classic from the vault: This piece was published in March of 2016 — yeah, that 2016 — on MTV …
If WBHM sounds stupider, it’s not their fault.
If you find yourself listening to WBHM, and suddenly someone refers to the “Gulf of America,” it’s not their fault. October 1 saw enforcement of the Gulf of America Act, …
Welcome to the CGC VAABC: Pattern Recognition, Chapters 1-12
The day has arrived: the first discussion day of the inaugural Caperton Gillett Creative Vaguely Advertising-Adjacent Book Club (CGC VAABC). It’s time to discuss this book that, theoretically, we’ve all …
Upgraded writing tips for 89-octane writer’s block
I’ve written in the past about tips for writer’s block a la creative copywriters — that particular varietal of writer who does get writer’s block but doesn’t have the luxury …
Thoughts I’ve had about 9/11, and people, and humanity
After the Twin Towers fell on 9/11, rescue dogs searching the rubble for survivors started becoming dejected at not finding living people to save — so much so that their …
Unrelated to advertising: Dolly
My almost-complete lack of a Southern accent might belie the formative years of my life in East Tennessee, and visits to Dollywood made, and sheer volume of rock candy consumed, …
Introducing the Caperton Gillett Creative Vaguely Advertising-Adjacent Book Club (CGC VAABC)
Do you wanna do a book club? C’mon, let’s go and read. Together. Fun stuff. Books that are (as suggested by the name of the club) vaguely advertising-adjacent, but not …