Can't get texture to apply properly to my logo graphic?

I'm trying to add a vector textured effect to my logo in Illustrator CS3 on a mac. You can see in this image http://img3.imageshack.us/i/logoxo.png/ a preview of my vector logo along with the vector texture I'm trying to overlay. I just need the texture to crop to the logo and not appear in the background as shown in the image.
I thought I was doing this properly, but apparently not. Here are the steps I have taken with no success:
• Outlined the stroke border of the logo
• Selected the logo's stroke border edge, and cmd selected the overlaying texture layer as well.
• Tried every possible option in the pathfinder toolbar, including the "subtract from shape area" option, but no luck.
I thought this was the proper work method for doing what I'm trying to do, but I guess not. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm using Illustrator CS3 on an intel mac.
p.s. I did try doing the method described above by selecting my entire logo group (rather than just the outlined stroke edge), but still couldn't get it to work. I'm assuming I'm not grouping something correctly here, and that is why I can't get this to work.

- Here is the lettering highlighted after converting to compound path (I hid the white stroke layer, so only the blue part of the letters was being used): http://img97.imageshack.us/i/letteringcompactpathhig.png/
- Here is the texture highlighted after converting to a compound path: http://img819.imageshack.us/i/textureconvertedtocompo.png/
- After "subtract from shape" (and expanded) were done: http://img641.imageshack.us/i/aftersubtractfromshapea.png/
As you can see in the last pic, I'm left with an empty path. I just don't know what to do with it. I try adding a fill and that doesn't work. I'm just not familiar with using these empty paths like this so I have no clue what to do with it.
And to show you what my texture and logo layers look like (with arrow dropped down) prior to doing the pathfinder subtract:
- Here is the logo layers revealed: http://img502.imageshack.us/i/logtypelayersshown.png/
- Here is the texture layers revealed: http://img840.imageshack.us/i/texturelayers.png/

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