Posts
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
A running commentary on whatever strikes my fancy at the moment
Search 2.0
Follow Pete's Place
My Favorite Blogs
Blog Archive
-
▼
2011
(620)
-
▼
June
(50)
- The one to beat
- Available on DVD “The Concert”
- Burying the garbage, burying the lead
- Michelle’s mistakes
- Horrible Bosses (2011) - Red Band Trailer
- Who should play Liz and Dick redux?
- Trailer for the 2011 version of “Straw Dogs”
- Coens to do Van Ronk
- Miami Steve eulogizes the Big Man, says E-Street w...
- Available on DVD: “Ip Man 2"
- Available on DVD: “The Company Men”
- Available on DVD: “The Housemaid”
- Good night, Peter
- Why you never want to be the woman left holding th...
- The 10 most powerful people in Dallas
- Are you ready to rumble?
- Top 25 animated films according to Time
- Available on DVD: “Another Year”
- Who should play Dick and Liz?
- Biology, physiology, psychology and all those othe...
- Good Night, Big Man
- Available on DVD: “Carancho”
- Tell no one, but Affleck will remake “Tell No One”
- Aademy says only 5 pictures may be nominated for b...
- When is a grocery store more important than a firs...
- The single most vile, sexist and racist political ...
- No offense, “King’s Speech,” but this is the best ...
- Jeff Siegel needs to ease up on the wine he keeps ...
- Random thoughts on one of the momentous events of ...
- Available on DVD: “Kaboom”
- This should keep the intruders out
- Don’t show this picture to anyone in Tennessee
- The cold, hard truth about health care costs
- A brief salute to Ms Abedin
- Palin conjures up those box-of-rocks comparisons a...
- Available on DVD: “Anton Chekov’s The Duel”
- This guy must have attended a Texas public school
- The future’s so dark I gotta wear headlights
- Watson speaks out about legislature's education fa...
- Now THIS is a community effort: Here's looking at ...
- Miss you, Bo
- The 100 Greatest Movie Threats of All Time
- Cavs for Mavs
- Scorsese to direct Liz-Dick film
- I may be somewhat stocky, but folks in Philly stil...
- A whole lot of reasons (as if I needed any more) t...
- I’ve got a bigger bet on the Mavs than the guv
- One blogger tabs “Dragon Tattoo” as the Oscar favo...
- Available on DVD: “Somewhere”
- Available on DVD: “I Saw the Devil”
-
▼
June
(50)
About Me
- Pete Oppel
- I have scratched together a living, in one way or another, as a writer for more than 60 years now. I was a free-lance writer during the early stages of the Vietnam War. I was the Southwest Division Overnight News Editor for United Press International back when UPI was a legitimate news gathering organization. Following that, I went to the Dallas Morning News where I became the first person to write about rock 'n' roll on a daily basis for a Texas metropolitan newspaper. I later became the News' entertainment editor. Following some stints with a couple of prominent PR firms, I had the extraordinary good fortune to team with two communications legends, Ken Fairchild and Lisa LeMaster, as part of one kick-ass media consulting/crisis communications team. That was followed by stints as a department head with the City of Dallas (and its public information officer); the Dallas Northeast Chamber of Commerce where I had the good fortune to meet and work alongside some of this city's business and political titans; and editorial director for QuestCorp Media until that company went out of business. Now officially retired, concentrating on this blog.
No comments:
Post a Comment