Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 90, in which I discuss how Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980), who never wrote for a Kindle and of course didn't even know about it, nonetheless correctly foresaw its revolutionary impact on authors when he wrote, in Laws of the Media (1977) that the "Xerox makes everyone a publisher".  I also discuss the practical advantages of self-publishing on Kindle rather than via traditional publishers, and how such opening of the gates may ameliorate Thomas Gray's lament (1751) "Full many a flow'r is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air."

my science fictions on Kindle

and Digital McLuhan and New New Media on Kindle

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 89, which contains Patrick Rands and Carl Thien's recent "spotlight" on my science fiction and music, broadcast a few days ago on Patrick's WZBC Radio show.   Patrick decided to do this segment after hearing Sundial Symphony's new recording of my "Looking for Sunsets (in the Early Morning)".   He put together a wild, cool set of my music over the years, and began by inviting Carl to talk about my science fiction.

The playlist follows.  More about Sundial Symphony - consisting of Don Frankel (who played keyboard on the 1972 recording of Looking for Sunsets) and Robbie Rist (cousin Oliver on The Brady Bunch, the bus driver on Sharknado, and everything in between) - on their Facebook page.

1. Ring Around My Rosie - recorded by Protozoa - song written by David Fox, produced by Paul Levinson, Ed Fox, and Herb Abramson, Buddah Records, 1969

2. Sunshine Mind - recorded by Donna Marie (who sang in the Archies) - song written by Paul Levinson, produced by Jimmy "Wiz" Wisner, released on Columbia, 1968

3. Love Colored Glasses - studio demo recorded by Mikie Harris & Paul Levinson, written by Paul Levinson & Mikie Harris, 1968

4. Not Yet Ready to Say Goodbye - recorded by Paul Levinson, with Ed Fox and Peter Rosenthal (Paul singing lead) - written by Paul Levinson & Linda Kaplan, produced by Paul Levinson & Ed Fox, released on Twice Upon A Rhyme LP, HappySad Records, 1972 (musicians on this album also include Don Frankel, Jay Sackett, Alan Fuhr, Boris Midney)

5. Skyscraper - studio demo by Linda Kaplan (later wrote "Toys 'R Us" jingle), written by Paul Levinson & Linda Kaplan, 1968

6. Lime Streets - live performance by Paul Levinson on Patrick Rands’ 2006 WZBC Radio show, written by Paul Levinson, 2006

7. Looking for Sunsets (in the Early Morning) - Sundial Symphony (Don Frankel & Robbie Rist), written by Paul Levinson & Ed Fox, 1969 (released on Twice Upon A Rhyme LP, HappySad Records, 1972), 2013 (mastered by Steve Katz)

my science fictions now on Kindle

my science fictions now on Kindle

You might also enjoy Patrick Rands' 2006 60-minute WZBC Radio show about my music, with interview.

Welcome to Episode 88 of Llght On Light Through, a special video podcast:  I've just finished writing the concluding chapter of Unburning Alexandria - sequel to The Plot to Save Socrates - which will be published on Kindle, iTunes, etc as an ebook by JoSara MeDia in a few days. As a little appetizer, I thought you might enjoy this brief reading I did from Unburning Alexandria at Robin's Books (the famous book store which closed in 2012) in Philadelphia, as part of Oz Fontecchio's Philadelphia Fantastic series. The reading comes from the beginning of the novel, which was published in November 2008 in Analog Magazine as a novelette, and which is in the 2012 ebook of The Plot to Save Socrates. (The ebook of Unburning Alexandria picks up the narrative right after.) Following the reading, I talk to Oz Fontecchio about time travel, and take questions from audience, including one from Gerry Elman. Thanks to Larry Robin, Ray Garman, Oz Fontecchio, Gerry Elman, Trevor Quachri, and Chuck Sterin, who in one way or another helped with this video, and to David Hartwell and Stan Schmidt, who helped with the print publications of The Plot to Save Socrates and Unburning Alexandria. The Plot to Save Socrates on Kindle

Welcome to Episode 87 of Light On Light Through, in which I offer ongoing commentary about Occupy Wall Street, September 27 through November 23, 2011.  The commentary first appeared in 15 blog posts - dates, titles, and links to the text of the blog posts are listed below.  Main themes include Occupy Wall Street as a resurgence of direct democracy, police violation of the First Amendment in their violence against protesters and the press, failure of the Obama administration to protect the rights of Occupy citizens attacked by munipalities, and much more.  This podcast is about 55 minutes in length.  It is intended as both analysis and eyewitness to one of the most important revolutions in human history.  Further chronicles will appear here in subsequent months.

Helpful links -

1. Sept 27, 2011 NYC Police Disgrace Themselves in Brutal Treatment of Wall Street Protesters
2. Oct 6, 2011 Advice to President Obama: Join Occupy Wall Street
3. Oct 16, 2011 Occupy Wall Street, Direct Democracy, Social Media: A Thumbnail History of Media and Politics Since Ancient Athens
4. Oct 21, 2011 Obama Should Call in National Guard to Restrain NYPD in Occupy Wall Street
5. Oct 26, 2011 No Expiration Date on First Amendment
6. Oct 29, 2011 Into the Mind of a Conservative Bully
   
7. Nov 2, 2011 Bank of America Bends to Will of the People
8. Nov 10, 2011 Open Letter to Governor Jerry Brown
9. Nov 13, 2011 Lame CBS Broadcasts Only First Hour of Republican Foreign Policy Debate
10. Nov 15, 2011 Mayor Bloomberg's Poor Understanding of the First Amendment
11. Nov 16, 2011 Violation of First Amendment to Cover Up Violation of First Amendment
12. Nov 20, 2011 What OWS Has Shown Us about Bloomberg, Jerry Brown, Obama
13. Nov 20, 2011 Jay Carney (and Obama) Have It All Wrong about Police and OWS
14. Nov 20, 2011 Failure of Budget Super-Committee Shows Further Decay of Representative Democracy
15. Nov 23, 2011 First Amendment Trampling Bloomberg Caves: NYPD Ordered to Let Press Do Its Job

My television interviews about OWS ... with Chuck Scarborough on NY Nightly News ... on FOX 5 NY ...

my home page: http://paullevinson.info

more blogs: http://InfiniteRegress.tv

more podcasts: http://Levinsonnewsclips.com                                         

videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006

my latest media book:  New New Media

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates

"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly

"Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

The Chinese ban of time travel movies is an unwelcome but timely reminder of the enduring differences between closed and open societies ... this is the subject of Light On Light Through, Episode 83.

Helpful links -

1. my blog post: China Goes Totalitarian about Time Travel
2. The New Yorker and China Hush on the subject
3. list of my books translated into Chinese
4. my blog post: The Enoyable Trouble with Time Travel
5. 2002 movie (YouTube): The Chronology Protection Case
6. transcript and vid of my 2005 lecture: The Flouting of the First Amendment

my home page: http://paullevinson.info

more blogs: http://InfiniteRegress.tv

more podcasts: http://Levinsonnewsclips.com                                         

videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006

my latest media book:  New New Media

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates

"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly

"Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

and Brian Charles Clarke says The Plot to Save Socrates "resonates with the current political climate . . . Sierra Waters is sexy as hell . . . there's a bite to Levinson's wit"-- in Curled Up With A Good Book

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 82 - Kojo Nnamdi's complete National Public Radio (NPR) Septemeber 2009 interview with me about New New Media.  This is one of best interviews I've ever been treated to on the subject.  We cover all the usual bases, from Twitter to YouTube, but with historical context and live questions via email, Twitter, and phone.

Helpful links -

1. What's Newer than New New Media - everything that's happened since Sept 2009
2. Mark Molaro's video interview with me on The Alcove

my home page: http://paullevinson.info

more blogs: http://InfiniteRegress.tv

more podcasts: http://Levinsonnewsclips.com                                         

videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006

published on 3 September 2009:  New New Media

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates

"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly

"Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

and Brian Charles Clarke says The Plot to Save Socrates "resonates with the current political climate . . . Sierra Waters is sexy as hell . . . there's a bite to Levinson's wit"-- in Curled Up With A Good Book

FREE audiobook of The Plot to Save Socrates from Audible special trial offer!

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 81 - 15 minutes of clear, cogent analysis from me about why MSNBC was dead wrong to suspend Keith Olbermann.  Well, I'll leave it to you to judge whether my analysis is clear and cogent, but the long and the short of it is, although I've found fault with Olbermann's over-the-top denunciations of everyone from Hillary Clinton to Bill O'Reilly to Jack Bauer, his suspension from MSNBC is based on the dangerous and foolish myth that news commentators are supposed to be "objective," and not connected in any way to those they may interview.

Helpful links:

1. my short blog post on this matter: MSNBC Wrong and Self-Destructive to Suspend Keith Olbermann
2. strong comments and debate on this issue on my Facebook wall
3. Olbermann, Bauer, Coleridge - I critique Olbermann in this 2007 podcast

my home page: http://paullevinson.info

more blogs: http://InfiniteRegress.tv

more podcasts: http://Levinsonnewsclips.com                                         

videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006

published on 3 September 2009:  New New Media

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates

"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly

"Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

and Brian Charles Clarke says The Plot to Save Socrates "resonates with the current political climate . . . Sierra Waters is sexy as hell . . . there's a bite to Levinson's wit"-- in Curled Up With A Good Book

FREE audiobook of The Plot to Save Socrates from Audible special trial offer!

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 80, in which you will hear the complete, uncut radio play of "The Chronology Protection Case," recorded before a live audience at the Mark Goodson Theater in the Museum of Television and Radio in New York City in September 2002.    The radio play is based on my novelette, "The Chronology Protection Case," published in Analog Magazine 1995.   The novelette was nominated for the Nebula Award by the Science Fiction Writers of America, was reprinted six times, and led to two other novelettes with the lead character - Dr. Phil D'Amato - and three novels, including The Silk Code, which won the Locus Award for Best First Novel of 1999.   Jay Kensinger released a short film based on the novelette in 2002.

Mark Shanahan wrote the radio play, with Paul Levinson (me) and Jay Kensinger.   The script performed at the Museum of Television and Radio was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Radio Play by the Mystery Writers of America.  Mark later recorded a studio production of the play, which was released by Audible.com.

Links:

1. Jay Kensinger's 2002 movie of The Chronology Protection Case, in its entirety
2. Studio production of The Chronology Protection Case radio play, from Audible.com
3. "The Four Phils" - podcast about the creations of this character
4. Phil D'Amato's Wikipedia article

~playbill~

The Chronology Protection Case

based on the story by Paul Levinson

radio adaption by Mark Shanahan, with Paul Levinson & Jay Kensinger

directed by Elysa Martin

music performed by Bob Feldman

host Joel Farrell

sound designer Chip Cristarella

Cast

Mark Shanahan as Dr. Phil D'Amato

Deborah Thomas as Lauren Goldring and Deborah

Ted Deasy as Jack Donovan and Richard Hays

Jeff Peters as Ed Monti, Sam Abrahmson, Nurse Johnson, and Officer

Gina Daniels as Maisie, Janny Murphy, and Julie Fenwich

A Stage Shadows Production

casting by Terry Ashe-Croft

performed at the Mark Goodson Theater at the Museum of Television and Radio, NYC

September 27, 2002

more by Paul Levinson

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 79, in which you will hear the complete 65-minute interview Patrick Rands did with me about my music, in June 2006.   I drove up to WZBC Radio studios outside of Boston on a beautiful early summer afternoon for the interview by Partick Rands on his "Test Patterns" radio show on WZBC (Boston College) Radio.  With my 1972 LP, Twice Upon a Rhyme, re-issued in mini-CD by Big Pink/Beatball Records in December 2008, and to be re-issued in a vinyl re-pressing by Whiplash/Sound of Salvation Records in November 2010, I thought this interview, in which Patrick played 14 of my songs (many rarely heard before) to be especially significant.   A complete playlist and links to the music on the Web follow below ...

I had first come to know Patrick after his review of Rhino Handmade's Come to the Sunshine compilation CD in 2005 - the CD has my group The Other Voices (aka The New Outlook) singing "Hung Up On Love," a song I wrote with Mikie Harris, produced by Ellie Greenwich & Mike Rashkow, and released on Atlantic Records in 1968.

Patrick played "Hung Up On Love" and a dozen other recordings that I wrote, sang, produced (or all three) on our show in 2006.  As a special coda, I performed my new song, "Lime Streets," for the very first time at the end of the show.  I had written it just a month before the interview. Patrick was good enough to lend me his daughter's cool little keyboard for my rendition - it was my only instrumentation, so I was practically unplugged.

A complete list of the songs played on the show follows.  Patrick has a nice 'n' easy interview style, and I really had a good time.

Among the secrets revealed for the first time on the show:  how Ed Fox and I wrote "The Lama Will Be Late This Year" (and who, exactly, was 'Hawaiian Herb'?) . . . .the real reason that jazz-man Boris Midney left the Soviet Union  . . . what song got in the way of The Vogues releasing their recording of my song, "Unbelieavable (Inconceivable You)", on Reprise Records? . . . . and how old was Linda Kaplan when she wrote "Skyscraper" with me in the late 1960s? ( well, a lot younger than when she later wrote the famous "Toys 'R Jingle" . . . . "I don't wanna grow up . . . .")

And the playlight is as follows:

1. No Olympian Height(s) - recorded by The Other Voices (The New Outlook), Paul Levinson, Stu Nitekman, Ira Margolis (Stu singing lead), song written by Brute Force, produced by Ellie Greenwich & Mike Rashkow, 2nd single released on Atlantic, 1968

2. Hung Up On Love - recorded by The Other Voices (The New Outlook) - Paul Levinson, Stu Nitekman, Ira Margolis (but Mike Rashkow singing lead) - song written by Paul Levinson & Mikie Harris, produced by Ellie Greenwich & Mike Rashkow, B-side of both May My Heart Be Cast Into Stone, and No Olympian Heights, singles released on Atlantic, 1968 (included on Rhino's Come to the Sunshine CD, 2004)

3. Picture Postcard World - recorded by The Definitive Rock Chorale - studio group with Ellie Greenwich, Toni Wine, Ron Dante, etc - song written by Paul Levinson, produced by Ellie Greenwich & Mike Rashkow, released on Decca, 1968

4. Unbelievable (Inconceivable You) - recorded by The Vogues - song written by Paul Levinson, produced by Dick Glasser for Reprise, 1968, but never released

5. Sunshine Mind - recorded by Donna Marie (who sang in the Archies) - song written by Paul Levinson, produced by Jimmy "Wiz" Wisner, released on Columbia, 1968

6. Love Colored Glasses - studio demo recorded by Mikie Harris, written by Paul Levinson & Mikie Harris, 1968

7. Teacups and Tapestry - studio demo (artist unknown), written by Paul Levinson and Boris Midney, 1969

8. Skyscraper - studio demo by Linda Kaplan (later wrote "Toys 'R U" jingle), written by Paul Levinson & Linda Kaplan, 1968

9. Ring Around My Rosie - recorded by Protozoa - song written by David Fox, produced by Paul Levinson, Ed Fox, and Herb Abramson, Buddah Records, 1969

10. Merri- Goes-Round - recorded by Trousers (studio group; Bruce Scott singing lead) - written by Paul Levinson & Ed Fox, produced by Paul Levinson & Ed Fox, released on Wizdom Records, 1969

11. Not Yet Ready to Say Goodbye - recorded by Paul Levinson, with Ed Fox and Peter Rosenthal (Paul singing lead) - written by Paul Levinson & Linda Kaplan, produced by Paul Levinson & Ed Fox, released on Twice Upon A Rhyme LP, HappySad Records, 1972 (musicians on this album also include Don Frankel, Jay Sackett, Alan Fuhr, Boris Midney)

12. The Lama Will Be Late This Year - recorded by Paul Levinson, with Ed Fox and Peter Rosenthal (Ed singing lead) - written by Paul Levinson & Ed Fox, produced by Paul Levinson & Ed Fox, released on Twice Upon A Rhyme LP, HappySad Records, 1972 (musicians on this album also include Don Frankel, Jay Sackett, Alan Fuhr, Boris Midney)

13. Alpha Centauri - recorded by Peter Rosenthal (home demo) - written by Paul Levinson & Peter Rosenthal, 2000

14. Lime Streets - live performance by Paul Levinson, written by Paul Levinson, 2006

 And you'll also hear nice medley of New Outlook folk rock under some of the interview near the beginning...

Links to the music on the Web:

1. on iTunes ... Amazon ... eMusic
2. my MySpace music page ... Facebook fan page ... Reverbnation
3. complete lyrics to the songs on Twice Upon a Rhyme
4. links to reviews and news about Twice Upon a Rhyme
5. Shindig Magazine Jan-Feb 2011 review of Twice Upon a Rhyme
   

 

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 78, in which you will hear a tale - all true - about time, space, the vision of an artist 100 years ago, the vision of another artist now ... a tale of two Presidents, of the power of the penny to bring us the past and make it come alive.   I interview Joel Iskowitz, whose depictions appear on the back of American coins and on UK stamps, on illustrations for NASA and the Boyscouts ... We talk about the capacity of a coin to capture the past and bring it to millions, how Victor David Brenner persuaded Theodore Roosevelt to commission a new Lincoln Penny back at the beginning of the 20th century, and how Joel envisioned this scene and rescued it from the oblivion of the past in a brand new lithograph.   This interview will be of special interest to historians, artists, coin collectors, and all students of communication and technology, and how this affects our psyches and our world...

Links:

1. Joel Iskowitz's web page and Wikipedia page.
2. Meet Joel in person on 13 Aug 2010 at the World's Fair of Money in Boston!
3. Joel's work at Signature Art Medals online.
4. More from Joel online at The Mountain Studio.

Lithograph by Iskowitz depicting Theodore Roosevelt sitting for Victor David Brenner for the Panama Canal Service Medal at Sagamore Hill. Courtesy Signature Art Medals.

my home page: http://paullevinson.info

more blogs: http://InfiniteRegress.tv

more podcasts: http://Levinsonnewsclips.com                                         

videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006

published on 3 September 2009:  New New Media

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates

"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly

"Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

and Brian Charles Clarke says The Plot to Save Socrates "resonates with the current political climate . . . Sierra Waters is sexy as hell . . . there's a bite to Levinson's wit"-- in Curled Up With A Good Book

FREE audiobook of The Plot to Save Socrates from Audible special trial offer!

1. my Infinite Regress blog piece:  Concern about Kagan's First Amendment position
2. my Daily Kos blog piece, with extensive commentary:  Concern about Kagan's First Amendment position
3. James Doty's defense of  Kagan in Salon
4. Jonathan Turley's critique of Kagan, with link to her article about combating hate speech and pornography
5. Light On Light Through podcast interview with the Doningers about Sotomayor's decision in their case
6. My 2005 Fordham University Keynote Address:  The Flouting of the First Amendment
7. Huffington Post discussion of Obama's address at Hampton University
8. my 2009 book, New New Media
   

home page: http://paullevinson.info

more blogs: http://InfiniteRegress.tv

more podcasts: http://Levinsonnewsclips.com                                         

videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006

published on 3 September 2009:  New New Media

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates

"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly

"Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

and Brian Charles Clarke says The Plot to Save Socrates "resonates with the current political climate . . . Sierra Waters is sexy as hell . . . there's a bite to Levinson's wit"-- in Curled Up With A Good Book

FREE audiobook of The Plot to Save Socrates from Audible special trial offer!

1. Why the Arizona Immigration Law Is Unconstitutional my Infinite Regress blog post, with extensive commentary
2. Why the Arizona Immigration Law Is Unconstitutional my Daily Kos blog post, also with extensive commentary
3. Why the Arizona Immigration Law Is Unconstitutional my Open Salon blog post, also with extensive commentary
   

home page: http://paullevinson.info

more blogs: http://InfiniteRegress.tv

more podcasts: http://Levinsonnewsclips.com                                         

videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006

published on 3 September 2009:  New New Media

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates

"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly

"Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

and Brian Charles Clarke says The Plot to Save Socrates "resonates with the current political climate . . . Sierra Waters is sexy as hell . . . there's a bite to Levinson's wit"-- in Curled Up With A Good Book

FREE audiobook of The Plot to Save Socrates from Audible special trial offer!

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 75, in which I explain why Neil Armstrong, James Lovell, and Eugene Cernan are right to criticize Obama's cutting of the humans to the Moon space programs.   The long and the short of it is we'll never know who were are, never understand what we are doing here in this Universe, from our vantage point here on Planet Earth, and humans on the Moon are a crucial step to getting off this Planet.

Links:

1. my recent blog posts on this subject at Infinite Regress, Open Salon, and the Daily Kos, and the spirited discussion in the comments
2. Obama's 2011-2015 budget and mission plans for NASA
3. full text of Armstrong, Lovell, and Cernan letter to Obama
4. MPAndonee's comment in the Huffington Post discussion
5. my 2003 book, RealSpace

home page: http://paullevinson.info

more blogs: http://InfiniteRegress.tv

more podcasts: http://Levinsonnewsclips.com                                         

videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006

published on 3 September 2009:  New New Media

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates

"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly

"Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

and Brian Charles Clarke says The Plot to Save Socrates "resonates with the current political climate . . . Sierra Waters is sexy as hell . . . there's a bite to Levinson's wit"-- in Curled Up With A Good Book

FREE audiobook of The Plot to Save Socrates from Audible special trial offer!

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 74, in which I present my original reviews of the first 10 episodes of FlashForward, from the Fall 2009.    With Flashforward to resume tonight, I thought these reviews - from my Levinson news clips podcast - might be a good way of catching up.

Links:

1. New podcast reviews of new episodes of Flashforward (11 -) at Levinson news clips
2. Blog post reviews of all Flasforward episodes at InfiniteRegress.tv
3. My Light On Light Through September 2009 podcast interview with Rob Sawyer
4. Come see my March 28, 2010 interview with Rob Sawyer at I-Con science fiction con

home page: http://paullevinson.info

more blogs: http://InfiniteRegress.tv

more podcasts: http://Levinsonnewsclips.com                                         

videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006

published on 3 September 2009:  New New Media

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates

"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly

"Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

and Brian Charles Clarke says The Plot to Save Socrates "resonates with the current political climate . . . Sierra Waters is sexy as hell . . . there's a bite to Levinson's wit"-- in Curled Up With A Good Book

Read the first chapter of The Plot to Save Socrates .... FREE

A special Episode 73 of Light On Light Through  -- in which I discuss my current assessment of the Prius I've been driving since September 2006, and which was the subject of Episodes 1 and 32 of this very podcast.   Given the serious problems with accelerator and brake action reported for the Prius and other Toyotas, I though I'd chime in here with at least one data point:  which is, although I did have a little problem with a headlight, my Prius is driving just fine.

Links:

1. Light On Light Through Episode 1: Prius and BlueTooth
2. Light On Light Through Episode 32:  My Sweet Prius, Part 2

home page: http://paullevinson.info

more blogs: http://InfiniteRegress.tv

more podcasts: http://Levinsonnewsclips.com                                         

videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006

published on 3 September 2009:  New New Media

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates

"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly

"Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

and Brian Charles Clarke says The Plot to Save Socrates "resonates with the current political climate . . . Sierra Waters is sexy as hell . . . there's a bite to Levinson's wit"-- in Curled Up With A Good Book

Read the first chapter of The Plot to Save Socrates .... FREE

A special Episode 72 of Light On Light Through  -- recorded an hour after ABC-TV pulled its station off Cablevision in the New York area.

Link to blog post:  Memo to Cablevision and ABC TV

home page: http://paullevinson.info

more blogs: http://InfiniteRegress.tv

more podcasts: http://Levinsonnewsclips.com                                         

videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006

published on 3 September 2009:  New New Media

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates

"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly

"Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

and Brian Charles Clarke says The Plot to Save Socrates "resonates with the current political climate . . . Sierra Waters is sexy as hell . . . there's a bite to Levinson's wit"-- in Curled Up With A Good Book

Read the first chapter of The Plot to Save Socrates .... FREE

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 71: New New Media and Religion, in which I briefly discuss how blogging, Twitter, and "new new media" - which enable consumers of information to become producers - enable more human beings to consider and communicate about what it is that makes us human, what we're doing here in this universe, in other words, the essence of religion.

Links:

1. Free Twitter chapter from New New Media
2. more about New New Media
3. also Realspace: The Fate of Physical Presence in the Digital Age
4. The New Landscape of Religion Blogosphere  with 9 commentators, including me.

home page: http://paullevinson.info

more blogs: http://InfiniteRegress.tv

more podcasts: http://Levinsonnewsclips.com                                         

videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006

published on 3 September 2009:  New New Media

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates

"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly

"Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

and Brian Charles Clarke says The Plot to Save Socrates "resonates with the current political climate . . . Sierra Waters is sexy as hell . . . there's a bite to Levinson's wit"-- in Curled Up With A Good Book

Read the first chapter of The Plot to Save Socrates .... FREE

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 70:  A January 2010 TV Review Sampler.  I've been speaking and writing for several years - here on Light On Light Through, in my classes, on my blogs, in newspaper op-eds, and in my books - about the "new golden age of television" we are enjoying.   Indeed, I've been reviewing many of these great dramas - The Sopranos, Lost, Dexter - over on one of my other podcasts, Levinson News Clips.   These reviews are usually just 5-7 minutes, and I often post them within minutes of a show's broadcast.   This month of January 2010 has been an especially excellent month for television, so I decided to put together this special Light On Light Through sampler of my Levinson News Clips TV reviews of 24, Big Love, Bones, Damages, Fringe, Heroes, and House - all of which have come back on television with fine new episodes.   You'll find continuing reviews of every episode of these and other television shows on Levinson News Clips.

Links:

1. continuing podcast reviews of television on Levinson News Clips.
2. continuing blog post reviews of television on InfiniteRegress.tv
3. two of my book about television:  The Soft Edge & New New Media 
4. my July 2006 Newsday article, The New Golden Age of Television

home page: http://paullevinson.info

more blogs: http://InfiniteRegress.tv

more podcasts: http://Levinsonnewsclips.com                                         

videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006

published on 3 September 2009:  New New Media

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates

"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly

"Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

and Brian Charles Clarke says The Plot to Save Socrates "resonates with the current political climate . . . Sierra Waters is sexy as hell . . . there's a bite to Levinson's wit" -- in Curled Up With A Good Book

Read the first chapter of The Plot to Save Socrates .... FREE

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 69:  Leno, Conan, and New New Media .... in which I replay for you the entire 48-minute interview Fred W. Hofmann conducted with me on KCPS Radio, January 19, 2010, about the shake-up with Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien at NBC.  My thesis is that this has little to do with the talents of either late-night comedian, but rather is a result of the shift in audiences from network television to cable and the Internet.   I began to explore this shift in my 2009 book, New New Media, and I see the Leno-O'Brien events as just the latest rumblings in a television revolution which has just begun... Links:

1. more about New New Media
2. Twitter chapter from New New Media - free!
3. Fred W. Hofmann on KCPS Radio

home page: http://paullevinson.info

more blogs: http://InfiniteRegress.tv

more podcasts: http://Levinsonnewsclips.com                                         

videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006

published on 3 September 2009:  New New Media

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates "challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly "Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

and Brian Charles Clarke says The Plot to Save Socrates "resonates with the current political climate . . . Sierra Waters is sexy as hell . . . there's a bite to Levinson's wit" -- in Curled Up With A Good Book

Read the first chapter of The Plot to Save Socrates .... FREE

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 68:  Weep Not for Newspapers .... in which I explain why the decline of paper newspapers may be the best thing that ever happened to journalism and its goal of keeping citizens in a democracy well informed.   This is the latest installment in my continuing series, What's Newer than New New Media, which until now has consisted only of written blogs.

Links:

1. more about New New Media
2. Twitter chapter from New New Media - free!
3. my brief essay on this issue in The Chronicle of Higher Education

home page: http://paullevinson.info
more blogs: http://InfiniteRegress.tv
more podcasts: http://Levinsonnewsclips.com                                          videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006

published on 3 September 2009:  New New Media

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates
"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly
"Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

and Brian Charles Clarke says The Plot to Save Socrates "resonates with the current political climate . . . Sierra Waters is sexy as hell . . . there's a bite to Levinson's wit" -- in Curled Up With A Good Book

Read the first chapter of The Plot to Save Socrates .... FREE

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 67:  How Does It Feel To Have A Book Published? .... in which I chronicle the publication of my latest nonfiction book, New New Media, on September 3, 2009, with descriptions of events and expectations in August 2009, through the day of publication, and continuing with adventures in September and October 2009.   Highlights include mentions of the book in The New York Times and other newspapers prior to publication, interviews on radio shows, the book tour, the use of a blog in promoting the book, the first book review, the Kindle edition, and much more.   These reflections of an author - me, about New New Media - were first detailed in a series of eight short (5-minute) episodes in my Ask Lev podcast, where these writerly accounts will continue.

Links:

1. more about New New Media
2. Twitter chapter from New New Media - free!
3. my other books
4. Ask Lev podcast - practical advice for writers
5. my Four Rules for Writers

home page: http://paullevinson.info
more blogs: http://InfiniteRegress.tv
more podcasts: http://Levinsonnewsclips.com                                          videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006

published on 3 September 2009:  New New Media

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates
"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly
"Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

and Brian Charles Clarke says The Plot to Save Socrates "resonates with the current political climate . . . Sierra Waters is sexy as hell . . . there's a bite to Levinson's wit" -- in Curled Up With A Good Book

Read the first chapter of The Plot to Save Socrates .... FREE