conversations with Sean Paul Mahoney
In a year that was sort of terrible for nearly everything else, television was never better. The future of American storytelling is alive and well–especially if you have Netflix, Amazon and HBO. It’s mind-boggling how many great scripted television shows there are right now which means coming up with a list of just ten of […]
Read More Television Was Your Therapist in 2016“Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell.” -Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking In a Barnes & Noble in Glendale, CA, there she was. Carrie Fisher. No, not in person but in book form. It was her memoir Wishful Drinking. I was just a month or so sober, shopping with my […]
Read More Carrie On*Insert a profound quote about knowledge here. I turned 44 years-old last week which is not remarkable in and of itself. In fact, it’s only remarkable because I no longer make my birthday an over the top 3 day long mandatory hostage situation from hell. Thankfully, this year it quietly passed like a well-dressed stranger […]
Read More all I need to knowHere’s a puzzle for a cold and gray Friday: where the hell does inspiration come from? I call it a puzzle because at first glance, 2016 isn’t exactly a hotbed of inspiring moments and benchmark artistic achievements. When a reality star is our new president-elect and the most talked about musical performance of the year […]
Read More beauty’s where you find it: the search for inspiration in uninspired times