"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 – Inferno
Inferno by Dan Brown (2013) - Robert Langdon is back again using his knowledge of symbols to save the world. This time it is the philosophy of Transhumanism, which believes that humans need to enter into the process of their own evolution, that stands at the center of the threat. One genius has come up... Continue Reading →
Movie review – The Next Three Days
The Next Three Days (2010) - A community college English professor decides to risk it all to break his wife our of prison. She's been convicted of killing her boss but denies any guilt. All the appeals have failed and she has attempted suicide he begins to plan a jail break. The journey takes him... Continue Reading →
The Cyrus Thing, What Makes Great TV? and New Reading Models
"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 – More Forensics and Fiction
More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Writers Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly Answered by D.P. Lyle, M.D. (2012) - D.P. Lyle has worked as a consultant to TV shows like "CSI Miami", "House" and "Law and Order". He's also made quite a little cottage industry out of writing books about forensics science including a series of books where... Continue Reading →
Movie Review – Tortilla Soup
Tortilla Soup (2001) A retired Mexican American chef and the father of 3 adult daughters tries to find a way through life. They are all looking for love and struggling with new directions. Along they way they find their anchors in their family. So what's the worst thing I can say about this movie? It's... Continue Reading →
Bad Story Telling, Life with Cell Phones and Super Bowl Sales
"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 – The Crime of Julian Wells
The Crime of Julian Wells by Thomas H. Cook (2012) - What do you do when your best friend from childhood commits suicide? Julian Wells is a well known crime writer who specializes in getting inside the heads of some of the worst serial killers around the globe. Did his subject matter finally become too... Continue Reading →
Movie Review – Goodbye Mr. Chips
Goodbye Mr. Chips (MGM 1969) - Based on the novel of the same name by James Hilton (review) this is the story of the modestly talented but much beloved Mr. Chipping, an instructor at the Brookfield School in England. The book is a brief (40 pages!), sentimental look at the public school (what we Americans... Continue Reading →
The Coolness of Pod People; Here, Go Away; Rating the Internet
"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 →