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It’s difficult to remember how little Chris and I knew when we began shooting our documentary, Mister Rogers & Me, in 2006. While Mrs. Rogers had signed off, Fred’s Company hadn’t yet granted permission. There were precious few sources of information on life and career outside of his Wikipedia page, obituary, and a few scattered remembrances. And while Chris had…

My brother, Chris, and I moved to New York City in the mid-nineties.  The rent for our 600 square foot, Hell’s Kitchen apartment was $1200. I had $400 saved in a Quaker Oats can, and a gig filing music reviews but was well shy of my cut. Still, when I landed a gig at a…

Of all the helpers who helped make our documentary, “Mister Rogers & Me,” get made, find its audience, and make its impact, few did so much so quickly and with such potent amplification as PBS Distribution’s, Amy Letourneau. Amy and I met at the South By Southwest Film Festival in 2011. Within days, she’d connected us…

There was a minute there at the end of my tenure at The Mighty Viacom when I was leading editorial across MTV, VH1 and Country Music Television. I flew back and forth between Nashville and New York City maybe a dozen times. This was just as Nashville was beginning to boom, but before the city…

If you’ve listened to any of my albums from the last fifteen or so years, chances are you’ve heard Jamie Leonhart. Jamie makes rent as a background and session singer for acts like Steely Dan and St. Vincent, a vocal instructor, and a voiceover artist for brands like Neutrogena. Her first album, The Truth About…

One of the unexpected upsides of living in Wilmington, Delaware, is its population.  There are as many humans in the entire state, as there are in just Midtown, the Upper East and West Sides of Manhattan. There were half as many apartment units in my building on 71st Street, as there are houses in my…