Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of women I dated and hated… and hated some more… in the new new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! It’s only March, but I’m ready to declare Mark Svartz’s book – is it fiction? Nonfiction? – the craziest effing book of the... Continue Reading →
Graphic novelist Peter Kuper pictures the Big Apple! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Peter Kuper, artist, Drawn to New York Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of stick-figure drawers who are blind to the difference between what they create and what artist Peter Kuper does… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! If you love the... Continue Reading →
Russell Hornsby takes Grimm pleasure in NBC hit! INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of evil characters from non-Grimm, fractured fairy tales who check the trades daily for guest starring roles on the NBC drama – I’m looking at you, Boris & Natasha… in the NEW new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! How crazy is the NBC... Continue Reading →
On Grimm, Warehouse 13, actor Sasha Roiz wins fans, enemies! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Sasha Roiz, star, "Grimm" Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of grim fairytale fans who are just learning that “Grimm” is not the name of the biography of The Thing from the Fantastic Four… in the NEW new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Actor Sasha... Continue Reading →
864 Writer Bruce Jay Friedman shares career luck–and great stories! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Bruce Jay Friedman, author, Lucky Bruce, Steambath, The Dick, The Lonely Guy, Splash, Stern Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of famous writers, brand name celebrities and their heirs who are mentioned in Lucky Bruce and are standing by to see what Mr. Friedman might say about them... Continue Reading →
Half-Past Dawn? Richard Doetsch may be America’s best! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Novelist Richard Doetsch, author of Half-Past Dawn and The 13th Hour. Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of lazy writers who can twist in the wind but they’ll never twist your mind in print like Richard Doetsch will… in the NEW new media capital of the world, St. Petersburg,... Continue Reading →
Rise of the Planet of Novelist Joel Fishman: Primacy apes talk! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience who can type but they can't write worth a damn… in the NEW new media capital of the world, St. Petersburg, Florida! I wasn’t really sure about the right way to introduce today’s guest, Joel Fishman. Ultimately, I opted to be straight forward, so... Continue Reading →
Novelist Jess McConkey isn’t who she thinks she is…! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of ambitious women with one straw poll foot in Iowa and the other in Minnesota… in the NEW new media capital of the world, St. Petersburg, Florida! Love Lies Bleeding did not sound, on the face of it, like a novel I’d like to... Continue Reading →
933 Joseph Dorman makes Sholem Aleichem docu zing like a Fiddler on the Roof! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Joseph Dorman, documentary director, Sholem Aleicheim: Laughing in the Darkness Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of 16-year-old boys in heavy fake beards all speaking in high school Yiddish accents… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Part 1 of 4 I owe my... Continue Reading →
824 Legal author Scott Turow on the Ultimate Punishment! INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Scott Turow, novelist, author, Presumed Innocent, Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty (Originally published in the St. Petersburg Times, September 23, 2003) ST. PETE BEACH - A lunchtime speech about capital punishment isn't easy, even for a bestselling crime novelist like Scott F. Turow. "I have yet to hear a... Continue Reading →