Links and my confab with Contessa
First, let's get the links out of the way:
Here is my New Jersey Monthly article on Robert Randolph.
Also from NJM is a brief article I did about Fountains of Wayne.
Now, here's the video of my MSNBC appearance, which my boss Keith at TV Squad was kind enough to encode so I could embed it (the embed is at TVS; I have an AVI copy of the video here). I thought I did OK; I even made anchor Contessa Brewer laugh a couple of times. Will I do anything different when (if) I get asked back? Sure. But, at least I didn't choke under the glare of the cameras; I thought I was going to pull a Cindy Brady and freeze up, but I just ignored the cameras and talked to Contessa. Seemed to work. Watch if you dare:
I think I was on a blogging strike for a while
Whew, October went in a flash, didn't it? So much so that I didn't realize that I hadn't posted for the entire month until I looked at the blog yesterday.
Anyway, about this writer's strike...
I'm not much of a union guy, but I completely support the TV and movie writers in this dispute. As a freelance writer myself, I know what sort of constant struggle it is to be properly paid for the use of my words in various media. Publishers are increasingly putting in wording in their contracts that give them the right to use our stories on "every medium that will be created in the known universe for infinity plus one" or other such CYA nonsense. But at the very least, we get to keep the right to resell our material on our own (in most cases). TV and movie writers don't get that choice; a long time ago, they traded the right to own their work for the union protection the WGA gives them. But they still should be compensated for every use of their work, whether it be on TV or DVD or online.
No TV show has been more impacted by online distribution than The Office, so I'll let them explain why the WGA is on strike, in this video, which contains the same wry humor familiar to fans of the show. Enjoy!
The interview I did in my socks
Here's the embed of my Attack of the Show appearance last night. They said I did a good job, so who am I to argue?
Yes, that's my dusty rack of CD's (my friend Ken will enjoy seeing his handiwork getting a little TV exposure) and a couple of photos of mine in the background. The door on the right is to my kitchen, and I think it's the only time it's been closed in the 10 years I've lived in this apartment. I wish the webcam wasn't so choppy, but they were using Yahoo! Messenger and I don't think it's particularly fast to begin with. Maybe next time they'll use AIM and/or iChat.
My latest 15 minutes of “fame”
Here's my appearance on Attack of the Show last night. Besides the fact that I kept my mouth open the whole time, I don't think I did too badly. Enjoy!
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