Guys, Mr. Skin watches movies so you don’t have to. Forget the days of wading through plot and dialogue just to get to the moment where Phoebe Cates pops open her bikini top in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Or when Sherilyn Fenn gets randy in Two Moon Junction. Mr. Skin, via his website... Continue Reading →
30 Inside Radio with magazine editor Tom Taylor! INTERVIEW
Originally published January 20, 1997 While most of the big talk in media these days centers around the World Wide Web, real money is quietly being made in radio. "Suddenly," says Tom Taylor, 47, editor of the daily fax tipsheet, Inside Radio, "radio is starting to look like other businesses." What he means is that... Continue Reading →
26 Newbomb Turk and the arc of incomparable comic Robert Wuhl! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Robert Wuhl, comedian, actor, The Hollywood Knights, Cobb, Batman, Blaze, "Arli$$," "Assume the Position" Robert Wuhl cracks me up. Always has, always will. His HBO series, “Arli$$," about an over-ambitious Hollywood sports agent, was must-see TV in my house for years, and I’ve seen his first movie, Hollywood Knights, hundreds of times.... Continue Reading →
15 Houdini biographer Ratso Sloman on writing with Howard Stern! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Larry Ratso Sloman, author or co-author of celebrity memoirs from Howard Stern, Abbie Hoffman, Anthony Kiedis, Phil Esposito, Mike Tyson, and a biography of Harry Houdini Writing the biography of a well-known person in pop culture is an assignment fraught with trap doors, two-way mirrors, and shackles. Some writers even disdain... Continue Reading →
8 Cartoonist Drew Friedman: Not an Old Jewish Comedian… yet! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Drew Friedman, cartoonist, Old Jewish Comedians I have enjoyed the illustrations of Drew Friedman for many, many years. He has going for him what many artists can only dream of – a distinctive style and, if you will, a voice that sets his work apart. Depending upon your age and interests, you’ve... Continue Reading →
5 Tall man, end of the dial? That’s Radio Ink’s Eric Rhoads! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Following months of rumors, the two satellite radio companies, Sirius, and XM, last week confirmed one of the industry’s worst-kept secrets: their only hope of ever making a buck may well be combining their businesses. • Will Howard Stern and Martha Stewart soon be under the same K-Mart comforters as Opie and Anthony and... Continue Reading →