My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, radio, the movies and more. I love them, and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this the View from the Phlipside. Let’s be honest, here in her hometown there isn’t much discussion of the genius... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – Vast Wasteland
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, radio, the movies and more. I love them, and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this the View from the Phlipside. It’s one of the most famous and quoted comments about television ever made. This... Continue Reading →
Books and Movies
God's War by Kameron Hurley - Hurley is a fine writer but the book leaves something to be desired. Looking into her philosophy explains some of it. She doesn't like what's referred to as "infodump". In simplest terms it means explaining the world in which your story takes place. As a consequence you spend the... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – Future of Newspapers
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, radio, the movies and more. I love them, and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this the View from the Phlipside. I’ve been chronicling the battle for the future of the newspaper here for a... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – Misuse of Language
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, radio, the movies and more. I love them, and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this the View from the Phlipside. All right people this week we’re going back to basics. The most basic level... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – RIP Sidney Lumet
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, radio, the movies and more. I love them, and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this the View from the Phlipside. Over the weekend we lost one of the great film directors of our time.... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – Who Gets Paid?
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, radio, the movies and more. I love them, and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this the View from the Phlipside. Once upon a time it was all so simple. The TV Networks produced or... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – 3D TV ads
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, radio, the movies and more. I love them, and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this the View from the Phlipside. Sometimes innovation can be mass produced. But more often than not it comes from... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – Worst Company in America
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, radio, the movies and more. I love them, and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this the View from the Phlipside. Given the image conscious nature of big business these days I can well imagine... Continue Reading →
My name is Bond, Jay Bond…
Things have been a little hectic recently around the Phlipside homestead recently. Lots of work and travel and stuff. So I suggested to my lady wife that we should take advantage of some bonus points that we'd built up with our favorite hotel chain (thank you Choice Hotels) and get away for a little while.... Continue Reading →