Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
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 →
I was all set to be really upset this weekend. Did not see what I wanted to see when the scale gave me the numbers. After two good weeks, a step back. Then I remembered. Super Bowl AND my birthday in the same week. Suddenly the number wasn't so terrible. It isn't good but I... 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 →
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 →
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".
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 →
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 →
Ponyo (2008) - A goldfish princess falls in love with a little boy and does everything in her power to become a girl to be with him. More Miyazaki magic. The attention to detail, the outstanding storytelling, always an a top quality voice cast. I'm not sure how to communicate the wonder of a Miyazaki... Continue Reading →
Podcast for the week of February 2, 2016 A week where we remember a beloved character actor and also remind everyone to double check before sharing a death notice! Believe or not there are limits for how far the media is welcome, even for me. Two items in the week's news point to those limits... Continue Reading →
Does two weeks qualify as a streak? Second week with positive movement. Which means it's time for my biggest enemy to make his appearance. The Inner Critic. It's that internal voice that delights in telling me that I'm going to fail. That I'm not good enough, not smart enough, not talented enough, not good-looking... Continue Reading →
