David Altschiller
Author
Language
English
Description
Like the movie industry, advertising is better and worse than you think. It is the home of brilliant creative minds, and some of the worst scoundrels you're likely to meet.
You'll come face to face with them through my eyes.
I'll take you from my early years as a fledgling copywriter to a long career as a creative head and agency owner. I'll introduce you to the dozens of people I was lucky (or unlucky) enough to make commercials with: Ray Charles,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Home is a Sewer is a book about growing up in New York City in the 40s and 50s and about the role street games played. The games open a window on the times, on the relationship between parents and children, on neighbors and neighborhoods, on bullying, on favoritism, on cheating, and petty sadisms, and on the democracy among children that developed in the streets. The book is, meant to make us remember, and help us explain our childhood to our children...