Catch a glimpse of Steven Grasse's mug in MTV's pimped out "Real World" house.

Steven Grasse's high-school rock band, Hair Club for Men, never made it big, but that doesn't mean the bass guitarist turned adman won't get face time on MTV.

It's long been a sore point that many companies in Philadelphia seem to look elsewhere to find an advertising agency, overlooking the hometown talent.

One of those "elsewheres" is Texas. And one of those agencies is the Richards Group, which last year snagged Wawa and, in May, Comcast Corp.'s telephone advertising. Not far away, in Austin, GSD&M is among six agencies vying for the Subaru of America account, now handled by TM Advertising (formerly Temerlin McClain) in Dallas.

Philly Shop helps Mountain Dew target with retro T-Shirts.

After years of exhorting consumers to "Do the Dew," PepsiCo's Mountain Dew has enlisted Quaker City Mercantile (formerly known as Gyro Worldwide) to Dew some duds. It's familiar territory for an ad agency whose own clothing lines have blossomed into brands with downtown cred.

Steven Grasse Announces the World's First Ever Full-Length Flash Animated Feature Film - The Bikini Bandits Save Christmas - The Sequel to the 2002 Raindance Festival Hit, Only this Time it's a Feel Good Holiday Movie.

Unless the Lil'Pimp movie beats us to market (which I don't think it will, its been sitting here like a turd on a shelf for the past 24 months), Bikini Bandits Save Christmas will be the first feature-length flash animated movie ever released. It will also be the first movie released from our newly formed production company Fuck Hollywood Productions.

"Quaker City Mercantile (formerly known as Gyro Worldwide) Gets 'Dew'-ded Up To Build Soda's Hipster Cred"

After years of exhorting consumers to "Do the Dew," PepsiCo's Mountain Dew has enlisted Quaker City Mercantile (formerly known as Gyro Worldwide) to Dew some duds. It's familiar territory for an ad agency whose own clothing lines have blossomed into brands with downtown cred.

Ultra premium gin on the rise.

Other signs come from the gin sector. As rum and vodka sales have enjoyed prolonged expansion, the gin portion of the white spirits market has been fairly flat. For the 52 weeks ending May 16, 2004, gin store sales were unchanged at $133 million, according to IRI.