July 14, 2014 by Johnny Heller ON JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS COVER We try, most of us, not to make snap judgments. We like to believe that we are open-minded and willing to give our attention to an idea or notion that – on its face – seems suspicious. We may not be open to stupid ideas like selling automatic weapons to psychos without a background check, but most ideas we are willing to hear out. Unless we hear that the idea, story, book, movie, notion comes from the brain of someone society has branded as politically incorrect or plain evil. I recently auditioned to narrate a wonderful book …
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FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 6 NO. 3 By Johnny Heller 6/9/14 AFTER APAC – NOW WHAT? You came to New York City. You saw the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building and paid $15 for eggs and toast. You watched people jostle each other for the privilege of standing in the front of the queue waiting to cross a street. You noted that one Irish bar looks exactly like every other Irish bar right down to the staff. You went to exotic shopping stores and bought things you don’t need that were on sale so they only cost $80 more than they would’ve cost had you bought …
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FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 6 NO. 1 So here we are with a brand new launch of Abbreviated Audio! Welcome to our new site. Here are some stats: the site was designed by Bryan Burton and Hannah Barudin of FanBoy Designs. You should contact them about your website. And mention us. And, yes, you need a website. Which brings us to one of today’s topics: WEBSITES, SOCIAL MEDIA, MARKETING AND THE AUDIOBOOK NARRATOR As a world famous artsy fartsy type – beloved by all but the most jaded and Simon Vance – I am frequently asked many questions. Questions like: “Are you leaving soon?” “You can’t stay …
FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 3 NO. 7 RANDOM THOUGHTS And Musings ON MOVIES AND ENTERTAINMENT There’s a new movie out called Expendables 2. It is the sequel to the stunningly boring Expendables 1. I am certain the film will make money—certainly in France where films like this are considered art – as the French can’t conceive that a film so stupid could be anything but art. Having said that – having come out and opined that this is fatuous mind-numbingly vacuous crap not worth the price of even a free ticket, I can’t wait! Are you kidding me?! Stallone! Arnold! Willis! Stratham! And Chuck Freakin’ Norris! OMG – …
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