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I have spent my entire career weathering the vicissitudes of the media game—from classified ad-eating Craigslist in the early internet to paywall snafus (“information wants to be free—oops”) to the algorithmic siphonings of social media, Big Tech’s annexation of advertising and the ever-receding mirage of the creator economy. Some will argue the future has never […]

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As F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote, “There are no second acts in American lives.” But… Most self-help gurus say we do have more, maybe even three, with additional modules available for download. The melancholy Jacques in Shakespeare’s As You Like It counts seven acts. If we’re to go with Fitzgerald’s take, that would leave us […]

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Every now and again, instead of making media, I’m in the media. Such is the case today, with this fine piece by David Templeton, published in both the Petaluma Argus-Courier and Press Democrat. It begins… What drives Petaluma’s Daedalus Howell, host of ‘The Drive’ radio show? Daedalus Howell is on the air. “Welcome back to ‘The Drive […]

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I had the pleasure of interviewing Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman, the subject of Steal This Story, Please! a gripping new documentary that focuses on Goodman’s unwavering commitment to truth-telling spanning three decades of turbulent history. Listen to our recent interview from The Drive 95.5 FM or read the transcript below: The film screens at 3:40 […]

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Sometimes research is a benign form of procrastination. Other times, it’s a tremulous step onto a spider’s web of curiosities and conspiracies until the afternoon’s writing hours are all but devoured. Such is the case with my current movie project—an art-house extravaganza satirizing the usual suspects: government, religion, corporations, universities and, of course, the media. […]

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A friend of mine called me a “singing waiter.” This was new slang to me, and I didn’t want to throw a good glass of pinot noir at him until I knew the deal. “Your career is bifurcated between making art and making media,” he explained. I blinked until he explained what “bifurcated” meant too. […]

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Of the many chocolate bunny torture-porn videos available on YouTube (and be assured, there are many), by far the most aesthetically realized is How to Kill a Chocolate Bunny. With no fewer than three Leporidae-cacao executions (each achieved with heat-generating household appliances), How to Kill a Chocolate Bunny might be the Bambi vs. Godzilla of […]

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La Dolce Vita Wine Lounge, Petaluma Writers like to leave a mark. Literally, figuratively and sometimes on a small engraved plaque at a local wine bar. Such is the case at Petaluma’s La Dolce Vita Wine Lounge, where a small sign reads, simply, “Daedalus Howell wrote here.” It’s part artistic gesture, part future historical breadcrumb […]

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I’ve been scaling my media biz. Like, literally. I am—for seven seconds in a rotating loop—a billboard. Or at least an image of my face is—and by face, I mean the one made for radio, and by radio, specifically The Drive 95.5 FM, which I host from 3 to 6 pm, weekdays. As a concept, […]

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Every year, the Academy Awards promises glam, glitz, upsets, and vindications, and surely, this Sunday will prove no exception. That said, where stars either shine brighter or begin their inevitable fade is with their acceptance speeches. Apart from Sean Baker’s acceptance speech for Best Director of Anora, which was a rousing call-to-arms for the theatrical […]

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