Back in 1997, I started doing something a little different on the Saturday morning version of my morning program on WWSE-FM in Jamestown. In the 9 AM hour, I started doing little interview segments. I was being approached by artists who were going to be in the area, or if they had something new to... Continue Reading →
TVFTP July 11
"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 →
Pewdiepie, Useful Tech, Copyright Madness
"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 →
Remade movies, Books With Music and the End of Voicemail
Podcast for the week of March 21, 2016 This week on the TVFTP podcast: At some point, we will have to stop remaking movies over and over again. Oh, and eventually Harrison Ford has to stop being Indiana Jones. When old-line media takes advantage of new media opportunities, they deserve a pat on the back.... Continue Reading →
The Sound of It, Book Music, Remaking Movies
"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 →
Grumpy Old Folks, No Oscar for Max and the Record Industry
"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 →
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".
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 →
Dirty Metal Lefty Video
I've met some wonderful people since we moved to Richmond. Doc Thomas, known as Dirty Metal Lefty, is an amazing local musician that I met at a party of a mutal friend. She impressed me that night and continues to do so when I see her videos. Doc is trying to get a slot on... Continue Reading →
Movie – Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger - The Power of Song (2007) - Documentary of the life and music of folk singer and legend Pete Seeger. The very first record I owned was Pete Seeger. Out of that grew a lifelong love of folk music and a belief that music can make a difference in the world. So I... Continue Reading →