Today's Guest: Paul Brannigan, author, This Is a Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of guys in obscure Virginia bands who probably wish they were a lot nicer to Dave Grohl before he met Kurt Cobain and left most of them in the... Continue Reading →
Eagles biographer Ben Fong-Torres takes ’70s rock to the limit! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Ben Fong-Torres, author, Eagles: Taking It to the Limit Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of guys from Gainesville, Florida who claim Don Felder owes them ten bucks… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! How is it possible that 40 years have passed since... Continue Reading →
Barbara Walters talks on courage, Nixon and tough questions! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Guest Interview By Eric Deggans (2011) Sometimes, I like causing trouble. So whenever people ask me who is the most influential TV journalist of the modern age, I never say Edward R. Murrow or Walter Cronkite. I always say Barbara Walters. That's because she pioneered the mixture of emotion and news, serious and celebrity,... Continue Reading →
Anchorman Dan Rather shares memories of CBS covering 9-11! PODCAST INTERVIEW
By Eric Deggans Ten years later, what Dan Rather still remembers with vivid clarity is how it all began: spotting a wisp of smoke wafting from the upper floors of the World Trade Center while getting ready for work. Soon after, Rather was dressed and climbing the stairs of the anchor desk at the center... Continue Reading →
Ken Regan: All Access with Beatles, Stones, Springsteen! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience with tinnitus in both ears and no regrets… in the NEW new media capital of the world, St. Petersburg, Florida! Photographer Ken Regan was there when Bob Dylan meet Bob Dylan 2.0 – Bruce Springsteen – for the first time. And he was there when... Continue Reading →
Tampa Palms developer Ken Good reconsidered! PROFILE
(I read today that Tampa Palms developer Ken Good died on August 13, 2011, in Dallas. He had a profound and lasting impact on the Tampa Bay area in the late 1980s and I was reminded of a profile I wrote about him for the old Tampa Bay Life glossy magazine. I'm reprinting it here--as... Continue Reading →
Original MTV VJ Alan Hunter interview from 1983!
Today, August 1, 2011, is the 30th anniversary of the day MTV unleashed "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles on an unsuspecting world for the first time. Neither music nor television has been the same since. I remembered an interview I did 28 years ago with original MTV VJ Alan Hunter on July... Continue Reading →
And the War Came? Spy’s Jamie Malanowski connects the dots! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience that includes folks who still haven’t left my living room since the Tony Hendra interview… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Part 1 Writer Jamie Malanowski knows Abraham Lincoln! (Interview; 1 of 2) When I heard that Jamie... Continue Reading →
Harvey Frommer: Goodbye, damn Yankees! Hello, cursed Red Sox! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of Tampa Bay Rays fans who wonder how many years of pasting the BoSox it will take for Harvey to write ‘Remembering Tropicana Field’… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! As a Tampa Bay Rays fan, I wish we... Continue Reading →
Another Fine Mess: A serious look at funny movie history! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Image via WikipediaIf it’s a choice between watching drama or comedy, I always pick comedy.Why choose to get all weepy and sad when the other option is to fall off your chair laughing? I think the die was cast for me back in 1978, when Steve Goldin and I saw Animal House the night it... Continue Reading →