I’m Zack.
french quarter, new orleans, louisianna, 6:04 am
By trade I am an advertising executive. I have worked at top agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi and TBWAChiatDay on over a dozen Fortune 500 clients. Currently, I am living in Portland, Oregon and working at Wieden+Kennedy as a Strategy Director.
Moons ago, I was in the band Fight From Above, for which I played a low caliber of lead guitar. In our music video, I am the one pouring whiskey onto the 110 Freeway.
west hollywood, california, 11:37 pm, hand digitally rendered
I used to contribute to LAist, especially during baseball season, but now that Magic owns the team, I’m relaxed and can just watch the sport. It’s my zen garden.
I write this blog for fun and for no other reason. No I will not promote your product.
I am the creator of
Arrogant Nation,
Lane Fucking Kiffin, Bro,
Bowls Are For Salads &
You Can’t Sanction The Endzone.
I’ve survived melanoma twice. I don’t recommend getting it. If you do, I recommend living through it.
Oh yeah, there’s this…
THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS BLOG ARE MY OWN (AND SOMETIMES NOT EVEN MY OWN), BUT NEVER THE OPINIONS OF MY EMPLOYER. IT IS MY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND SHOULD NEVER BE CONSIDERED INFORMATION FROM MY EMPLOYER, OR ANY OF MY EMPLOYERS, PAST OR PRESENT. FRANKLY, I AM NOT SURE WHAT I WRITE HERE IS EVEN AN OPINION, RATHER THE EXPLOSIVE POSSIBLY FICTIONAL OUTBURST OF A BOURBON ENTHUSIAST. IGNORE ME AT ALL COSTS.
***For any agents, managers, reps or groupies, feel free to email me at lostangelesblog@gmail.com. That said, I love my job and don’t use this as a platform to make money, so it’s easy to say no to requests. But hey, never hurts to ask.***
cosmopolitan, las vegas, nevada, time unknown
Read your blog… you are hysterical..loved the food review of the Mexican
restaurant. Will read more later!
You should be a writer!
He is a writer!!
Really enjoyed reading your blog! You are sharp and quick-witted. Keep it up!
Hi Zack,
I wanted to reach out to you regarding some new Nike Sportswear that we have. Possibly interested?
Thanks,
Mariana Marron
sure, email me at lostangelesblog@gmail.com
hey from your cousin in Chicago….I just hung up with your mom…she told me about everything going on…your amazing…my Christine is 20 and is
heading to a concert lasting all weekend in michigan…she was just watching your video and was amazed…
take care xoxo beth and fam pellegrino battaglia
ok Christine said she is going to rothberry,mi…for a this weekend concert…
Hi Zack;
I just wanted to reach out to you to say that you need to use the “Douche” or “Douchy” more often. Its hip, funny and down right entertaining!
BDawg
i will douche out for you more.
that was awkward to write, huh?
Hi,
You should email me and say hello.
l8r,
Brad
You are amazing – I love reading your stuff !!! You are one talented guy!!!
Are you a writer? Do you allow guest posts? Nicely done, Steven.
you need a good hike
i hear 8709V238712M
this tells me you should do this one: http://daykations.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/stunning-and-unique-vista-of-pacific-ocean-at-end-of-long-hike/
you will learn something
please tell me what happens
An added benefit is the ability for the electronic smoker to smoke in virtually any place or any environment. Pubs, Clubs, restaurants, theaters
Hi,
Is there a pic of you on this website? Also, are you w/in the age of 21-29?
Fight fuckin’ On,
HoT
that’s me climbing out of the car with the jack daniels.
You’re fuckin hilarious. Keep it up. For once I’m actually keeping up with reading a blog. And it’s not sucking ass.
You always hear that guys named “Zack” won’t call after they have sex with you, but I’m not getting that vibe from you. This is a great blog. You’re hilarious. I left LA in 1998 and you are the first person to make me miss its ridiculousness.
well thank you. i always call people after i have sex with them.
Hey Zack,
I really like your blog.
Do you blog about music around LA?
I am a music industry major at USC and I produce electronic music, working with a variety of artists.
If you do blog about music, take a listen to my soundcloud.
-thanks
is your name Steven Zhu or ‘thanks’?
-[this-place-is-where-your-name-goes]
Hey Zach,
I am writing on behalf of (No Subject), a creative space located in Downtown Los Angeles. We put together events that seek to entertain, educate, and inform.
We are excited to announce our next event, THE GARAGE SALE. We have partnered with Subports and PortalMRKT (an innovative new m-commerce company that allows you to ‘text to buy’ products instantly), 15 of the cities most creative people, and put together an installation wall /text-to-buy store.
We would love if you could attend the opening night launch party at (No Subject). You can have a sneak preview of the installation!
We will be serving artisanal cocktails, music will be provided by Agency DJs, and there will be a photo booth section! The event really is something that needs to be seen, we hope you can make it.
We have attached the invite, please let us know if you have any questions!
Best,
Jackie + Chelsea
can you email this to me?
Your blog is fucking awesome. I played baseball at USC and after 2 arm surgeries, this is about the only thing that keeps me from wanting to kill myself.
right on bro.
I know this is a little late but I thought this was a sad attempt at being arrogant:
http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/10/20/sawhney-usc-now-stanfords-biggest-rival/
he’s got it coming.
your legacy lives on at SC, come join us at the 90 we’ll buy you drinks
i am fairly easily convinced of said endeavors so long as there is a good group and we keep it very arrogant.
Just found your blog and love it. I’m an SC alumni and left LA a year ago. You made me miss the strange yet beautiful irony the city is. Keep up the awesome posts.
like the blog.
Zack, you’re killing me – I cover music for LA Weekly, I totally need a new blog name, and I thought I was wicked clever w/ “Lost Angeles.” Apparently not, and while I find this most tragic, I am enjoying your posts (despite my considerable lack of interest in the sporting world). So, carry/fight on.
My frat is really interested in providing a service for your philanthropy event.
email me yo.
Hey Zack
You are introducing me to a new way of thinking, talking, walking, knowing, etcetcetcetc. I’ll try to catch up around Xmas.
Lee
haha, you have taught me quite a bit too
Been online since 1994
1st Blog I’ve ever followed
Fight on
This dude’s arrogantly ripping your arrogant style, brah: http://bygonebureau.com/2011/02/02/4-hour-dentist/
i cant even read it because it’s all columny and shit. but i play my own game. he can play his.
I recently stumbled across Lost Angeles and I’ve been incredibly impressed with how well written the articles are, as well as the in overall wealth of content. The in-depth analyses of University of Southern California athletics are fantastic and provide readers with a unique perspective on the current state of the Trojans. I am writing to request permission to every so often reprint an article or two from Lost Angeles and place it on my new website EverythingUSC.com. EverythingUSC.com is designed as a single website that contains University of Southern California merchandise, apparel, and tickets. Ideally, in addition, I would like to incorporate articles pertaining to the Trojans. In including any content, I will clearly credit the author and provide a link to Lost Angeles. Hopefully, the relationship would be mutually beneficial and would drive additional traffic, thus increasing the viewership of both our websites. Thanks for your consideration.
Shared your site with my USC Marshall MBA class… Great stuff, bro. LFK, bro.
Zack,
Your blog is the best thing next to actually watching a USC game. I’m getting all my buddies at Sigma Chi at USC to read your blog. I’m sure they will buy you a drink or two at the 9-hole.
rather have them bring me in for a drinking speech at chapter.
You my friend are the fuckin man…You drink like I do…And you hate the Bruins with the same veracity as I do…I will tattoo your blog address to the back of my eyelids so that I do not forget…Keep hunting the Bear…And a Lane Fuckin Kiffin to you as well!!!
Just read about your cancer on the Barkley stay blog and I want so say as going thru it myself more power to you for doing what you do… not only fighting bears…
i fight whatever they put in front of me. good luck in your fights as well. the ultimate bear, break its wrists.
I was born down the street from The Forum, had my first semester at SC during the Rodney King Invitational, worked in Pacific Palidsades, and had to leave LA in ’04. Your blog has made me miss the glorious clusterfuck that is the ciudad.
Keep it arrogant, keep it cancer-free, and we’ll see you next year for 13-0.
Never stop writing about ZBOW. You are brilliant. And I should know. I went to USC too. Keep it up.
PS. If you can tell me how your wife got you to watch the Bachelor, I think it would really help my own relationship.
High praise, thank you. My wife had friends over and they were screaming at the tv like I did during football games. I sat down and it reminded me of dating in high school.
Bitchin place.
Date that!
Hey Zack you should do recaps of Sweet Home Alabama also site below were from season 2 women..they are near all hotter chicks then the Bachelor women.
http://photos.al.com/mobile-press-register/2011/10/kristina_kraus.html
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Hey I’m a DG at USC and I saw you speak for our Lectureship event. Your hilarious blog encouraged me to start my own! Thanks!
awesome, good luck and don’t give up!
Zack you are so damn witty!! I’m pretty much smitten with this blog of yours!
~Olivia
I just recently discovered your blog through that Huffington Post link and you are f-ing hilarious! I love your Bachelorette recaps! I would actually like to read your recaps from the older seasons but it’s kind of hard to navigate through your blog and find these. Would be great if you could add links to those on the sidebar
a good tip is to take the link and just remove the 2
Hmm, not sure which ‘2’ you mean, but I found the first Bachelorette recap from last year by tweaking the link from the current recap, like this:
http://lostangelesblog.wordpress.com/2011/5/
– took me straight to May 2011. I will grab a glass of wine and start reading – can’t wait to see how badly you trashed everyone, love it!
hey zack, nobody gives a shit that you go to USC and are obsessed with your rivalry with UCLA (which I’ll admit you win when it comes to football…but that’s about it)
besides, football is only slightly more entertaining than watching paint dry (aka baseball) and most people go to college for a real education. congrats on being a writer. it must take a lot of brains, huh?
so why did you take the time to come here and read this and comment? also, why the pornographic fake email? it’s creepy to even type that word, dude.
do you think you could link me to your first article? its taking forever to find it
Why visitors still make use of to read news papers when in
this technological globe all is accessible on web?
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I’ve been plugging your blog on Facebook in great anticipation of the slaying of tarts…..can’t wait!!
Hey,
Where should we watch the game on sat? We just moved up ft san francisco. My husband went to macadams and wasn’t pressed with the crowd ( that night anyway).
T
Dear Sir:
Wish to make you aware of a UCLA Band-dork & life-long UCLA cop, who retired & chose to double-dip by becoming a USC cop. Our number 2 cop! Mayhem ensued, from his duplicity & incompetence. Please alert the SC community about this douchebag traitor. Some background & context can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Deputy-Chief-John-Adams-is-a-Treacherous-Treasonous-Traitor/564428250308715
Thank you, sir, and God bless you for showing us all the truth. Fight One!
Cal Hellstien ~ USC ’79 & ’81
Where did you go!? Lost without you!
Your English is really good.
Hi Zack,
Three things:
1. I love your bach caps – they are amazing and I don’t even know if I would watch the show if you weren’t recapping it.
2. I like that you spell Zack ZACK and not ZACH or ZAK or TSAK
3. I was very sad to find out you are a Dodger and SC fan, I think you should be able to get help for that.
Thanks!
I have to know what you think about Carly’s hand puppet depiction of Britt and her purple/pink lip stuffs. I have to know!!!
You are hilarious! Looking forward to the upcoming BachCaps, you make the show so much better. I hope they consider free lancing you on an “after the final rose”
Aww– no Bachelor in Paradise recap? You are the best. Did their nonsense not inspire you this time?
Dude, my arrogant USC-loving roommate and good friend turned me onto your blog in 2012 as a means to talk shit about the Stanford game, and I admittedly thought you were funny as hell. I read your take on the Stanford matchup every year and am now saddened to see that now that you are stuck in your self-described alternate universe where Stanford kicks your ass nine times out or ten (not exact numbers) you have retreated to writing about Jojo and Aaron Rodger’s loser brother because it makes for a great ice breaker when you’re opening a meeting with a yogurt company. I live in the Northwest too. It’s beautiful, and there are a ton of pussies here. Don’t be one. Write about football.
While I don’t work on yogurt, I certainly don’t need an icebreaker to do the job I love – which is advertising – not writing this blog for free. The blog came in a time where I cared a lot more than I do now. Honestly, I still watch, still support my team, but in the end, I’d rather just watch now. Not sure how to respond to the pussy comment, but I’m thankful my wife’s standards of being a man are deeper than writing poorly typed blog posts about USC football. While I don’t love writing about the Bachelor that much either, at least when I do, the readers don’t call me a “pussy” – a word I’m sure they admired at Stanford.
But in the spirit of your request, here’s my two line recap of the Stanford game: “As bad as USC gets, it is worse for the Cardinal, who need a school and foil with football cache to compete against to be relevant outside their campus. Without a USC capturing America’s attention, they are a footnote without a national title to claim during their recent, decade or so run of surprisingly good form that will be forgotten quickly.”
Now, may I go back to watching soccer and getting paid by my real job?