Media Burn Founder Tom Weinberg shares a few thoughts on his good friend and Major League Baseball legend Bill Veeck.
Bill Veeck Sample
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ESPN Classic Bio on Bill Veeck
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Tom Weinberg on Bill Veeck
Posted in Uncategorized on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Media Burn Video Blog – Muddy Waters
Posted in Uncategorized on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Media Burn Founder Tom Weinberg introduces a short piece on blues legend Muddy Waters.
Muddy Waters Clip
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Muddy Waters Website
Muddy Waters on Last.fm
You can find more video of Muddy Waters at our website:
http://www.mediaburn.org/
Media Burn Vlog – “Minnesota Fats”
Posted in Uncategorized on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Watch this short piece on “Minnesota Fats”
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CBS News Report on the Death of Minnesota Fats
Jackie Gleason as “Minnesota Fats” opposite Paul Newman as “Fast Eddie” in The Hustler (The actual “Minnesota Fats” was a consultant for the film.)
Tom Says a Few Words About John Callaway
Posted in Uncategorized on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
WTTW 1991 Christmas Party Video Clip featuring John Callaway
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Chicago Tonight – John Callaway: In Memoriam
Chicago Tonight – John Callaway Video
Tom Shares His Thoughts on the Murder of Fred Hampton
Posted in Uncategorized on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Media Burn Founder Tom Weinberg shares his thoughts on Edward V. Hanrahan’s recent death and the controversy behind the events of a 1969 raid on one of the main headquarters of the Black Panthers in Chicago, IL.
Full Version: Part 1 Part 2
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Chicago Tribune’s Report [...]
TV Goes Digital Today
Posted in Uncategorized on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As many of you know, we’re right in the midst the digital transition. Media Burn founder Tom Weinberg can dig into the archive to help us put some perspective on the situation.
“The Original TV”
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Farnovision Video Library
Media Burn Video Blog #1
Posted in Uncategorized on June 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Media Burn Founder Tom Weinberg introduces Esti Marpet’s 1983 documentary “West Bank: Whose Promised Land.”
“West Bank: Whose Promised Land”
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Gaza Settlers Speak, Worldview WBEZ (NPR)
“Conflict Among Israelis Over Settlements,” The World’s Matthew Bell Reports
“Gaza-West Bank Divide Grows,” from Al-Jezeerah
Why Netanyu Is Right?
Is Barack Obama Selling Out Israel?
New Happenings at MediaBurn!
Posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Things have been on the up and up at MediaBurn recently. Not long ago, through a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, we were able to have a group of our oldest and most vulnerable 1/2″ reel-to-reel videotapes restored and transferred by the talented people at Specs Bros. The first batch [...]
A Celebration of the Life of Studs Terkel
Posted in Uncategorized on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Check out the video of this special night:
Video of Guerrilla Television discussion
Posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to all who attended our Guerrilla Television screening at the Gene Siskel Film Center in September. We had a great time, and we hope to do another public screening soon.
For those of you who could not make it, a video of the discussion / Q&A with video pioneers Skip Blumberg, Nancy Cain, Chip Lord, [...]
