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      • Stories Campaign
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    • Governor's Driver
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    • Little League Odyssey
    • Rust Belt Kitchen >
      • Pittsburgh Sports Memories
    • Ride or Die - Easter 2022
    • Scenes from a Funeral Day
    • Recipes from a Rancho Cordova Kitchen
    • Action Heroes on Mt. Parnassus
    • August Slipped Away to a Moment in Time
    • The Carter Family Right Down in Your Blood
    • The Gods Speak Thru Emmylou
    • Neverland, Midtown Sacramento 1990s
    • Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
    • Melinda's Magic Pussy
    • Fear & Loathing in Carmichael
    • Airplane Wreck, 1986
    • Avalanche on Mt. Tallac, 2005
    • Lost & Found in the Black Rock
    • Jimmy Bravo's Big Pitch
    • Quiet Wisdom of Miss Betsy
    • Finding Nigel, Part 1
    • Finding Nigel, Part 2
    • Huck Finn Fever Dream
    • A Hungry Dog Goes Farther
    • Going to the Symphony on Drugs
    • Booze Cruise
    • Double Down Throwdown, Bro!
    • Sages of LA Nightlife
    • Independence Day, 2016
    • Dumb Luck Happenstance
    • Fable of Orson Grisby
    • Rodent Jihad!
    • Little Pink House in Louisville
    • Hung Be the Heavens in Scarlet
    • The Island of California
    • Ichiro, What is the Meaning of Life?
    • Chasing the Ghost Clemente
    • So Long Say Hey Kid
    • Ball Games & Clocks
    • Diary of a Career Path Death Wish
    • The Anti-Epiphany of Raider Fan
    • Atonement Has No Statue of Limitations
    • The Colonel's Epic Round
    • The Hunger Artist
    • Fragments & Memories
    • poems
  • Go Wide
    • Reading Room
    • Desportes
    • Capers, Crimes & Bad Decisions
    • Joker
    • Eccentricities
    • Flavor Town
    • Tipple
    • Flicks
    • Mind Games
    • Artsy
    • Tunes
    • Type Geek
    • Printing Craft
    • Science-y
    • Nooks & Crannies
    • Photog
    • Memory Hole
  • Studio
    • Welcome
    • Communication
    • Process
    • Value
    • Identity
    • Branding + Media >
      • Brand Fetish
      • Your Grandfather Drank Hamm's
  • Portfolio
    • Brand Identity
    • Marketing Materials
    • Advertising
    • Copywriting >
      • Stories Campaign
    • Websites
    • Publications
    • Event + Fun
    • Food + Wine
    • Illustration
    • Architectural Sketches
  • Client Proofs
  • Cowtown Stories
    • Governor's Driver
    • Ghost Town, Nevada
    • Little League Odyssey
    • Rust Belt Kitchen >
      • Pittsburgh Sports Memories
    • Ride or Die - Easter 2022
    • Scenes from a Funeral Day
    • Recipes from a Rancho Cordova Kitchen
    • Action Heroes on Mt. Parnassus
    • August Slipped Away to a Moment in Time
    • The Carter Family Right Down in Your Blood
    • The Gods Speak Thru Emmylou
    • Neverland, Midtown Sacramento 1990s
    • Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
    • Melinda's Magic Pussy
    • Fear & Loathing in Carmichael
    • Airplane Wreck, 1986
    • Avalanche on Mt. Tallac, 2005
    • Lost & Found in the Black Rock
    • Jimmy Bravo's Big Pitch
    • Quiet Wisdom of Miss Betsy
    • Finding Nigel, Part 1
    • Finding Nigel, Part 2
    • Huck Finn Fever Dream
    • A Hungry Dog Goes Farther
    • Going to the Symphony on Drugs
    • Booze Cruise
    • Double Down Throwdown, Bro!
    • Sages of LA Nightlife
    • Independence Day, 2016
    • Dumb Luck Happenstance
    • Fable of Orson Grisby
    • Rodent Jihad!
    • Little Pink House in Louisville
    • Hung Be the Heavens in Scarlet
    • The Island of California
    • Ichiro, What is the Meaning of Life?
    • Chasing the Ghost Clemente
    • So Long Say Hey Kid
    • Ball Games & Clocks
    • Diary of a Career Path Death Wish
    • The Anti-Epiphany of Raider Fan
    • Atonement Has No Statue of Limitations
    • The Colonel's Epic Round
    • The Hunger Artist
    • Fragments & Memories
    • poems
  • Go Wide
    • Reading Room
    • Desportes
    • Capers, Crimes & Bad Decisions
    • Joker
    • Eccentricities
    • Flavor Town
    • Tipple
    • Flicks
    • Mind Games
    • Artsy
    • Tunes
    • Type Geek
    • Printing Craft
    • Science-y
    • Nooks & Crannies
    • Photog
    • Memory Hole
It's good to step back from day-to-day work periodically and think about how it fits into the larger picture. The pieces below explore how people relate to branding, advertising and media and the place they occupy in contemporary culture.

Brand Fetish:
Magic Power and the Moment of Belief
Not another long winded celebration of 'branding' from a self satisfied marketing guy. There's more gained from looking at the contrary side, the underbelly of branding.  Read more.
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Your Grandfather Drank Hamm's:
Brands, Ancestors & Ephemeral Time
An old photograph prompts this meditation on what brands mean in our lives and its role in our most cherished memories.  Read more.
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