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07 Jan

An Interview with Jackie “The Jokeman” Martling

For the new year, I decided to start a new feature called “Dead Article Theater.” This is where I’ll put essays and articles that never saw the light of day. These could be essays or ideas that were shopped around forever and ever and given the thumbs down at every turn. Alternately, they could be […]

28 Nov

Links and my confab with Contessa

First, let’s get the links out of the way:
Here is my New Jersey Monthly article on Robert Randolph.
Also from NJM is a brief article I did about Fountains of Wayne.
Now, here’s the video of my MSNBC appearance, which my boss Keith at TV Squad was kind enough to encode so I could embed it (the […]

26 Nov

MSNBC, Futurama, and some music stuff

Looks like my pundit career is “taking off.” Tomorrow, I’ll be on MSNBC, around 2:10 PM ET, representing TV Squad. I’ll be interviewed for their special “Super Tuesday” political show, discussing a new TV Guide article that finds out the shows the presidential candidates like to watch. They’re asking me to have fun with the […]

02 Aug

“Basically, it’s hotter than a snake’s ass in a wagon rut.”

I just came back from a dance lesson (yes, I’m taking dance lessons… more on that later), and the one block walk from the dance studio — it’s over Hennessey’s bar! — to my apartment was just a murky mess. I’ve finally stopped sweating, about 30 minutes after coming back to my AC-bathed home (and […]

23 Jul

Premiere.com and NJ Monthly

Ahh… it’s always good to announce new stuff of mine that pops up throughout the publishing universe. Why? Well, ego for one thing… I like seeing my name in print. But it also makes me feel good because I know a check with numbers and a dollar sign on it will soon be arriving in […]

25 Jun

Updates to the mothership

For those who come to this blog via direct links, you may not know that this is a sub-site of JoelKeller.com, a marketing site that I use to show my writing work to editors and other curious on-lookers.
Every few months, I update the site with new clips, many of which I’ve already listed here, but […]

23 May

This one might make some old friends jealous…

A couple of weeks ago, I was scheduled to interview Gene Simmons for Radar, mostly talking about his reality show on A&E. The interview was scheduled for a Monday at 3 PM. The night before, I had gone out for dinner and got back at around 9:30. Right before 10 PM, I heard the phone […]

11 May

I love interviewing. I HATE transcribing

One of my favorite things to do as a writer is to speak to people whose work I admire and enjoy. But then, it’s usually followed by one of my least favorite things to do: transcribing the recording I made of the interview.
I don’t like taking notes during an interview so I can concentrate on […]

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