Over the years, I’ve mentioned my friend Jeff Kay here a few times. He and I got to know one another, trading our zines through the mail in the mid-90’s, and, then, at some point later in the decade, we met up in LA and became friends. He was married, with two kids, and working […]
Tag Archives: NBC
Jeff Kay’s first novel, Crossroads Road
Posted in Art and Culture, Crimewave USA, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged agents, Billy White Eggs, California, crease-cleaning monkey, Crossroads Road, Deadwood, Dukes of Clairmont, eaten by dogs, Edgar Allan Poe, Evil Twin, friends who do cooler stuff that I do, friends with books, indie publishing, Jeff Kay, Jovis McIntire, Los Angeles, lottery, Marie Prevost, Nathaniel Hawthorne, novels, obesity, Party of Five, Pennsylvania, Revenge of Print, Scranton, self-publishing, Sunshine, things that I hope I don't cry and convulse through, yurts, zine friends 10 Comments
Goodbye Olbermann, hello Comcast
Keith Olbermann was let go from MSNBC yesterday. I’ll admit that I wasn’t the biggest fan of his Murrow-aping delivery, but I liked knowing that he was out there every night, calling the conservatives out on their bullshit. He was, as far as I know, the first person in the media to speak up against […]
Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Al Franken, Comcast, Countownw, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Keith Olbermann, media consolidation, monopoly, MSNBC, Rachel Maddow, threats to Democracy 8 Comments
Note to self… never cancel the TV show of a guy with political ambitions
Al Franken is trying his damndest to shut down the Comcast/NBC merger. I’m sure it has nothing at all to do with it, but I think it’s worth noting that, prior to getting into politics, Franken worked for NBC. It’s also worth noting, I think, that executives at NBC cancelled his series, LateLine, after a […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Media, Other, Politics Also tagged Al Franken, call to action, Comcast, Eric Holder, Julius Genachowski, LateLine, media consolidation, monopoly, Netflix, television 7 Comments
It just occurred to me that I’ve never had a Manimal thread
Sorry for the oversight.