The Onion
The Onion In 1998 I successfully pitched The Onion to join its roster of contributing writers, selling them headlines. This was when it was still…
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Book review: The Last Empire
Book review: The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000 by Gore Vidal Earlier this month I mocked 'the book review.' Why not? — I became a reviewer quite…
The briefing
A breakthrough item of mine is The Briefing, a press conference satire I created after viewing network coverage of James Kallstrom, then-FBI director, updating media…
Film review: Rounders
I’ve mentioned Paul was a connector. Through his networking, several of us became regular freelancers for Citysearch.com, an online local guide competing with Microsoft's Sidewalk.com. We…
He put the Heino in heinous
After I made numerous late-90s Switzerland trips, Paul enjoyed hearing my enthusiastic tales of the great German crooner Heino — reacting uproariously at my 1997…
Be a book reviewer
New City When I began freelancing, my objective was "smart irreverent writing about media and pop culture," for which Paul Johnson proved to be an…
Musical time machine
93XRT's Saturday Morning Flashback Every Saturday morning, Chicago's alternative rock station WXRT airs the long-running "Saturday Morning Flashback" that takes listeners back to a specific…
Remembering Paul “Pableaux” Johnson
On my friend Paul (1966-2025) Quick thoughts on a great man • Posted Jan 28, 2025 Hey, putting some thoughts down about Paul “Pableaux” Johnson,…
The greatest IU Hoosiers football season
The 2024 Indiana Football season was historic, with National Coach of the Year Curt Cignetti leading the program to its first College Football Playoff appearance…
December 13, 1977
Originally written in 2021, updated this morning — The University of Evansville Aces air tragedy It is hard to believe it's been 47 years. I…
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