Michael Rubens's Blog, page 11

Stoned freshman epiphany alert

A fly-through of the known universe. Wowza. Hat tip to Kottke.org.

Kris Allen from American Idol performing today

The American Idol winner will be doing a Sessions in our studio today. Probably won't be sporting assless chaps, pink pantyhose, horns and a mangina like Oderus Urungus was yesterday. In a slightly awkward segue that is in no way related to the previous sentence, I'm hoping we'll also get Adam Lambert soon.

Stunning Coldplay video for Strawberry Swing

I'm probably the last person who has seen this, but it's worth posting. I'd embed it but they've disabled the embed code. Fantastic. I'm hoping that it's all truly handmade without CGI.

GWAR!!!!!

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Oderus and I

Oderus Urungus of Gwar fame stopped by for a highly amusing interview that will appear on Noisecreep.com. Note the toothed mangina. Should I have given him a copy of the book? I should have given him a copy of the book. Hmm. Too late.

Nice Shoutout from The Daily Show's Samantha Bee at World's Most Important Event

Samantha Bee recently took part in a discussion hosted by the Connecticut Forum* along with the very funny Daily Show EP David Javerbaum, humorist Randy Cohen, and Jason Alexander from Seinfeld. When asked what she was reading she kindly said my book, because she's a friend and I'd sent her a copy and she knew I'd make her feel guilty if she didn't.

* If you're unfamiliar with the Connecticut Forum but are wondering if it's perhaps a nationally recognized, one-of-a-kind nonprofit based in...

Levi Johnston naked pics!

Not really. Just a little SEO experiment. Haven't blogged in quite a while as I was struggling to finish up a draft and get it to my agent. More to come.

The ineffable satisfaction of hitting the send button.

Haven't been blogging at all the past few weeks because I've been trying to finish up a draft of something to send to my agent. I just did.

I have a new whiteboard in my office.

…and I've been putting it to good use:

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Opening line of the week?

Clearly a socialist ploy by the Canadians to force the people into a collectivist appreciation of my book.

What is it you do all day, Mike Rubens?

I'm glad I pretended you asked me that. I run the NY production studio for AOL. I work with a lot of very talented, experienced folks, and we do lots of music performances, like Beyonce, Keith Urban, Grizzly Bear, Reba McEntire, Cage the Elephant, as well as various and sundry studio- and field-based segments.