"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 →
On Pandering and Politeness
I have mentioned Pewdiepie before, the fabulously successful YouTuber who has literally made millions of dollars making videos about stuff he enjoys. Recently he put a video dealing with some of the negative comments he was seeing on his channel. It raises the interesting ongoing issue of the Internet concerning being a community. There are... Continue Reading →
The Creativity Project – Candy
In my ongoing attempt to keep the creative side of me flowing (which was the original purpose of this blog), I've decided to take on a weekly photo challenge. It sounded like fun, so I'm giving it a try. Photos on the blog are reduced to insure faster loading. So they actually look BETTER than... Continue Reading →
Movie – Night of the Hunter
Night of the Hunter (1955) - A travelling preacher with a dangerous past marries a the young widow of a thief who hid $10,000. He won't let anything stand in his way to that fortune. Director - Charles Laughton Starring - Robert Mitchum,... Continue Reading →
TVFTP Podcast 2/8/16
Podcast for the week of February 8, 2016 This week on the TVFTP podcast: One upon a time all your viewing choices were in a single place. With all the new sources (and costs) will we be missing the "good old days" soon? Super Bowl is over, game was boring, how about the ads? Finally,... Continue Reading →
Oscar Flap II, Super Bowl Ads and the Good Old Days
"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 →
Book – Perfectly Broken
Perfectly Broken by Robert Burke Warren (2016) - A rock star whose headliner days are behind him moves to the country to raise his four year old son with his PR expert wife. They will face their past and future, their expectations and mistakes, and all the challenges of friendship. In the end it will... Continue Reading →
Max Garcia Conover – Tiny Desk Entry
Funny that suddenly I know two people who are both trying to snag a slot on NPR's "Tiny Desk Concerts"! Max Garcia Conover went to the same high school as my daughter. He is a very talented singer/songwriter. Here's "Nothing Money".
The Creativity Project – Black and White Landscape
In my ongoing attempt to keep the creative side of me flowing (which was the original purpose of this blog), I've decided to take on a weekly photo challenge. It sounded like fun, so I'm giving it a try. Photos on the blog are reduced to insure faster loading. So they actually look BETTER than... Continue Reading →
RIP Nichols, Elliott and White
Last week we lost several great folks in the media. A moment for each of them. Bob Elliott was part of one of the great radio comedy teams of all time, "Bob and Ray". With his partner Ray Goulding. Beginning as radio announcers at a station in Boston, they discovered a natural and easy style... Continue Reading →