Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. 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 words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925) - The mysterious millionaire, Jay Gatsby, throws magnificent parties for the glitterati of the Jazz Age. Among the people swept into his life is his neighbor Nick, a young bond trader from the Mid-West, and Daisy, the great love of Gatsby's life. This was the first time... Continue Reading →
Free Enterprise (1998) - Two nerds who never grew up are still obsessed with the stories and movies of their childhood as they approach thirty. In this midst of their self-obsessed lives, they suddenly meet their idol. Directed by Robert Meyer Burnett Starring... Continue Reading →
From My Shelves is a series of occasional posts that look at items from my personal collection to which I have a special attachment. The Soul of a Business - Managing For Profit and the Common Good by Tom Chappell (1993) - There has been a steady market for all kinds of "business philosophy" books... Continue Reading →
The Sweet Smell of Success (1957) - A ruthless newspaper columnist and an unethical press agent conspire to ruin the life of a young musician to keep him from marrying the columnist's sister. Directed by Alexander Mackendrick Starring Burt... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. 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 words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
Too Like The Lightning by Ada Palmer (2016) - The 25th Century offers humanity's latest attempt to create a perfect society. It offers both the comfort of stratified roles with the option to exist outside those boundaries as well. All gender distinctions have been rejected. Status is based on technological/economic competition that is equally stringently... Continue Reading →
The Law (1959) - A beautiful young woman uses every tool given to her to make her way in a corrupt Italian fishing village. All the villagers are caught between the legal authority of the Don, and the local crime boss. Directed by Jules Dassin ... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. 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 words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
I have gotten to know some other writers over the last couple years. To break up the sound of my own voice on this blog, I thought I'd ask them to answer a few simple questions about their most recent work and how they create. This month is an author I met in a professional... Continue Reading →
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