Here's a video I shot at Gov. Patrick's town hall meeting in Chicopee on Aug. 6. I'll be posting the story I wrote and comparing...

Dave Attell is coming back to the Hu Ke Lau next weekend and I spoke with him on Monday. This is my fourth time interviewing him and he'...

I 've been painting a room in my house, which I thought would be a quick and easy task. Like anything in a house built in 1864, this roo...

My buddy Dogboy has been finding chunks of my past on eBay of late – a fairly odd sensation, that. First it was a "Fiend Without a Fac...

Time for some DVD reviews as I haven't posted any in quite some time: The Strange One I had the pleasure of interviewing Ben Gazzara sev...

Warning: The following post is about two movies in which genitalia talk! You've been warned. The late Candice Rialson (far left) was a f...

Illustration by Leo Pilares The things I do: from the papers I edit Natasha Clark, the Assistant Managing Editor at Reminder Publications, i...

Odds and ends Like the new header? It's by my buddy Dogboy Mark Masztal. I love it! Check him out at Barkings Here comes a parade: Myse...

Indies I love independent creative projects. Few things give me greater pleasure than discovering a book, a comic, music or a film that is ...

Caution: some mild swearing and city living frustration The songs of summer No, it's not the often incessant driving sounds of salsa mu...

Some of the best interviews Recently I wrote about the three of the worst interviews I've conducted in my career as a journalist. Today ...

A new model from Newhouse? The daily newspaper here has been doing a slow motion death scene for a number of years – one that I think could ...

Amy Fisher?! Remember the "Long Island Lolita?" The teen who served seven years in prison for shooting the wife of her lover? Well...

Some bad Interviews Interviewing is the currency of journalism. Calling a local politician and asking for a comment is interviewing as well ...

Bits and pieces Okay I promised a video of the talk rumble presented at this year's New Media Seminar and here it it: As a fan of talk r...

Liberal talk radio diva Stephanie Miller was one of the speakers at this year's New media Seminar in NYC. Trip to NYC As I walked around...

On the road I've just packed my bags to get ready for my road trip tomorrow to NYC to attend this year's New Media Conference presen...

Stereo sound be damned! Birthday road trip Thanks to our friends Kim and David, we had a little movie-going adventure for my birthday. We we...

Birthday meditation: The Song of a Geezer Tomorrow I will be 55 years-old. Yipes! I share the date with Bob Hope, JFK and Patrick Henry, By ...

From Sgt. John Delaney of the Springfield Police Dept. "On Friday, May 22nd at 9:45 P.M. Officers Anthony Sowers and Craig Davis were d...