Well, I’m back from directing Bedtime Stories at Upper Canada Playhouse and I’m slowly digging out of my backlog. But I just wanted to post a great online radio station that I’ve found. It’s a Jazz and Heritage radio station in New Orleans called WWOZ and it is absolutely amazing. I’ve been listening for two [...]
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I used to believe that episodic tv could barely compete with the production value of 30-second tv spots. Commercials had $2 million for 30 seconds – an episode of a series had less budget to make 52 minutes. The only leg-up was story-and-character: time to develop was on the side of the series. But 2 [...]
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There was something incredible about this photograph. Theoretical physicist Steven Hawking experiencing zero gravity, all expenses paid by Richard Branson of Virgin, on the Zero G (it cost him about about 100K but regular trips are about $3500; book your seat today.). One of the smartest men in the world experiencing something he only imagined, [...]
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While I’ve never been a big one for making New Year’s Resolutions – and certainly not for keeping New Year’s Resolutions, here’s a new twist: Considering until January 1, 2008, I’ll call this my Mid-Year Resolution: more posts, each with an observation, something I’ve learned, or something popular among the Brogue Craic crowd. And what [...]