jobs keep falling into my lap here in Austin. Fuzz is set to launch its online mag (work I've been looking forward to since the end of 2007!). I've sent in a few stories for the designers to use as they spec out the site. Can't wait til the launch.
SXSW brought to me a plum gig from the Future of Music Coalition. Am extremely stoked as not only does the gig pay nicely, but I get a laminate.
This morning I g ot a call from a new Austin company that came here from Washington state. I sent them a ton of clips, hopefully I'll go in for an interview this week.
My gig at the One World Theatre is nudging me towards a manager position. Amazing.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Already Got A Raise
Work is going really well. Since a lot of this week and last was taken up with the lawyer I had to hire to help me sort out the movers, and then of course settlement on the house and working with the contractor, I was really pleased to get an extension on a deadline for a Statesman story. The best part is I only have to do most of this house stuff once, and I can stay here in East Austin for a week while most of the really invasive work is being completed.
Tomorrow the movers come. I hope this is the last I have to deal with them, barring me filing a complaint with the DOT and federal motor carrier safety commission.
And, over at the theater, I got a little raise and there was some talk of a promotion. I'm up for it. I just want to get through tomorrow, then begin unpacking, then do house stuff all weekend.
Tomorrow the movers come. I hope this is the last I have to deal with them, barring me filing a complaint with the DOT and federal motor carrier safety commission.
And, over at the theater, I got a little raise and there was some talk of a promotion. I'm up for it. I just want to get through tomorrow, then begin unpacking, then do house stuff all weekend.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Finally, I'm Working In Austin
This Monday felt like a real working week, and for a good reason: I got some jobs. Finally!
Have landed a job at the One World Theatre, in their marketing and sales department. It's going pretty well, and my manager has trusted me to open up the office on Sunday (for a four hour shift), so that's good. It's a beautiful place to work, I like the people, and it pays.
Fuzz.com is set to launch pre-SXSW, and I have some stories to work on which are due on Monday. My boss over there hopes to put them up on the front page on Wednesday.
And, on Tuesday I have an interview with an editor at the Statesman. He said we're going to discuss pay scale and contracts, so I'm pretty optimistic. Over the weekend I'll develop some pitches, and I sure hope there can be some assignments for me. I'm ready to accept them.
Have landed a job at the One World Theatre, in their marketing and sales department. It's going pretty well, and my manager has trusted me to open up the office on Sunday (for a four hour shift), so that's good. It's a beautiful place to work, I like the people, and it pays.
Fuzz.com is set to launch pre-SXSW, and I have some stories to work on which are due on Monday. My boss over there hopes to put them up on the front page on Wednesday.
And, on Tuesday I have an interview with an editor at the Statesman. He said we're going to discuss pay scale and contracts, so I'm pretty optimistic. Over the weekend I'll develop some pitches, and I sure hope there can be some assignments for me. I'm ready to accept them.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
January 2k8: The Month I Land A Great Job In Austin
Since I've been here I've had some great interviews at companies I'd love to work for, been headhunted off Monster.com, and formed a relationship with an account manager at a staffing company.
On Monday, I'm focusing my search, calling people back, and applying for even more jobs.
On Monday, I'm focusing my search, calling people back, and applying for even more jobs.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Fuzz Has A Mixtape Feature Now
Here's one I made the day they launched this lovely new element.
I made a mixtape, let me show you it.
I made a mixtape, let me show you it.
Fuzz.com Is Going Amazingly Well. Madonna Thought So Too
I completed my internship, the online editorial content/digital magazine is set to launch soon enough. I can't wait to get back to doing some daily writing.
I guess I got about 30 bands - probably more - to sign up in three months. There are a few I asked for and didn't get, and a few of those few I'm going to keep hammering away at until they sign up (like Turbonegro, and The Dead Meat, and Birds of Maya and Bardo Pond and The Roots). But the good news is my sweat equity paid off in more ways than one, and I am so stoked that I got The Dwarves, Yep Roc records (with JOHN DOE of X AND MANY MORE AMAZING AMERICANA ARTISTS), Blackheart Records (HELLO JOAN JETT AND MANY OTHER AWESOME ROCK BANDS), kEn, Jukebox Zeros, V.I.P., Blowfly, the Soda Pop Kids, Rich HIllen Jr., and 22 or so (read: more) to get on Fuzz and do their thing.
On August 10th? Madonna signed up. MADONNA. It's really her.
So, band holdouts, I understand. You're busy. It's another space on the web to maintain. Oh, such a chore. But know, realize: Madonna is now more entry-level, exploring new media and new things on the web, MORE CURRENT THAN YOU. AGAIN.
Here's the bulletin I sent out with a link to her profile.
DO YOU LOVE MADONNA?
Well, she signed up over at Fuzz.com. SHE DID!!!
madonna is on Fuzz. Why isn't your stupid band? What are you, stupid?
http://madonna.fuzz.com
I guess I got about 30 bands - probably more - to sign up in three months. There are a few I asked for and didn't get, and a few of those few I'm going to keep hammering away at until they sign up (like Turbonegro, and The Dead Meat, and Birds of Maya and Bardo Pond and The Roots). But the good news is my sweat equity paid off in more ways than one, and I am so stoked that I got The Dwarves, Yep Roc records (with JOHN DOE of X AND MANY MORE AMAZING AMERICANA ARTISTS), Blackheart Records (HELLO JOAN JETT AND MANY OTHER AWESOME ROCK BANDS), kEn, Jukebox Zeros, V.I.P., Blowfly, the Soda Pop Kids, Rich HIllen Jr., and 22 or so (read: more) to get on Fuzz and do their thing.
On August 10th? Madonna signed up. MADONNA. It's really her.
So, band holdouts, I understand. You're busy. It's another space on the web to maintain. Oh, such a chore. But know, realize: Madonna is now more entry-level, exploring new media and new things on the web, MORE CURRENT THAN YOU. AGAIN.
Here's the bulletin I sent out with a link to her profile.
DO YOU LOVE MADONNA?
Well, she signed up over at Fuzz.com. SHE DID!!!
madonna is on Fuzz. Why isn't your stupid band? What are you, stupid?
http://madonna.fuzz.com
Chicks On TV
Writing this story for TONY was a great experience.
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/article/623/21799/chick-this-out
Fall Preview 2007: Time In
Chick this out
In the new TV season, expect some girly gossip and more housewives (the less desperate kind).
By Alexandra Richmond
Fall Preview 2007
Blake Lively in Gossip Girl
Superbad geeks aren't just dominating the box office. This fall's TV lineup features series about tech nerds (turned superspies, on Chuck) and series for tech nerds (Bionic Woman), not to mention the return of Heroes and Lost. Yet while most of America dorks out, the rest of us will be secretly enjoying this fall's other big trend—maybe while eating ice cream and closing deals on our iPhones, clad in our silk pajamas. Forget dweebs—hot girls are in charge. It's the season of chick lit on TV.
The most buzzworthy entry: Gossip Girl (the CW, Sept 19), produced by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, the duo behind The O.C. Based on Cecily von Ziegesar's teen book series about students at a chichi New York prep school, the show could finally elevate the CW from also-ran to cooler-than-Fox. With a Wednesday lead-in from America's Next Top Model, it's got a shot.
"I've had some luck in that time slot before," says Savage, who adds that she was inspired by some old favorites. "The O.C. debuted on a Wednesday. I think Wednesday night is the best viewing night. It goes back to my college days, we loved Wednesday nights. We had 90210 and Melrose Place."
Unlike those shows, in which women were usually portrayed as one-dimensional bitches or Goody Two-shoes, the new crop of series depicts women as…women. Cashmere Mafia (ABC, Nov 27) feels like Mamet for chicks, with heavy emphasis on the workplace and the bond among four friends (including Lucy Liu) who met in college and are each other's pillars of strength.
Creator and writer Kevin Wade (who wrote Working Girl) loves the Mamet comparison. "These characters are trying to balance a 60-hour workweek and have a full family, social and romantic life, but not at the risk of sacrificing the brains they were born with and the educations they worked hard to get." So how does a woman do that? "Hell if I know. In a practical sense it helps to compartmentalize, to prioritize."
Therein lies the drama. In Mafia, an overworked woman dashes from a black-tie event and sneaks past the vicious PTA security mom to make it just in time for her daughter's dance recital. In another scene, a wife says to her husband—right before he receives an award—that she plans to cheat on him with one of their friends, since he slept with another woman.
You could call it a Desperate Housewives rip-off, just as you could call Women's Murder Club (ABC, Oct 12)—starring Law & Order's Angie Harmon—a Housewives clone with a little of The Closer thrown in. But these new series have more heart—something good chick lit never lacks. In Club, for example, Harmon wears her badge on her low-rise jeans pocket, juggles two cell phones, tries to catch a killer and deals with her ex who, after sexing her up, says he's getting married again and asks her to return some furniture. Seeing this crack detective cry "It's not about the bed!" to her friends as she loses her professional facade is a breakthrough Sipowicz didn't get to have in his pilot episode.
For more on the fall TV lineup, see Time In
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/article/623/21799/chick-this-out
Fall Preview 2007: Time In
Chick this out
In the new TV season, expect some girly gossip and more housewives (the less desperate kind).
By Alexandra Richmond
Fall Preview 2007
Blake Lively in Gossip Girl
Superbad geeks aren't just dominating the box office. This fall's TV lineup features series about tech nerds (turned superspies, on Chuck) and series for tech nerds (Bionic Woman), not to mention the return of Heroes and Lost. Yet while most of America dorks out, the rest of us will be secretly enjoying this fall's other big trend—maybe while eating ice cream and closing deals on our iPhones, clad in our silk pajamas. Forget dweebs—hot girls are in charge. It's the season of chick lit on TV.
The most buzzworthy entry: Gossip Girl (the CW, Sept 19), produced by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, the duo behind The O.C. Based on Cecily von Ziegesar's teen book series about students at a chichi New York prep school, the show could finally elevate the CW from also-ran to cooler-than-Fox. With a Wednesday lead-in from America's Next Top Model, it's got a shot.
"I've had some luck in that time slot before," says Savage, who adds that she was inspired by some old favorites. "The O.C. debuted on a Wednesday. I think Wednesday night is the best viewing night. It goes back to my college days, we loved Wednesday nights. We had 90210 and Melrose Place."
Unlike those shows, in which women were usually portrayed as one-dimensional bitches or Goody Two-shoes, the new crop of series depicts women as…women. Cashmere Mafia (ABC, Nov 27) feels like Mamet for chicks, with heavy emphasis on the workplace and the bond among four friends (including Lucy Liu) who met in college and are each other's pillars of strength.
Creator and writer Kevin Wade (who wrote Working Girl) loves the Mamet comparison. "These characters are trying to balance a 60-hour workweek and have a full family, social and romantic life, but not at the risk of sacrificing the brains they were born with and the educations they worked hard to get." So how does a woman do that? "Hell if I know. In a practical sense it helps to compartmentalize, to prioritize."
Therein lies the drama. In Mafia, an overworked woman dashes from a black-tie event and sneaks past the vicious PTA security mom to make it just in time for her daughter's dance recital. In another scene, a wife says to her husband—right before he receives an award—that she plans to cheat on him with one of their friends, since he slept with another woman.
You could call it a Desperate Housewives rip-off, just as you could call Women's Murder Club (ABC, Oct 12)—starring Law & Order's Angie Harmon—a Housewives clone with a little of The Closer thrown in. But these new series have more heart—something good chick lit never lacks. In Club, for example, Harmon wears her badge on her low-rise jeans pocket, juggles two cell phones, tries to catch a killer and deals with her ex who, after sexing her up, says he's getting married again and asks her to return some furniture. Seeing this crack detective cry "It's not about the bed!" to her friends as she loses her professional facade is a breakthrough Sipowicz didn't get to have in his pilot episode.
For more on the fall TV lineup, see Time In
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