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. Time to note the passing of a man who held an interesting place in... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – Jamestown Writes Update
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. Almost two months ago a I mentioned a new media project that I was... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – Harry Potter
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 don’t do a lot of “reviews” on this program. There’s just too many... Continue Reading →
Stroke stories – Moving Forward
This will probably be the last story in this series. I'm about 90-95% back to normal. I've started back at the gym, the headaches have faded to tiny little things that come and go. Honestly I go hours without any trace of them. When I passed my post-stroke physical my doctor told me that 25%... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – Facebook E-mail
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. If there is one thing that the world wide web seems to be really,... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – Toyota Tundra 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. Given the number of times that I’ve taken an ad campaign to task on... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – Top Gear U.S.
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. American TV has a long history of borrowing program ideas from other countries or... Continue Reading →
Movie Time!
I've gotten a little behind in chronicling my movie watching so it's time to catch up. I'll keep them short(er) than usual. August Rush - (2007) This is a lightweight little movie about fighting for what you believe. The plot suffers from fairly large holes but the performances almost balance it out. I'll usually watch... Continue Reading →
Stroke stories – The Virtue I Lack
Patience. Everyone keeps reminding me. Healing, particularly of a serious problem, takes time. Take the time you need to heal, take it easy, don't push too hard, too soon, too fast. Be patient. Yeah, well... Every day is different. One day I feel good, the next day I'm wiped out. Is the overall trend towards... Continue Reading →
Stroke stories – Fear
I've picked up a new companion on my journey back to health. Fear. Not a debilitating, paralyzing kind of fear. Just a nagging irritant that colors everything I do. The good news on my stroke was that there was no obvious physical frailty that led to it. The bad news in that is that I... Continue Reading →