Anchors Away
Have I mentioned how much I love Starbucks? Some rail on them for the bitterness of their coffee, others for their (alleged) political ties. Personally, I think they just love money. But my love of Starbucks extends beyond the superficial coffee beans and scones. Starbucks is loved in the Media Guy’s house for two simple […]
THANK you to our readers
Just a quick note to say thank you to all of the The Media Guy Struggles supporters. November was the biggest month ever with almost 85,000 page views from 40+ countries. It’s both humbling and exciting. Also, a special thank you to my readers from the UK, Canada and Russia who all tallied over 1,000 […]
Going Gluten-Free!
Geez. How many articles can a Media Guy handle about weight gain during the holidays? More than ever, though, people understand that our bodies just weren’t designed to handle the amount of processed flour found in many of today’s food. Some people with vague, undiagnosed illnesses feel better after cutting out gluten, a protein in flour-based […]
The AMAs and the One-Armed Man
A funny conversation happened to me during my mad rush to reach Los Angeles’ Nokia Theater to cover the American Music Awards for Fox. Cover might be a reach; I mean working the red carpet isn’t exactly a Pulitzer Prize assignment, but it helps pay the bills. I know what you are saying right now, […]
Monica: The Proofreader
Typos give me nightmares. Really they do. In my early days as the PR Guy, you would have to get your news releases printed at an offset printing facility. You would have to collate multiple pages together, staple the pages neatly in the upper left hand corner, make a tight z-fold and stuff them into an […]
Writer’s Block? Get to Ojai…
“Writer’s block is only a failure of the ego.” ― Norman Mailer Good old Norman had a lot of Hemingway in him. Direct and strong, no time for weakness. You could say he was very Hemingway-esque. No matter, because he pumped out some great work. Most us though can’t power through the writers block and […]
Family Travel in the Electronic Age
In the Don Draper Mad Men Days you could bring your secretary to watch the kids on a family trip and then fall in love with her and get married on a whim. The kids had a good time at Disneyland and you could even cram in ten or twelve meetings. God knows I lived […]
MGS Chat: Derek Jeter
Well. A little while back I wrote about how a tweet about Alex Rodriguez stopped a commercial shoot. You can imagine what happened when Yankees shortstop sat down for a quick (less than 15 minutes) interview discussing being shut down for the season. Here’s the full interview… How disappointed are you having to sit out […]
Writing Tips from the Master (Not Me!)
#5. “Never write more than two pages on any subject.” Many days it seems, I am asked how to be a good writer. To be sure, I don’t know why people come to me. Humbly I say, you either love my writing or you hate it (but geez, I hope more love it than hate […]
A Little Ditty About Kerri and Nikki: Part Two
Part one can be read here. ALL ABOUT NIKKI IN 11 QUESTIONS Nikki Sixx. What hasn’t he accomplished? He’s a legend of rock. A fashion designer. A photographer and a bestselling author. And, oh yes, he’s (naturally) a record label president. Nikki Sixx wears many hats; just don’t mess up his perfectly messed-up ‘do. His […]
