Today's Guest: Mike Lynch, cartoonist. Regular Mr. Media listeners know that I have a special place in my heart for cartoonists and comics people. I admire their creativity and talent, of course, but I also envy their ability to wake up every day and invent a living from whole cloth. And probably no one... Continue Reading →
Chip Rowe, Playboy Advisor, meet Mr. Media, Playboy page turner! PODCAST INTERVIEW
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Chip Rowe has one of the greatest jobs on earth. He’s the Playboy Advisor. You know, the guy who gets letters from C.J. in Chicago that begin, “What is the proper way to tip a blackjack dealer?” Or maybe this automotive inquiry, from A.K. in... Continue Reading →
Marlise Kast offers a Tabloid Prodigy’s view! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Marlise Kast, author, Tabloid Prodigy: Getting the Gossip, and Selling My Soul in the Cutthroat World of Hollywood Reporting There are people who read supermarket tabloids and – aw, wait a minute. We all know everybody reads the tabs, why lie? And if there are that many readers, there have to be... Continue Reading →
Ex-High Times editor Mike Edison has fun everywhere he goes! PODCAST INTERVIEW
> In his new book, I Have Fun Everywhere I Go, Mike Edison does for sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll what Hulk Hogan did for wrestling! No, scratch that. Edison hates Hogan. Saying that will just piss him off. How about: Mike Edison does for sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll what Lennon &... Continue Reading →
Legs McNeil on The Ramones, Spin, Hollywood porno and more! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Legs McNeil, author, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, I Slept with Joey Ramone When Spin magazine started, its staff included two fascinating characters. First was Bob Guccione, Jr., the magazine’s founder and namesake son of the publisher of Penthouse. And then there was Spin’s senior editor, Legs McNeil. Legs McNeil!?!... Continue Reading →
Knight Foundation CEO Alberto Ibargüen on journalism, stuff! PODCAST INTERVIEW
With $2.6 billion in assets, the Miami-based John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is the 22nd largest foundation in the United States. Its mission is the betterment of the 26 communities in which it works and the promotion of journalism as a career and industry nationwide. The latter part of Knight’s mission is... Continue Reading →
94 David Andelman on A Shattered Peace–was WWII preventable? PODCAST INTERVIEW
David Andelman and I have been connected via the internet for the last few years. I frequently receive emails from people who remember me from CBS News or The New York Times, who want to reconnect via Facebook or network through LinkedIn. Unfortunately, I never worked for CBS News or The New York Times. And... Continue Reading →
87 What is Randall Lane’s P.O.V., anyway? INTERVIEW
Originally published July 21, 1997 Don't hate Randall Lane because he's arrogant. As editor in chief of P.O.V., a new men's magazine waging war in a brutally competitive marketplace, he makes a little attitude go a long way. Take P.O.V.'s all-out frontal assault on arch-rival Details, a 10-year-old magazine of choice for tattooed, body-piercing slacker... Continue Reading →
86 Chip Rowe, Playboy Advisor and Fringe Ziner! INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Chip Rowe, editor, The Book of Zines, Chip's Closet Cleaner, columnist, Playboy Advisor Originally published July 14, 1997 Chip Rowe is an expert in two fields. The first is sex. Every month he spends his days researching, studying and writing about the most obscure and most obvious elements of physical intimacy for one, two... Continue Reading →
84 US Magazine editor Barbara O’Dair dishes on celebrity! INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Barbara O'Dair, editor, US Magazine Originally published June 23, 1997 My first inkling that something was different about US magazine came as I settled into an airplane seat and reached into my briefcase for something to read. The airport newsstand was pretty thin and I had reluctantly settled for US. On the cover... Continue Reading →