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March 16, 2012

Take Your Inspiration, by Tatiana EL-Khouri – In The Mix #56 | @MDWorld

Inspiration can come from anywhere and I mean anywhere. It can come from your morning walk, a conversation with a co-worker, the innocent insight of a child, the ignorant commentary...

March 15, 2012

I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar, by Michael Davis – Straight No Chaser #260 | @MDWorld

I’m a big fan of women. If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a thousand times, I was raised by three women, my mother, my sister and my grandmother....

March 15, 2012

The Grand Vision Of Epic Cinema, by Chris Derrick – Sympathy for the Devil #12 | @MDWorld

Spectacular vistas… cast of thousands… tortured characters… 70mm Technicolor… When you think of these qualities, you think of epic cinema. And epic cinema happens to be my favorite “film genre”;...

March 15, 2012

SXSW: No Place Like Home… by Whitney Farmer – Un Pop Culture

Whitney runs a rock music venue on the beach in L.A.. She has an M.B.A, and is planning on booking some SXSW bands.    What did you do at work...

March 15, 2012

House on Fire, by Danny Donovan – Mad Science #10

Recently Joe Quesada came out and said that DC’s New 52 was the equivalent of ‘burning down the house’ and it was done as a response to what Marvel had...

March 14, 2012

Math with Mitt, by Arthur Tebbel – Pop Art #171 | @MDWorld

Dear Art, I don’t understand what I have to do to end this nomination battle.  I have a distinct delegate advantage over my two rivals and I’ve gotten over a...

March 13, 2012

The Point Radio, by Mike Raub | @MDWorld

Fans can rejoice – COMMUNITY is back on NBC this week, but what do they have to do to power their way into another season? Creator Dan Harmon and series...

March 12, 2012

The Shit Hits The Fan – Again, by Mike Gold – Brainiac On Banjo #266

As you probably know, yesterday a United States Army sergeant stationed in southern Afghanistan walked a mile from his base and slaughtered at least 16 civilians and wounded at leave...

March 11, 2012

99 Songs I Wanna Hear At My Wake: In Walked Bud, by David Quinn – In Walked Quinn #6

“Dizzy he was screaming Next to O.P. who was beaming Monk was thumping”  That’s how the percussive, syncopated lyrics Jon Hendricks sang vocalese / scat style to Thelonious Monks’ In...

March 11, 2012

Defenders of the Earth, by Doug Abramson – The Guest Spot | @MDWorld

stew·ard? [stoo-erd, styoo-]  noun 1. a person who manages another’s property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others. A few weeks ago, Rick...

March 10, 2012

Ain’t That a Shame, by Martha Thomases – Brilliant Disguise

When I was in high school, not only still a virgin but not even dating, I was prescribed birth control pills to regulate my periods.  The doctor who wrote the...

March 9, 2012

The Point Radio, by Mike Raub | @MDWorld

NBC‘S GRIMM has come a long way since it’s fall debut – building decent ratings and a huge fan base. Series star, David Giuntoli talks about the major ride coming up for fans...

March 9, 2012

The O’Reilly Fuck Up, by Michael Davis – Straight No Chaser #259 | @MDWorld

Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly are hotshot media champions of conservative policies. The GOP likes to say that both O’Reilly and Limbaugh don’t speak for the Republican Party. That’s the...

March 8, 2012

The Notes Call, by Chris Derrick – Sympathy for the Devil #11 | @MDWorld

A few weeks back I posted a column about finishing the first draft of a long-gestating (although not too long in the actual writing) screenplay, and how much of a...

March 7, 2012

The F Word… By Whitney Farmer – Un Pop Culture | @MDWorld

Whitney runs a rock music venue on the beach in L.A.. She has an M.B.A, and is Christian and abstinent. Forgiveness. Ironically, it is a topic that incites contention. It...

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