by Advocate Staff | Dec 17, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Podcast
Eric Talbot, of Easthampton, was an artist drawing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for more than 30 years. Now he works at Oxbow Tattoo as a tattoo artist. He (along with his tattoo mentor, Tyler Chaney) speaks with editor Dave Eisenstadter about the transition and...
by Advocate Staff | Dec 13, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Podcast
A performance artist eats a $120,000 banana, and then another performance artist writes “Epstien (sic) didn’t kill himself” in lipstick on the wall where the banana used to be. Those stories are among this week’s weird news stories discussed by...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Dec 11, 2019 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News
Every year around this time, I take a look at my pay stubs and look at the accrued total I’ve paid in health insurance premiums. This year, it will be almost exactly $5,000, which doesn’t include the additional copayments as well as the hundreds spent on dental...
by Advocate Staff | Dec 9, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Podcast
Valley Advocate writer Steve Pfarrer discusses his recent story about historical fiction writers in the Valley with editor Dave Eisenstadter. Writers Pfarrer talked to include David Gillham, Susanne Dunlap, Serena Burdick, and Gita Trelease. Listen here: You can hear...
by Advocate Staff | Dec 5, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Podcast
Valley Advocate editor Dave Eisenstadter and Hits 94.3 host Trumpy talk about the week’s weird news in a podcast version of the Valley Advocate’s Bizarro Briefs section. Hear about a hellish marriage proposal, a belligerent pig on live TV, and an epic use of a narwhal...