Everybody Wants You to Converge

Just to clean up some old business, a few weeks ago I saw a presentation by some folks from Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI). I thought some of this might be of interest to you. One of key aspects of the discussion was a breakdown of what convergence means, particularly for a media company like The Washington [...]

Year One: The Media Dissed and More

Today marks the first anniversary of this blog and here are more of my fave posts. Nothing sells independence and rebellion than a plucky lil’ blogger attacking media giants, right? Sure, you could pick on someone your own size, but what’s the fun in that? I took a few shots of my own. I was [...]

Year One: Frankie Dissed and more

This week, I will be celebrating my one-year anniversary of this blog, by taking a look back over some highlights (at least, as far as I’m concerned). If we go all the way back to the beginning, I ran this site some years back, but let it go in the Fall of 2000. In fact, [...]

“Down the shore, everything’s all right…”

Last weekend, I was at the Jersey Shore. You can read more about Jersey Shore Boardwalks here, in this series from the Asbury Park Press. You have to love the T-shirts you find in tourist locales. They offer a raw look at our culture. In fact, somebody get me a grant and I will tour [...]

“Let your bullets fly like rain…”

There are three points I want to make with today’s songs… One: I was talking to someone recently about my iPod and he said that he noticed that I seemed to have a lot of live recordings on it. I acknowledged that this was true. He said that he didn’t care for them. Sure, when [...]