Today's Guest: Sydney Finkelstein, author, Superbosses, Why Smart Executives Fail, Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, director, Tuck’s Center for Leadership Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Sydney Finkelstein by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full... Continue Reading →
1233 Two minutes with Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen, 1983! INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Rick Nielsen, lead guitarist for Cheap Trick. Cheap Trick live in concert on the German rock music TV show "RockPalast," 1983 In a telephone interview before Cheap Trick's December 4, 1983 concert at the Tampa Jai-Alai, google-eyed lead guitarist Rick Nielsen talked to me about the effect of the band's grueling schedule... Continue Reading →
The Beach Boys soul, Carl Wilson, remembered in bio! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Kent Crowley, author, The Beach Boys' Carl Wilson biography, Long Promised Road Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Kent Crowley by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of people who can’t surf but always envision themselves hanging 10 while singing... Continue Reading →
Country singer Madelyn Victoria vs. shallow dance floor dudes! VIDEO INTERVIEW, PERFORMANCE
Today's Guest: Texas country music singer Madelyn Victoria, whose latest single is "He Only Loves Me On The Dance Floor"; she sings two songs live, accompanied by guitarist Albert Vallejo. Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Madelyn Victoria by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a... Continue Reading →
Called to recharge AC/DC, Brian Johnson found the switch! PHONE INTERVIEW
(NOTE FROM MR. MEDIA: I recorded this interview with AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson on November 26, 1983 for a St. Petersburg Times print interview [published December 4, 1983] when I was the pop music writer for the newspaper. You can read the story below; the conversation itself is not my best work, although... Continue Reading →
RIP Stevie Ray Vaughan: Talking with tour manager about fateful night! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Mark Proct, former tour manager, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Fabulous Thunderbirds, author, Home Today, Gone Tomorrow: Snapshots from 40 Years on the Road – Austin and Back Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Mark Proct by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before... Continue Reading →
Elliot Mintz remembers John Lennon and the 1970s! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Elliot Mintz by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of professional interviewers who would give their left, uh, pinky for an archive as diverse and substantial as Elliot Mintz’s… in the NEW new media capital of... Continue Reading →
The Who songs, The Sixties re-examined in new rock history! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with rock music historian Mark Blake by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience that thought we were going to talk about The Who & The Nineties except that might leave us with a lot of dead air… in... Continue Reading →
In Mama’s Kitchen, Swedish country singer Hicks wants his fair share! INTERVIEW, PERFORMANCE
Today's Guest: Hicks, Swedish-based country music singer, performs two songs live, "Mama's Kitchen," "I Belong to You" Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Swedish country singer Hicks by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of Swedish country music singers who... aw heck, who... Continue Reading →
Singer Amy Rose is a naked, partyin’ redneck flirt! VIDEO INTERVIEW, LIVE PERFORMANCE
Today's Guest: Amy Rose, country singer, performs "Party Like A Redneck (Redneck Reunion)," "Show Up Naked and Bring Beer" Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with country singer Amy Rose, who performs her hit 'Party Like A Redneck (Redneck Reunion)' and her new single, 'Show Up Naked and Bring Beer,' by clicking on the... Continue Reading →