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Media Junkie: "Anna Nicole and the Tabloidization of Mainstream Media"
“Bailey, we’ve got a bunch of stories to move early tomorrow morning, can you come in?” There’s no contemplating the question part; when you’re a freelancer, if you’re not already working somewhere… -
Media Junkie: "This Is Me Trying (part 1)"
A few weeks back, I used this space to lament/contemplate/make excuses for my current total lack of pop-music knowledge. I looked at year-end pop charts, which were about as familiar to these 31 year old eyes as farsi, a… -
Media Junkie: "Idiocracy Indeed"
So did you hear the one about the movie studio that was afraid to release one of the year’s best comedies? See, there’s this guy named Mike Judge—you might’ve heard of him, created a couple of pretty popular TV shows (Be… -
Media Junkie: "A Critic On Being A Critic"
Jake and I hadn’t been writing together long. It was probably late spring or early summer of 2003, and we were the entire film staff of another Wichita alternative paper that is awfully hard to find these days. Anyway, w… -
Media Junkie: "The Required Year-End List"
Everybody loves a good End of the Year List—or, at the very least, writers love them, because they’re easy to write. The week between Christmas and New Year’s is a waste anyway, so why devote your full brain power to thi… -
Media Junkie: "Music Makes Me Feel Old"
I had VH1 on the other night while I was at work, and I kid you not, it made me feel old. VH1. The music network for old people. What gives? Here’s why: the show was the Top 40 videos of 2006, and I swear to God, I hadn’… -
Media Junkie: "Why Britney Spears Is Brilliant"
I’ve decided that Britney Spears is some kind of genius. Oh, she may not look it, what with her whole driving-around-town-with-her-babies-on-her-lap-eating-Cheetos-going-barefoot-into-public-restrooms-short-skirt-and-nak… -
Media Junkie: "All Kramer, All The Time"
As I’m sure you all know by now, on Friday November 17th, Michael Richards (better—or only—known as “Kramer” on Seinfeld) was doing a set at the Laugh Factory in L.A. when he was thrown by chattering by a group of Africa… -
Media Junkie: "Never Mind, TV Blows"
A couple weeks back, I used this space to write what amounted to a flowery love letter to the virtues of network television. Well, suffice it to say that, two months into the fall season, the honeymoon is over—television… -
Media Junkie: "Feels Like The First Time"
Everyone has their little traditions for Halloween, I suppose, and mine goes back to when I was around twelve years old, right around the age where you decide that trick-or-treating is for little kids and have to find so…
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- Name: Jason
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Hello, old friends.
Just wanted to pop in here with a couple of update... -
Packing it in...
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Theatre Hopping: "Lake of Fire" and "My Kid Could Paint That"
Let’s get this out of the way, right up front: Ton...
