I am one of them.
It was an honor to have him in for the first of many of our conversations.
Here's a little bit from his bio:
Gene Dunn is a lifelong martial arts practitioner, and has dedicated his life to propagation of traditional martial arts to students through safe, effective, non competitive methods. His influence as an instructor and educator now reaches from his home base in Brooklyn – where he has taught for over 20 years – to as far away as Melbourne, Australia.
He began his martial arts training in Shotokan Karate at the age of 11 and has gone on to achieve the rank of Black Belt in karate under Mr. Toyotaro Miyazaki and Mr. Kai Leung; in judo under Mr. Kyoshi Shiina; and in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Mr. Renzo Gracie.
He also holds the rank of double-black Pra Jiad in Muay Thai under Mr. Jamie Crowder. In addition to working in boxing and wrestling throughout New York City, he has practiced extensively in the art of Kung Fu with Mr. Paul Vizzio and in Tae Kwon Do with Mr. Herb Perez and Mr. Kevin Padilla.
]]>I am one of them.
It was an honor to have him in for the first of many of our conversations.
Here's a little bit from his bio:
Gene Dunn is a lifelong martial arts practitioner, and has dedicated his life to propagation of traditional martial arts to students through safe, effective, non competitive methods. His influence as an instructor and educator now reaches from his home base in Brooklyn – where he has taught for over 20 years – to as far away as Melbourne, Australia.
He began his martial arts training in Shotokan Karate at the age of 11 and has gone on to achieve the rank of Black Belt in karate under Mr. Toyotaro Miyazaki and Mr. Kai Leung; in judo under Mr. Kyoshi Shiina; and in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Mr. Renzo Gracie.
He also holds the rank of double-black Pra Jiad in Muay Thai under Mr. Jamie Crowder. In addition to working in boxing and wrestling throughout New York City, he has practiced extensively in the art of Kung Fu with Mr. Paul Vizzio and in Tae Kwon Do with Mr. Herb Perez and Mr. Kevin Padilla.
]]>He came in, smoked pot and told us about the time he watched a future female celebrity pee in the shower.
Gabe is awesome.
]]>He came in, smoked pot and told us about the time he watched a future female celebrity pee in the shower.
Gabe is awesome.
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Here's a little bit from Ethan's Bio:
Website:
Ethan Herschenfeld is a stand-up comedian, accomplished actor, and award winning Opera singer. In addition to appearing on Girls, Boardwalk Empire, Blue Bloods, The Blacklist, High Maintenance, Power, and Damages, he's sung at the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall and Opera stages around the world. He appears regularly at comedy clubs in NY, LA, and across the country.
At the age of 6 he discovered that shaving cream makes a convincing old guy beard, and he hasn't stopped performing since. He started singing and acting as a student at Harvard which lead to full time work on stage in New York City.
Click on shows to see him in person and watch him this year on Deception (ABC) and Happy! (SyFy).
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Here's a little bit from Ethan's Bio:
Website:
Ethan Herschenfeld is a stand-up comedian, accomplished actor, and award winning Opera singer. In addition to appearing on Girls, Boardwalk Empire, Blue Bloods, The Blacklist, High Maintenance, Power, and Damages, he's sung at the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall and Opera stages around the world. He appears regularly at comedy clubs in NY, LA, and across the country.
At the age of 6 he discovered that shaving cream makes a convincing old guy beard, and he hasn't stopped performing since. He started singing and acting as a student at Harvard which lead to full time work on stage in New York City.
Click on shows to see him in person and watch him this year on Deception (ABC) and Happy! (SyFy).
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Doug instantaneously fits in and becomes one of my favorite old/new friends. Can't wait to have him back in.
Here's a little bit from his bio:
Whether it's performing his one-man show to audiences around the country or his appearances on some of television's most acclaimed series, Douglas Taurel, always gives his best. His resume is seasoned with roles from the stage to the silver screen and continues to grow. It's not surprising that the media have called his work 'flawless,' 'powerful,' and 'compelling.'
Taurel's solo show, The American Soldier, has been touring across the country for the past two years. What started off as a project to honor veteran and their families, has turned into something much larger and more meaningful than he ever imagined. The play is based on real events and actual letters written by veterans and their family members from the American Revolution all the way through current day Afghanistan. The American Soldier has been nominated for the Amnesty International Award for theatre excellence, received 4 stars internationally, been featured in The Huffington Post, The Washington Post and Time Out to name a few and was performed at The Kennedy Center during inauguration weekend. Taurel will close the year out with a performance in Washington, D.C. for the Library of Congress on Veterans Day, November 11th and a special performance for members of the U.S Congress in December. The play has also inspired a TV web series which is being funded by Thomas Edison State Military University, slated to start production in 2018.
The foundation of his training as an actor, are his mentors Wynn Handman and Tim Phillips. Taurel has appeared in numerous television shows including "Mr. Robot", "The Americans", "Blue Bloods", "Person of Interest," "The Following," "Damages," "NYC 22," "Believe," and "Nurse Jackie." His film credits include The Cobbler directed by Tom McCarthy and starring Adam Sandler and Dustin Hoffman and the upcoming The Kindergarten Teacher directed by Sara Conlangelo starring Maggie Gyllenhall. In the indie world, Taurel has appeared in many films including Into the Valley (release date in 2018), Delivery at the HBO Latin Films Festival, Help Wanted (Cinequest Online Viewers Choice), La Vida Blanca(L.A Film Festival Winner), and Hagondes (CUNU Festival Winner) to name a few. He also produced and starred in the short film Siesta, co-starring Zoe Mavroudi, performed it in both English and Spanish. It was officially selected and was screened at The Big Apple Film Festival, The Atlanta Short Fest, AADA New York and AADA Los Angeles Film Festival's and the Hamilton Film Festival.
Douglas grew up in Houston, Texas and is the son of Latin American parents. His mother is from Colombia and his father is from Argentina. Always challenging himself mentally and physically, Taurel boxed in college, has run two marathons (New York & Philadelphia), bagged all 10 Scottish Munros, ran with the bulls in Spain on his honeymoon and in 2012 climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. He's lives in Hoboken, New Jersey, loves a good bourbon and is an Ole Miss alumni.
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Doug instantaneously fits in and becomes one of my favorite old/new friends. Can't wait to have him back in.
Here's a little bit from his bio:
Whether it's performing his one-man show to audiences around the country or his appearances on some of television's most acclaimed series, Douglas Taurel, always gives his best. His resume is seasoned with roles from the stage to the silver screen and continues to grow. It's not surprising that the media have called his work 'flawless,' 'powerful,' and 'compelling.'
Taurel's solo show, The American Soldier, has been touring across the country for the past two years. What started off as a project to honor veteran and their families, has turned into something much larger and more meaningful than he ever imagined. The play is based on real events and actual letters written by veterans and their family members from the American Revolution all the way through current day Afghanistan. The American Soldier has been nominated for the Amnesty International Award for theatre excellence, received 4 stars internationally, been featured in The Huffington Post, The Washington Post and Time Out to name a few and was performed at The Kennedy Center during inauguration weekend. Taurel will close the year out with a performance in Washington, D.C. for the Library of Congress on Veterans Day, November 11th and a special performance for members of the U.S Congress in December. The play has also inspired a TV web series which is being funded by Thomas Edison State Military University, slated to start production in 2018. The foundation of his training as an actor, are his mentors Wynn Handman and Tim Phillips. Taurel has appeared in numerous television shows including "Mr. Robot", "The Americans", "Blue Bloods", "Person of Interest," "The Following," "Damages," "NYC 22," "Believe," and "Nurse Jackie." His film credits include The Cobbler directed by Tom McCarthy and starring Adam Sandler and Dustin Hoffman and the upcoming The Kindergarten Teacher directed by Sara Conlangelo starring Maggie Gyllenhall. In the indie world, Taurel has appeared in many films including Into the Valley (release date in 2018), Delivery at the HBO Latin Films Festival, Help Wanted (Cinequest Online Viewers Choice), La Vida Blanca(L.A Film Festival Winner), and Hagondes (CUNU Festival Winner) to name a few. He also produced and starred in the short film Siesta, co-starring Zoe Mavroudi, performed it in both English and Spanish. It was officially selected and was screened at The Big Apple Film Festival, The Atlanta Short Fest, AADA New York and AADA Los Angeles Film Festival's and the Hamilton Film Festival. Douglas grew up in Houston, Texas and is the son of Latin American parents. His mother is from Colombia and his father is from Argentina. Always challenging himself mentally and physically, Taurel boxed in college, has run two marathons (New York & Philadelphia), bagged all 10 Scottish Munros, ran with the bulls in Spain on his honeymoon and in 2012 climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. He's lives in Hoboken, New Jersey, loves a good bourbon and is an Ole Miss alumni.
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I Love this man.
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]]>Lee Kaplan iOS an Actor, writer and Voice Over Artist.
Padraic is directing Lee in his solo performance of the autobiographical play, "Bully"
Find info about our guests and the show, including where and when to see it here:
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Here's a little bit about Padraic from his Bio:
adraic Lillis is the founding Artistic Director of The Farm Theater. The Farm Theater's name inspired by the 'farm' system of baseball cultivates early career artists through workshops, productions, and artists. As a playwright, has been produced nationwide and are published with Dramatists Plays Services and Indie Theater Now. Most recently he was awarded the Planet Advocate and Best Solo Show for his solo show on suicide awareness, Hope You Get To Eleven or What are we going to do about Sally? His play Pooter McGraw Is Not Dead Party was produced at Kansas University. His film Hand Over Hand, which he wrote and directed, was awarded Best Short Film at the Milan International Film Festival. His play Lights Up On The Fade Out was awarded top ten plays of 2011 in Los Angeles. His other plays, Two Thirds Home was produced in New York by the Broken Watch Theater, and Ronnie's Mask was produced in Chicago at the Steppenwolf Performance Garage. His solo show How to Survive Crack Addiction was produced in New York at Art/NY. As a director he has been awarded the NY IT Award for Outstanding Director for Lindsay Joy's Rise and Fall of a Teenage Cyberqueen, Overall Excellence in Directing Award from NY International Fringe Festival for Lee Kaplan's Bully, Outstanding Director at Planet Connections Theatre Festivity for Valerie David's The Pink Hulk. Padraic has taught with NYU's Department of Dramatic Writing, is a member of The Labyrinth Theater Company and a lifelong Yankee fan.
Here's a little bit about Lee from his Bio:
Selected NYC credits: Off-Broadway - "Penny Penniworth," "Bully" (Awarded Best Direction at FringeNYC). New York Theatre - "Overruled", Shiyr Productions Film/TV - "Attempt to Rise," "Work in Progress," "Grand Theft Auto V," "Saving Unicorns," "Justice Woman." Voiceover - Baskin-Robbins, Nissan, Pep Boys, Little Debbie, Tommy Hilfiger. National and Regional campaigns. Awards - "Best Film Premiere" for "Attempt to Rise" at the Hudson Valley International Film Festival; "Best Dramedy Actor" for "Justice Woman" at the Rome Web Awards. Training - William Esper Conservatory Graduate.
]]>Lee Kaplan iOS an Actor, writer and Voice Over Artist.
Padraic is directing Lee in his solo performance of the autobiographical play, "Bully"
Find info about our guests and the show, including where and when to see it here:
and here:
and here:
and here:
Here's a little bit about Padraic from his Bio:
adraic Lillis is the founding Artistic Director of The Farm Theater. The Farm Theater's name inspired by the 'farm' system of baseball cultivates early career artists through workshops, productions, and artists. As a playwright, has been produced nationwide and are published with Dramatists Plays Services and Indie Theater Now. Most recently he was awarded the Planet Advocate and Best Solo Show for his solo show on suicide awareness, Hope You Get To Eleven or What are we going to do about Sally? His play Pooter McGraw Is Not Dead Party was produced at Kansas University. His film Hand Over Hand, which he wrote and directed, was awarded Best Short Film at the Milan International Film Festival. His play Lights Up On The Fade Out was awarded top ten plays of 2011 in Los Angeles. His other plays, Two Thirds Home was produced in New York by the Broken Watch Theater, and Ronnie's Mask was produced in Chicago at the Steppenwolf Performance Garage. His solo show How to Survive Crack Addiction was produced in New York at Art/NY. As a director he has been awarded the NY IT Award for Outstanding Director for Lindsay Joy's Rise and Fall of a Teenage Cyberqueen, Overall Excellence in Directing Award from NY International Fringe Festival for Lee Kaplan's Bully, Outstanding Director at Planet Connections Theatre Festivity for Valerie David's The Pink Hulk. Padraic has taught with NYU's Department of Dramatic Writing, is a member of The Labyrinth Theater Company and a lifelong Yankee fan.
Here's a little bit about Lee from his Bio:
Selected NYC credits: Off-Broadway - "Penny Penniworth," "Bully" (Awarded Best Direction at FringeNYC). New York Theatre - "Overruled", Shiyr Productions Film/TV - "Attempt to Rise," "Work in Progress," "Grand Theft Auto V," "Saving Unicorns," "Justice Woman." Voiceover - Baskin-Robbins, Nissan, Pep Boys, Little Debbie, Tommy Hilfiger. National and Regional campaigns. Awards - "Best Film Premiere" for "Attempt to Rise" at the Hudson Valley International Film Festival; "Best Dramedy Actor" for "Justice Woman" at the Rome Web Awards. Training - William Esper Conservatory Graduate.
]]>Damon is incredible. Here's a little bit of his bio:
Damon DiMarco is an actor, author, playwright, and screenwriter.
He studied acting at Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts Professional Actor's Training Program and earned his MFA under William Esper. Damon's acting credits include performances in regional theater, recurring roles on soaps, prime time television, commercials, live hosting, and live industrial shows. He is a member of Actors Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.
Damon's non-fiction books have been endorsed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrights David Mamet and Stephen Adly Guirgis; Chairman of the 9/11 Commission Thomas H. Kean; comedian Amy Schumer; Academy Award winning actors Olympia Dukakis, and Mary Steenburgen; author and commentator William F. Buckley, Jr.; and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
He has appeared as a guest on national television and radio programs for CNN, The National Geographic Channel, FOX News, Montel Across America, Premiere Radio Networks, and other venues.
In 2012, he initiated the Writing for Public Intellectuals workshop for PhD students in the History and Culture program at Drew University's Caspersen Graduate School.
Damon lives in New York City.
]]>Damon is incredible. Here's a little bit of his bio:
Damon DiMarco is an actor, author, playwright, and screenwriter.
He studied acting at Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts Professional Actor's Training Program and earned his MFA under William Esper. Damon's acting credits include performances in regional theater, recurring roles on soaps, prime time television, commercials, live hosting, and live industrial shows. He is a member of Actors Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.
Damon's non-fiction books have been endorsed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrights David Mamet and Stephen Adly Guirgis; Chairman of the 9/11 Commission Thomas H. Kean; comedian Amy Schumer; Academy Award winning actors Olympia Dukakis, and Mary Steenburgen; author and commentator William F. Buckley, Jr.; and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
He has appeared as a guest on national television and radio programs for CNN, The National Geographic Channel, FOX News, Montel Across America, Premiere Radio Networks, and other venues.
In 2012, he initiated the Writing for Public Intellectuals workshop for PhD students in the History and Culture program at Drew University's Caspersen Graduate School.
Damon lives in New York City.
]]>For their work on Rosehaven, Celia and Luke won the 2017 AWGIE Award for the best comedy script and are nominated for 3 AACTA Awards.
Listen to this. They're funny.
Here's a little bit of their Bios:
Celia:
Multi-award-winning comic Celia Pacquola has cemented her position as one of the most in demand comedians in Australia, while also forging a comedy career in the UK and abroad.
Her stand-out solo festival shows The Looking Glass, Let Me Know How It All Works Out, Delayed, Flying Solos and Am I Strange, have all garnered rave reviews wherever they were performed, from Melbourne to Edinburgh. In 2014 Celia was nominated for the Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for the best show and won the Amused Moose Laughter Award at the Edinburgh Fringe. This year, Celia became the youngest woman to host the Oxfam Gala for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival/Network Ten.
Celia is also a two time AACTA award-winning actor with her roles in the acclaimed ABC1 series The Beautiful Lie, and in Working Dog's series Utopia. She has also starred in AACTA award-winning Laid and Logie Award winning drama Offspring. Her wit and jokes will be familiar from guest appearances on Spicks and Specks, The Project, Good News Week, Dirty Laundry, Have Been Paying Attention? and more. Internationally, Celia has been a guest on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Live At The Apollo, Chelsea Lately and The Rob Brydon Show. She was also handpicked to support John Oliver on his 2015 Australian Tour. Following this, Celia was invited to the 2016 Just For Laughs festival in Montreal to perform as part of the Carrie Fisher Gala.
In October 2016, Celia and her dear friend and Utopia colleague Luke McGregor starred on ABC1 in Rosehaven - a comedy series of their own creation.
Luke:
Luke McGregor started his stand up comedy career in Tasmania in 2007 when he entered the raw comedy competition after one of the contestants didn't show up. In 2008 he was selected as a Raw Comedy national finalist.
Luke was a regular performer and writer for three seasons on Channel 31's Studio A. He has written on various TV projects including Legally Brown, It's A Date 2 & Our Watch – Christmas Campaign.
In 2013 Luke's first solo Melbourne International Comedy Festival Show 'My Soul Mate Is Out Of My League' played to sold out rooms and won the prestigious Best Newcomer Award. He then went on to perform a hugely successful season at London's Soho Theatre.
Luke performed in the feature films Now Add Honey and Border Protection Squad in which he co-starred alongside Peter Helliar, Ryan Shelton, Dave Hughes and Lachy Hulme. On television, he has had regular roles on Utopia (ABC) and Legally Brown (SBS) and appeared on Time Of Our Lives (ABC1), Josh Thomas' Please Like Me(ABC/Pivot), and the telemovie Scumbus. His 'ginger wonderland' date with Sibylla Budd in It's A Date (ABC1) stole the show, and he garnered cult figure status amongst the celebrities lucky enough to be interviewed by him on Dirty Laundry (ABC2). Luke has also appeared on Hamish & Andy's True Story, The Project as a correspondent, This Week Live, Spicks & Specks and the web series Noirhouse.
Luke performed his solo show 'I Worry That I Worry Too Much' at the 2014 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Luke had no need for undue 'worry' as he was moved to a bigger venue during the festival. Two thumbs up Mr McGregor! Immediately after the MICF, Luke took the show to the Sydney Comedy Festival and was awarded Best Newcomer 2014, another outstanding festival season. He then went on to perform his debut season at the Edinburgh Festival and a return season at the Soho Theatre in London. In 2015 he performed a return season of three sold out shows at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne.
In 2016 Luke presented Luke Warm Sex (ABC), a show that took an embarrassingly honest and humorous look at all things 'sex'. Luke then teamed up with Celia Pacquola for the hit series Rosehaven (ABC) a new comedy filmed in Tasmania which they wrote and performed the lead roles in.
2017 has seen Luke return to stand up with sell out seasons of his brand new solo show 'Almost Fixed It' in Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne. Later this year, Luke will be back on the ABC with the second series of Rosehaven, with a new broadcast partner in the United States, SundanceTV.
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For their work on Rosehaven, Celia and Luke won the 2017 AWGIE Award for the best comedy script and are nominated for 3 AACTA Awards.
Listen to this. They're funny.
Here's a little bit of their Bios:
Celia:
Multi-award-winning comic Celia Pacquola has cemented her position as one of the most in demand comedians in Australia, while also forging a comedy career in the UK and abroad.
Her stand-out solo festival shows The Looking Glass, Let Me Know How It All Works Out, Delayed, Flying Solos and Am I Strange, have all garnered rave reviews wherever they were performed, from Melbourne to Edinburgh. In 2014 Celia was nominated for the Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for the best show and won the Amused Moose Laughter Award at the Edinburgh Fringe. This year, Celia became the youngest woman to host the Oxfam Gala for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival/Network Ten.
Celia is also a two time AACTA award-winning actor with her roles in the acclaimed ABC1 series The Beautiful Lie, and in Working Dog's series Utopia. She has also starred in AACTA award-winning Laid and Logie Award winning drama Offspring. Her wit and jokes will be familiar from guest appearances on Spicks and Specks, The Project, Good News Week, Dirty Laundry, Have Been Paying Attention? and more. Internationally, Celia has been a guest on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Live At The Apollo, Chelsea Lately and The Rob Brydon Show. She was also handpicked to support John Oliver on his 2015 Australian Tour. Following this, Celia was invited to the 2016 Just For Laughs festival in Montreal to perform as part of the Carrie Fisher Gala.
In October 2016, Celia and her dear friend and Utopia colleague Luke McGregor starred on ABC1 in Rosehaven - a comedy series of their own creation.
Luke:
Luke McGregor started his stand up comedy career in Tasmania in 2007 when he entered the raw comedy competition after one of the contestants didn't show up. In 2008 he was selected as a Raw Comedy national finalist.
Luke was a regular performer and writer for three seasons on Channel 31's Studio A. He has written on various TV projects including Legally Brown, It's A Date 2 & Our Watch – Christmas Campaign.
In 2013 Luke's first solo Melbourne International Comedy Festival Show 'My Soul Mate Is Out Of My League' played to sold out rooms and won the prestigious Best Newcomer Award. He then went on to perform a hugely successful season at London's Soho Theatre.
Luke performed in the feature films Now Add Honey and Border Protection Squad in which he co-starred alongside Peter Helliar, Ryan Shelton, Dave Hughes and Lachy Hulme. On television, he has had regular roles on Utopia (ABC) and Legally Brown (SBS) and appeared on Time Of Our Lives (ABC1), Josh Thomas' Please Like Me(ABC/Pivot), and the telemovie Scumbus. His 'ginger wonderland' date with Sibylla Budd in It's A Date (ABC1) stole the show, and he garnered cult figure status amongst the celebrities lucky enough to be interviewed by him on Dirty Laundry (ABC2). Luke has also appeared on Hamish & Andy's True Story, The Project as a correspondent, This Week Live, Spicks & Specks and the web series Noirhouse.
Luke performed his solo show 'I Worry That I Worry Too Much' at the 2014 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Luke had no need for undue 'worry' as he was moved to a bigger venue during the festival. Two thumbs up Mr McGregor! Immediately after the MICF, Luke took the show to the Sydney Comedy Festival and was awarded Best Newcomer 2014, another outstanding festival season. He then went on to perform his debut season at the Edinburgh Festival and a return season at the Soho Theatre in London. In 2015 he performed a return season of three sold out shows at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne.
In 2016 Luke presented Luke Warm Sex (ABC), a show that took an embarrassingly honest and humorous look at all things 'sex'. Luke then teamed up with Celia Pacquola for the hit series Rosehaven (ABC) a new comedy filmed in Tasmania which they wrote and performed the lead roles in.
2017 has seen Luke return to stand up with sell out seasons of his brand new solo show 'Almost Fixed It' in Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne. Later this year, Luke will be back on the ABC with the second series of Rosehaven, with a new broadcast partner in the United States, SundanceTV.
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3PLT Crew Member Afrim Gjonbalaj kindly brings in his friend and Genius Brooklynite Patrick Hickey to talk about his book, his voice over work as the main character on the new video game "The Padre", his website and how horribly he treats the children in his family.
Patrick's website www.ReviewFix.com is your one stop for Video Game, TV, Movie, Music, Book and Graphic Novel reviews
And...Here's a little bit of Patrick's Bio:
Founder, Editor-in-Chief, Master Jedi and Grand Pooh-bah of ReviewFix.com. Despite being an avid and prolific journalist over the past seven years, I find myself wanting more. During my career, I've spent time covering everything from minor league hockey and baseball to the New York Mets and the NHL and interviewing everyone from David Wright to Martin Brodeur. I've been published in over two dozen newspapers, magazines and websites and have won several awards along the way. In addition to teaching Journalism and English full-time at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, I am also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and NAtional Video Games Writer at the late Examiner.com. I'm still hungry, though.
While sports writing has been a blast and still provides a tremendous rush for me, I felt a need to return to entertainment writing, an endeavor I supremely enjoyed while I was the EIC of two college newspapers. As a matter of fact, some of the greatest times in my journalistic career were those late nights in the editing and layout rooms, working with people and discussing pop culture. Sometimes, those would be the reasons why I enjoyed myself so much, aside from looking at our finished product at the end of the night.
After college, I continued writing and began teaching Journalism and felt that again, while sports writing will always be the Jennifer Love-Hewitt of my heart, I realized that I am a slave to this craft and need an Alyssa Milano of sorts. That, to me, at least, is entertainment writing. At this site, my staff -which I have gathered from my exploits as a professor and journalist- and I will be dedicated to bringing you the most up to date reviews in the entertainment world as well as reviews of older material you may not have seen, which eventually will create a one of a kind experience you'll feel the need to see every single day, before we eventually own your soul.
Don't fight it, my friends, embrace it.
You can reach me at PatrickHickeyJr@Reviewfix.com if you have any questions or concerns. It is our goal to make this the most innovative and fun atmosphere we can. Help us make that happen.
3PLT Crew Member Afrim Gjonbalaj kindly brings in his friend and Genius Brooklynite Patrick Hickey to talk about his book, his voice over work as the main character on the new video game "The Padre", his website and how horribly he treats the children in his family.
Patrick's website www.ReviewFix.com is your one stop for Video Game, TV, Movie, Music, Book and Graphic Novel reviews
And...Here's a little bit of Patrick's Bio:
Founder, Editor-in-Chief, Master Jedi and Grand Pooh-bah of ReviewFix.com. Despite being an avid and prolific journalist over the past seven years, I find myself wanting more. During my career, I've spent time covering everything from minor league hockey and baseball to the New York Mets and the NHL and interviewing everyone from David Wright to Martin Brodeur. I've been published in over two dozen newspapers, magazines and websites and have won several awards along the way. In addition to teaching Journalism and English full-time at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, I am also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and NAtional Video Games Writer at the late Examiner.com. I'm still hungry, though.
While sports writing has been a blast and still provides a tremendous rush for me, I felt a need to return to entertainment writing, an endeavor I supremely enjoyed while I was the EIC of two college newspapers. As a matter of fact, some of the greatest times in my journalistic career were those late nights in the editing and layout rooms, working with people and discussing pop culture. Sometimes, those would be the reasons why I enjoyed myself so much, aside from looking at our finished product at the end of the night.
After college, I continued writing and began teaching Journalism and felt that again, while sports writing will always be the Jennifer Love-Hewitt of my heart, I realized that I am a slave to this craft and need an Alyssa Milano of sorts. That, to me, at least, is entertainment writing. At this site, my staff -which I have gathered from my exploits as a professor and journalist- and I will be dedicated to bringing you the most up to date reviews in the entertainment world as well as reviews of older material you may not have seen, which eventually will create a one of a kind experience you'll feel the need to see every single day, before we eventually own your soul.
Don't fight it, my friends, embrace it.
You can reach me at PatrickHickeyJr@Reviewfix.com if you have any questions or concerns. It is our goal to make this the most innovative and fun atmosphere we can. Help us make that happen.
]]>My dear, wonderful genius of a friend, Francis Galluccio is too good for any of this and he barely tolerated being surrounded by a bunch of self centered, egotistical morons for the afternoon. However, we did feed him some nice Italian food which seemed to quell his rage, temporarily. Thanks for your patience and understanding Francis...now, here's Part 2 of this nonsense.
]]>My dear, wonderful genius of a friend, Francis Galluccio is too good for any of this and he barely tolerated being surrounded by a bunch of self centered, egotistical morons for the afternoon. However, we did feed him some nice Italian food which seemed to quell his rage, temporarily. Thanks for your patience and understanding Francis...now, here's Part 2 of this nonsense.
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Known mostly as a Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band, Johnny is not afraid to take on today's current hip-hop hits and that's what makes him so interesting. Nothing more unique than an old time rock and roll guy, in his late 60's, performing songs from DMX, Jay Z, Drake, Kanye and Kendrick Lamar.
In this preview of things to come, we present Johnny Rocket's Cover of the popular song 1-800-273-8255
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Known mostly as a Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band, Johnny is not afraid to take on today's current hip-hop hits and that's what makes him so interesting. Nothing more unique than an old time rock and roll guy, in his late 60's, performing songs from DMX, Jay Z, Drake, Kanye and Kendrick Lamar.
In this preview of things to come, we present Johnny Rocket's Cover of the popular song 1-800-273-8255
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Francis Galluccio is a raging genius. Writer, Producer, Musician, Songwriter...everything.
Here's a little bit of Francis' Bio:
Francis' songwriting credits include albums by Celine Dion, Danielle Bollinger, Ender Thomas and Gary Moore. TV Main Theme and background composer credits are to numerous to list. Honors & Awards - "When The Broken Hearted Love Again" Billboard May 2005 #1 Billboard Club Dance Chart - "A New Day Has Come" Album by Celine Dion Multi-Platinum Award (10x)
Francis is the co-founder of the successful production music library Auracle Music. In 2014, Francis scored movie trailers "Intersection" and "Dead Of Winter" for R3 International. He also Executive Produced his first feature film "Intersection" which won Los Angeles Movie Awards Best Actor, Best Narrative Feature & Audience Awards 2014. In 2011, Francis co-wrote the song "Este Amor" for Yanni Presents Ender Thomas. In 2008 he co-wrote the "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's" theme song for 4Kids Productions, which can be seen on "The CW" network. He has also been writing and producing for famed record producer Ric Wake for many years. Among the artists Francis has written for include Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Jessica Simpson, Destiny's Child and Celine Dion. "When The Broken Hearted Love Again" (artist: Danielle Bollinger), a song he co-wrote, reached the #1 position on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in 2005 and the #9 on the Billboard Dance Radio chart. Also, the song is on the in-store play list of Abercrombie & Fitch stores nationwide. "When The Wrong One Loves You Right", a song that Francis co-wrote, is on Celine Dion's 2002, Multi-Platinum album, A New Day Has Come. To date, the album has sold more than ten million copies worldwide. Celine, along with Beyoncé Knowles and Destiny's Child, performed "When The Wrong One Loves You Right" live on national television, on CBS-TV. Auracle Music, Inc., is a music library that supplies background and feature music to television and film. Auracle Music now has over 40 songwriters who create background music and themes for its clients, as well as supplies them with a library of existing original music. With over 3000 original compositions in the library, Auracle delivers cu