[Organ music swelling] Last time on Sage of Persuasion:
Trivia: One artist who has capitalized off tying his music to particular brands is the artist Moby. Apparently, creativity runs in his family. Which famous author is he related to?
Answer: Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick [...]
[Organ music swelling] Last time on Sage of Persuasion:
Which Hollywood starlet’s father was a big time radio producer in the 1940s? (Hint, he would later create such prodigious television programs as The Today Show and The Tonight Show). Answer: Susan Alexandra aka Sigourney Weaver. Her father was Sylvester “Pat” Weaver.
The other day I did something odd. I walked into a bookstore and bought a book right off the shelf. It might have been peer pressure (Lindsey/Nadine!), or it might have been the bright red starbursts on the front and back covers (Brad’s favourite!). But really, I think I can chalk it up to 2 small words: Terry O’Reilly. Anyone familiar with this name will know they’re in for a treat with this book. An extension of his popular CBC radio show Age of Persuasion, O’Reilly waxes poetic on a variety of advertising topics. A consummate storyteller, he’s brought his A game with this offering, switching nicely back and forth from amusing anecdotes to advertising parlance to historical references. In an effort to organize all this in an aesthetically interesting manner, he uses “callouts” in the margins of each page to provide further information. [...]
