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Light On Light Through
Paul Levinson talks about TV, movies, politics, social media, outer space, good food, science fiction; occasionally reads from his science fiction stories, plays concerts of his music, interviews other authors
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NBC and iTunes Stop Their Old-Fashioned Dance
A lot of hand wringing, phosphor, and ink spilled over the news that NBC shows won't be for sale any more on iTunes. According to Apple, that's because it…
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Videogamers Beware: Hillary's Not On Your Side
The U.K's Guardian just reminded me of something I already knew, which has crucial relevance both to video gamers and the current Presidential campaign…
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A. E. Housman on Diana Dying Young
I was interviewed by Greg Morago in yestersday's Hartford Courant about the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana's death... ... A.E. Housman's poem "To an…
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Last Night at the Village Pourhouse in NYC
I spoke to a group of Ron Paul supporters at the Village Pourhouse in New York City last night. The NYC Ron Paul Meet-Up group had invited me to talk about the…
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More Darkside of Digg: Is There A Digg Blacklist?
My colleague iPhonematters columnist Tanner Godarzi has posted a disturbing piece over on Tech Blot, inquiring if Digg has a "Secret, Highly Aggressive and…
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A Lesson from AT&T History
It's always useful to look at history. Since AT&T lawyers seem to be doing the most grumbling about opening the iPhone to other carriers, I thought it might be…
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A Nice, Quiet Post About Tomatoes
I picked up a tall, straggly tomato plant at the local nursery last week. In its better days, the plant would have sold for $45 - the pot still had the sticker…
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iPhone and Intellectual Property in the Digital Age
It was the summer of 1984 - the very dawn of the digital age. Stewart Brand and I were having lunch with several other people near the Western Behavioral…
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Dexter In September
Big Love is ending tonight on HBO. Mad Men is superb on AMC, as is Californication on Showtime. I'm also enjoyingt the new season of Weeds over there - but I'm…
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My Four Rules: The Best You Can Do To Make It As A Writer
What follows are my four cardinal rules for making it as a writer. Never any guarantees - but if you follow these rules, you'll be giving yourself the best…
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Bravo George Hotz!
I just saw him on CNN, and I can't very well applaud through the screen, so I wanted to do it here: Bravo for unlocking iPhone! What does this mean? The iPhone…
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complete run of my YouTube video clips
Here is the complete, current run of my YouTube video clips ... 22 videos in all ... including 3 of Bill O'Reilly v. me ... Jack Thompson v. me ... Jesse…
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The Call to Mental Telepathy
Mental telepathy is still a long way off. After all, communicating via voice and fingers, to people near and far, in response to every impulse, is not the same…
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The Sloan Ranger Interviews Paul Levinson about Media Misreporting of Ron Paul
Welcome to Episode 42 of Light On Light Through in which I replay the Sloan Ranger's 20-minute interview with me on WGNU Radio this past Tuesday, about the…
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Cellphone as Porlock: Coleridge in the Digital Age
Who's Porlock? Just about every literate person will recognize "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan, A stately pleasure-dome decree..." and most have heard the story…
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Talking About Media Misreporting of Ron Paul this Tues Night in Manhattan
Hey - a heads-up for everyone in the New York area, with an interest in the mainstream and Internet media coverage of the 2008 Presidential election, and its…
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iPhone Will Make Its First Appearance in Which TV Series?
Last night's episode of Californication - the new, hilarious Showtime series -had a scene which really rang a bell with me. Hank is writing a blog post, and…
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The Lama Will Be Late This Year
listen ... The Lama Will Be Late This Year Paul Levinson & Ed Fox, 1969 I've getting a few requests for the above, so I thought I'd post it here. First, the…
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Paul J. Feiner for Greenburgh Town Supervisor
The vast majority of you - my American and world-wide readers - will have never heard of Paul Feiner. Understandable - you don't live in the town of…
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The Best Novel You Never Heard Of
It's by Dave Michaels. And you never heard of him, right? He published a novel, in the year 2000, entitled Red Moon (not to be confused with Michael Cassutt's…
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True Confession: Why I Would Never Write Under a Pseudonym
As some of you know, I write both fiction and non-fiction. I try to do as much damage as possible. To some extent, I lead two separate lives as an author…
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Best Advice to Writers: Take a Hike!
The single most frequent question I get as a writer is not where I get my ideas or how does an author find a publisher - though those two questions are…
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The Durability of Paper
People have been complaining about the big stack of paper printouts they have received from AT&T for their iPhone service. Some have been objecting almost as…
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Bob Shannon Back on WCBS-FM Radio in New York
I was just listening to Bob Shannon on WCBS-FM "oldies" radio in New York. It's good to have him back. As some of you may know, Bob and the WCBS-FM dj staff…
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Practical Rhyme
I was thinking about rhymes - not poetry, necessarily, but just rhyming, and how it originated in our history, in our language. Marshall McLuhan provides a…
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Prester John's Speculum Becomes Real
People in the Middle Ages spoke of a Prester John - a prince of a far off kingdom in the East. He was said to have magic powers and magical instruments. Most…
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Sedition! A Conversation with Mark Shanahan
Welcome to Episode 41 of Light On Light Through - a conversation with Mark Shanahan about Sedition - the new play by David Wiltse, in which Shanahan is…
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John from Cincinnati Closes without Closure
John from Cincinnati concluded on HBO tonight - you'll find my review, and links to my reviews of all the episodes, here - but in this post I wanted to reflect…
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The Media Disenfranchising of Ron Paul
Welcome to Episode 40 of Light On Light Through in which we focus on a very unwelcome development: the media disenfranchising of Republican Presidential…
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Michael Pellegrin Interviews Me for the White Plains Times
I've been interviewed by many major media - you can see the details on my Wikipedia entry - but I've found, over the years, that local interviews are often the…
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Personalized Address Labels for Sierra Waters
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The Bourne Ultimatum: The Hidden Dimension
Just got back from The Bourne Ultimatum, and I agree with all the superlatives. The movie had everything - fine, razor-keen acting, captivating plot, non-stop…
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My Hibiscus Claims Its Place
My hibiscus tree is in full bloom. I told you last week about my myrtle ... I guess every plant has a story ... or, at least, I have a story for just about…
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Resumed Journey
6:36 this evening. Endeavor lifts off from Cape Canaveral into space. On board is Barbara Morgan, age 55, who trained along with Christa McAuliffe, the teacher…
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The Power of Meta-Fiction
Sarah Beth Durst has written a delightful fantasy novel - Into the Wild - which details the adventures of fairytale characters ... who have escaped the…
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More on "Sedition" - The Play and the Professor, Then and Now
I'm still thinking about David Wiltse's Sedition - the play I saw and wrote about, here and elsewhere, on Sunday - and I'm realizing the impact it has already…
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Immortality of the Twitter Mosaic
I was honored and pleased to be informed, a few days ago, that I'm in the above Twitter Mosaic - Bogey and Bergman in the Casablanca movie poster. Now…
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Weeds Are Not All Spam
I was thinking about the dandelions in my garden, and how I like them every bit as much as the flowers and bulbs I've deliberately planted. I've never…
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Wiltse's "Sedition": Perfect Medium for 1917 First Amendment Story
There's something about a play - seeing the action in person, rather than through or on a screen, can be uniquely moving. And when the play is about a…
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The Magic of Bluetooth
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Shoutout for Starland Vocal Band
I first fell for the Starland Vocal Band in the summer of 1976. My wife and I were on our honeymoon in London, and the BBC was playing "Afternoon Delight" at…
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My Worst Novel
I was not happy when I came across a critic's snooty review of Borrowed Tides a few years ago, which concluded that it was my worst novel. I moaned about this…
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Mass Media Textbook - 21st Century Style
I was on the phone yesterday with J. Charles Sterin, PhD - he was inviting me to be in a textbook he is writing. Not asking me for permission to reprint an…
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Coleridge's Tears
Ever wonder why people cry their eyes out at a movie or a television show? Not just children, but men and women, fully grown? Not about a documentary about a…
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Letter from Sierra Waters
Dear Readers - I received the following this morning in my e-mail, and, after much consideration, I've decided to post it on all of my blogs, in an effort to…
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Calling for Backup
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The Lives and Times of Dr. Phil D'Amato
Shaun Farrell recently completed his podiobook of my novel, The Silk Code. Shaun was the 4th Dr. Phil D'Amato ... Who is Phil D'Amato? Well, this seems like a…
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Lessons in Myrtle
I was looking for a place to put in some late tomato plants around Chez Levinson today, and I noticed the Myrtle - no, not Moaning Myrtle, even though I've…
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Sopranos Conference - May 23-26, 2008
We'll be convening a conference, to take place at Fordham University in New York City, May 23-25, 2008. The Sopranos, A Wake We expect about 100 papers to be…
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Ben Relles - Obama Girl Video Producer - Interview In Next Few Weeks
Look for a special podcast episode of Light On Light Through - my interview with Obama Girl producer Ben Relles of BarelyPolitical.com - in the next few weeks…
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White Tea
I used to drink coffee, a long time ago. I still love the taste. My favorite gelato is coffee. But the brew itself developed the strange effect of turning me…
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Twitter, Pownce, and iPhone: The Good Thing They Do
Sounds like maybe a sequel to Eats, Shoots & Leaves (Lynne Truss's delightful, best-selling book about proper punctuation - check it out, there's a picture of…
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The Secret Riches of the Panda
Well, it's back in the news – the Chiang Mai Zoo in China is making a handsome profile selling … panda droppings. Not hot off the press – dried. Now, we last…
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The Dark Side of Digg
Continuing my adventures in un-gate-kept media - or Web sites, which unlike The New York Times, TV news, and in fact all traditional news media and networks…
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Up on the Roof: The Power of Biology on Skyscrapers
How about growing gardens on the tops of skyscrapers as a way of combating global warming? A Columbia University professor has proposed it. This kind of…
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Hail the Mighty, Lowly Bacterium!
This seems to be my week for reading articles that feature unusual feats of critters that figure in my science fiction. Scientists at University of…
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That Special Bookstore
I guess I do most of my book shopping online these days... But I was thinking the other day about the best bookstore I have ever been in.... I was reading an…
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Vikings, On a Cloudy Day
The Norse - or Vikings - were an amazing seafaring people. They got as far as North America, and played a role in Russia and the Byzantine. They even used…
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A Voyage to Mars - in 1965...
I mentioned in my Conversation with science fiction author Rob Saywer here a few weeks ago that we might have gotten to Mars in 1965. Here are some further…