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About jpoll3

Jake Pollard is a writer and artist. I have written copy for every type of media and every demographic. From newspaper, magazine and direct mail to websites, interactive media and weblogs, if it has words, I've written it. From annual reports to haiku. Corporate capabilities brochures to T-shirts. I've won awards and taught classes. I'm an expert at the conceptualization of ideas into words and visuals. I have a degree in Fine Art Drawing and Painting from the University of Georgia and a degree in Art Direction from The Portfolio Center. I've sold paintings in galleries in New York, San Francisco and Atlanta and have 20 years experience as a copywriter so I use both sides of my brain. I'm ambidextrous and loquacious. And really more humble than a blog makes me sound. It is after all shameless self promotion.

Drive My Car

Posted on May 31, 2021 by jpoll3

Lennon/McCartney Drive My Car opens the British release of Rubber Soul but was completely left off the American version and replaced with I’ve Just Seen a Face. Although Rubber Soul was the first U.S. Beatles album to have the same … Continue reading →

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Penny Lane

Posted on June 11, 2017 by jpoll3

Penny Lane Lennon/McCartney Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs Of every head he’s had the pleasure to know And all the people that come and go stop to say “Hello” On the corner is a banker with a … Continue reading →

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McDonald’s Superbowl spot

Posted on August 18, 2012 by jpoll3

McDonald’s Superbowl spot

This was an ad for McDonald’s that Rex Wilder and I did for the 1988 Super Bowl. It aired 30 seconds before kick-off of the big game. We watched it together Super Bowl Sunday at a sports bar in Chicago and when it started it got just the reaction we hoped for– total silence and attention from everyone present– until they realized it was just another burger ad of course. It got written up in Ad Age but the reaction at Leo Burnett wasn’t what we had hoped because we were in the United Airlines division and got this commercial in through a back door. The McDonald’s division at the agency was not amused that this spot ran without their foreknowledge.

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Paul is Retired, Miss Him, Miss Him

Posted on December 20, 2011 by jpoll3

Frankly, I’m amazed. Despite the countless denials and refutations by all the Beatles and everyone close to them ever since the “Paul Is Dead” story broke in 1969, there is a recent documentary that claims new evidence— attributed to George … Continue reading →

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My Sgt. Pepper’s

Posted on August 31, 2011 by jpoll3

I had been a Beatles’ fan since seeing them on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 so in the summer of 1967 I was eagerly awaiting the album to follow Strawberry Fields Forever, which I had heard late one night … Continue reading →

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Realtree T-shirts

Posted on August 30, 2011 by jpoll3

Realtree asked for some designs for casual tees for ladies who like to hunt. My wife Melanie did the designs. I supplied concepts and slogans. Here’s what we came up with: Giving new meaning to the phrase “Trophy Wife”   … Continue reading →

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She Creatures

Posted on August 20, 2011 by jpoll3

Saw a movie last night called She Creature— not the 1956 version but one made in 2001. Surprisingly, I hadn’t seen it and I quite enjoyed it. It had a Grimm’s Fairy Tale feel to it. It reminded me of … Continue reading →

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The Other Best Concert I Ever Saw

Posted on January 10, 2011 by jpoll3

Led Zeppelin May 4, 1973, with over 49,000 people at sold-out Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium— the first show on their Houses of the Holy tour. My girlfriend and I made our way down the aisles of the stadium seats and made … Continue reading →

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The Best Concert I Ever Saw

Posted on January 8, 2011 by jpoll3

Ladies and gentlemen, the Rolling Stones in Knoxville, TN on 7/7/1972. The Stones were touring in support of their recently released Exile On Main Street album— their first American tour since 1969. This was the Stones at their best. Most … Continue reading →

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Nowhere Man

Posted on January 3, 2011 by jpoll3

Nowhere Man was a major breakthrough for the Beatles as songwriters because it was the first Beatles song that is not specifically a love song or a rock and roll number. With Nowhere Man John Lennon takes the first real … Continue reading →

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