If you read the comics in your daily newspaper, my guest today has probably touched your life. Spider-Man, Hagar the Horrible and Curtis all report to him at his day job as comics editor for King Features Syndicate. But by night—and weekends, no doubt—Brendan Burford is himself a cartoonist dedicated to the notion that... Continue Reading →
Don’t Stop Believin’ in karaoke’s ability to embarrass! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Brian Raftery, author, Don't Stop Believin': How Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Life There are only two places that I will sing out loud: number one, if I’m alone; and number two, if I’m driving somewhere with my son. I’ve been singing out loud to him since the first day I... Continue Reading →
Why CAN’T a man be more like a woman, Sandra Beckwith? INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Sandra Beckwith, editor, The Do(o)little Report Originally Published February 3, 1997 If you've seen the NBC sitcom "Men Behaving Badly," Sandra Beckwith says you're already familiar with her field of study. The editor of The Do(o)little Report, a bimonthly newsletter that answers the musical question, "Why can't a man be more like a... Continue Reading →
Playboy’s Breann McGregor sings. What else do you guys need? PODCAST INTERVIEW
Guys, Stacy Collins has your dream job. As a managing editor of Playboy special editions, she spends day after day looking at the world’s most beautiful, mostly naked women. Some are in photographs, but many meet her discriminating eye in the flesh. And now that I say that out loud, it’s not hard... 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 →
45 Pete Hamill edits NY Daily News, revisits A Drinking Life! INTERVIEW
Originally Published December 30, 1996 Look up the word "journalist" in any dictionary in New York City and you'll probably see Pete Hamill's mug staring back at you. The legendary newsman, a veteran of all three of the city's tabloids, returned to the New York Daily News on January 1 for what he's calling the... Continue Reading →
34 Remember the Blender mag CD-ROM and editor Dale Hrabi? INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Dale Hrabi, editor, Blender Original Publication Date: January 27, 1997 How many times have you read a celebrity profile in some magazine and thought, "I wish I could actually hear So-and-So" actually say that." Or maybe you just wish magazines came with their own soundtracks, the way TV shows and movies do. Well,... Continue Reading →
28 Behind the skin with Playboy mag editor Chris Napolitano! PODCAST INTERVIEW
When I was a student at the University of Florida, studying film during the day and writing freelance stories at night, I landed two choice assignments. Choice, that is, for a horny, unrequited, socially awkward twenty-year-old. First, I got to spend an afternoon hanging out with Russ Myers, a notorious film director and king... Continue Reading →
23 Ray Conniff’s kid, sure, but she’s Billboard editor to you! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Do you remember the first music you ever bought? Whether it was a digital download, a compact disc, cassette, eight track, or a 33-1/3, 45, or even a 78 RPM wax record, I’ll bet you know that first song or album by heart. Mine was way back in 1967, The Monkees’ Headquarters album. My... Continue Reading →
20 Longtime Smithsonian magazine editor Carey Winfrey’s history! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Carey Winfrey, editor, Smithsonian Blender. Newsweek. TV Guide. Forbes. Playboy. Mac World. Entertainment Weekly. Wizard. Business 2.0. Esquire. These are the magazines I read as soon as they arrive in the mail each week or each month. They are frothy, entertaining reads, and I look forward to each new issue. And then... Continue Reading →