Hard to believe but true. It really exists.
The blog is written by Dave Trott. Dave Trott is one of the true legends of UK advertising. He’s David Abbott’s equal. And Charles Saatchi’s equal. He says he’s not John Webster’s equal. I think he’s wrong.
But, unlike his aforementioned equals, Dave writes a blog. And it’s great.
Most ad blogs suffer from NOT being written by industry legends. Not Dave’s.
If you like free wisdom, you’ll love his blog.
12 responses so far ↓
Dave Trott // September 1, 2008 at 11:32 am |
Very flattering Vinny, but not true.
I’m not as good as any of those guys.
But that doesn’t mean I can’t beat them sometimes.
That was something I learned in New York.
It’s no fun beating people who aren’t as good as you.
The fun is in beating people who are bigger and/or better than you.
theescapepod // September 1, 2008 at 1:54 pm |
Dave,
well this is my blog, so what I say goes!
Heh! Yes, it is more fun to slay giants. Gets you a lot more PR too.
theescapepod // September 1, 2008 at 9:12 pm |
btw, didn’t you attend the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn?
Dave Trott // September 2, 2008 at 5:21 am |
Yup, that’s where I discovered advertising.
We had a class every week with two guys from Delehanty Kurnit & Geller.
(The guys that did Talon Zippers).
Then later on with Mike Tesch at Carl Alley.
(The guy who did the Fedex stuff.)
Then Lois Holland & Callaway.
Then I graduated and got a job as a deckhand on a freighter down to South America.
When I got back to NYC I worked at a breakaway from Jack Tinker: Kurtz Kambanis & Symon.
Then my visa ran out, and it was either go to VietNam or come home.
No contest really.
theescapepod // September 2, 2008 at 10:02 am |
A great time to be in NYC.
When I first came to this country i used to sneak into the Pratt library in Brooklyn to peruse their complete sets of both D&AD and One Show annuals.
I met Mike Tesch once at the Clios. We talked about his Carly Ally days. Nice guy.
dave trott // September 2, 2008 at 2:14 pm |
So you must have lived in Bklyn Vinny.
Unusual, most Brits only know Manhattan.
How did you like Bed Stuy?
It was quite hairy when I was there.
theescapepod // September 2, 2008 at 7:59 pm |
I actually lived in Queens.
I’m from Ireland and there was a big Irish community there. Sort of a Kilburn in NYC.
It was dodgy. The thing about New York is you can never really relax.
Dave Trott // September 3, 2008 at 4:45 am |
I know Queens was Irish because that was where all the cops lived.
I knew you were Irish.
When I say ‘Brits’ I mean it in the Jack Charlton sense: everyone’s got an Irish granny so they can play for Ireland.
theescapepod // September 3, 2008 at 9:03 pm |
Jack Charlton. A genius.
i lived in the most ethnically diverse postcode in the entire USA. very interesting.
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Alex Kambanis // November 21, 2009 at 7:07 pm |
Hey,
My names Alex. My father was Steve Kambanis. You worked with him??
theescapepod // November 21, 2009 at 8:16 pm |
who? me or dave?