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Looking Back: Matinee at the Bijou
One of the best things about Saturday afternoons* for a couple of blissful years in the early ’80s was the PBS series Matinee at the Bijou, which in my neck of the woods aired on NJN. A cartoon or two, … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Rear-View Mirror, Television
Tagged B movies, PBS, serials, Television, vintage films
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Inspiration Index 8: Happy Accidents, Part 2
One side effect of the portable MP3 player: I don’t spend nearly as much time as I used to watching television with the sound turned all the way down and the stereo on. It’s a shame, really, because you can … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Television, The Inspiration Index
Tagged Louis Farrakhan, Music, Roxy Music, Television
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Who Wants My MTV?
Here’s a quick way to date yourself: do you remember when MTV actually played music? Like, all day? And from different genres? Boy, are you old. I was flipping through the channels last night looking for something to watch, and … Continue reading
Posted in Crossing Madison Avenue, Television, Two Minutes' Hate
Tagged MTV, MTV3, music television, music videos
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The World Is Andrew Zimmern’s Oyster. Or Headcheese.
Somehow I get the feeling that as a kid, Andrew Zimmern never snuck anything off his plate to the dog. The sometime restauranteur, radio personality, television host and prolific blogger, it seems, will eat anything that crosses his plate. But … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Television, Web
Tagged Andrew Zimmern, Bizarre Foods, chow, eats, Food, grub, grubs
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DirecTV:
The promotions make it sound so enticing: motion pictures and events on demand, high picture quality, a variety of channels, and service that rivals cable. Then there’s the tagline: “Friends don’t let friends subscribe to cable.” Let’s just say that … Continue reading
Posted in Crossing Madison Avenue, Gear, Television, Two Minutes' Hate
Tagged cable TV, DirecTV, Holstein's, satellite television, The Sopranos
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