by admin | Nov 11, 2014 | Pale Hose Blog
On June 21st, 1980, my friend Chris and I attended the Texxas World Music Festival (more familiarly known as the Texxas Jam) at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The show featured the Eagles, Foreigner, Cheap Trick, a pre-I Can’t Drive 55 Sammy Hagar, April Wine and...
by admin | Jul 21, 2014 | Pale Hose Blog
Welcome to the 2014 edition of What The Tour de France Can Teach You About Advertising. While last year’s edition never got published due to my general dismay with pro cycling, you can see previous editions here, here, here, here, and here. In a three-week stage...
by admin | Apr 18, 2014 | Pale Hose Blog
As frequent viewers of this show may have noticed, I like beer and spend a great deal of time thinking about it and writing about it. On occasion, when I can surreptitiously skim a few bucks out my kid’s college money, I even buy it and drink it. And, when it...
by admin | Feb 3, 2014 | Pale Hose Blog
Welcome to the 2014 Super Bowl Ad Awards For The Non-Poetic! Super Bowl XLVIII is done, the Seattle Seahawksare the Super Bowl champions, Joe Namath’s coat is aggressively humping his leg before curling up to sleep at the foot of his bed, and it’s time to...
by admin | Sep 24, 2013 | Pale Hose Blog
When I was in high school, it seemed like every afternoon as I drove home, one of the two rock radio stations in town would play AC/DC’s Highway To Hell. While never much of an AC/DC fan, the juxtaposition of the song coming on the radio as I made my way home...
by admin | Jun 10, 2013 | Pale Hose Blog
First off, thanks to everyone who checked in and voiced their concern about our well-being in the aftermath of the May 20th and May 31st tornadoes in the central Oklahoma area. We were well north of the Moore storm (if one can consider 12 miles “well...
