The God's Wife by Lynn Voedisch (2013) - Two young women fight for control over their lives separated by thousands of years but connected spiritually. Rebecca is a dancer in modern Chicago who has been tapped to dance the lead in a new version of Aida. Neferet is a 16 year old princess of Egypt.... Continue Reading →
No More Real Life, Hump Daaaaay! and Chasing Youth
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday just after 8 AM and 5 PM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract... Continue Reading →
Book Review – No Dawn For Men
No Dawn For Men - James LePore and Carlos Davis (2013) - "MI-6, knowing that something potentially devastating is developing, recruits scholar and novelist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien to travel to Germany to find out what this might be, using the German popularity of his children’s novel THE HOBBIT as cover. Joining him there is... Continue Reading →
Movie Review – Easy Rider
Easy Rider (1969) - The story of two free spirited drug dealers who think they've made the "big deal". On two brand new motorcycles they head for Mardi Gras in New Orleans. A classic "road" movie, Billy (Dennis Hopper) and "Captain America" (Peter Fonda) meet everyone from hippies at a commune, to an alcoholic lawyer... Continue Reading →
Statistics Rant, Turing Test and Whither Radio?
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday just after 8 AM and 5 PM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract... Continue Reading →
Review – Flashpoint: Sonic the Hedgehog
Ok, so this is something I've never reviewed here before - an audio drama. At the same time I am a long time fan of the old school radio dramas so the concept is pretty familiar. You see, boys and girls, once upon a time there was a world that not only didn't have the... Continue Reading →
Book Review – The Rockin' Chair
The Rockin' Chair by Steven Manchester (2013) - This is the story of the family of Alice and Big John McCarthy. It is a touching story of a family that has never mastered the art of being family. When Alice dies patriarch John finds himself without the buffer of his beloved wife between himself, his... Continue Reading →
Movie Review – Exodus
Exodus (1960) -Following World War II the push for a Jewish homeland moved into high gear as Holocaust survivors attempted to leave Europe and return to Palestine. Here a group of 600 Jews are smuggled out of one of the British detention camps on Cyprus to a tramp steamer re-named "Exodus". Their goal is to... Continue Reading →
Book Review – Be The Monkey
Be The Monkey - Ebooks and Self-Publishing - A Conversation Between Authors Barry Eisler and Joe Konrath This is a different kind of book about the new different kind of books. Eisler and Konrath are successful authors who are making money (even serious money) by publishing digitally. The book is the record of a live... Continue Reading →
Movie Review – Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) - Nerdy musician Nick (Michael Cera) is in love with alpha girl Tris (Alexis Dziena). Sadly for him they went out for 6 months, she cheated on him the whole time and then dumped him. Nick is still mooning over her and sends her mix CDs of indie rock... Continue Reading →
