Games For Change
I recently interviewed Susanna Pollack, the president of the organization Games For Change, about how her organization hopes to use video games — both the creation and playing of — as a social tool to help young people with less opportunity.
There’s also a Lady Gaga connection in all of this.
To read the story head over to Samaritanmag by clicking here.
Filed under Culture, Shameless Promotion
Shania Twain
Here’s a batch of news stories I wrote for the charitably-minded Samaritanmag entertainment site this past summer:
Kanye West Gives Paralyzed Fan Gift, Calls Him An “Inspiration”
Fleetwood Mac to Be 2018 MusiCares Person of the Year
Shania Twain Offers Perks with Album Pre Orders for Her Kids Can Charity
Nashville Acts Band Together For Anti-Trump, Pro-Planned Parenthood Compilation
Toronto International Film Festival Launches Five Year Commitment to Female Filmmakers
Indian City Song Addresses Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women
Beyonce, Willie Nelson, Kendrick Lamar Items Part of New MusiCares Auction
New Shawnee Song “Warrior Heart” to Support We Matter Indigenous Youth Suicide Prevention
Bet Smith’s “Fires, Fires, Fires” Song Helps Muskoka Conservancy
Filed under Environment, Shameless Promotion
Games For Change participants
Games For Change is an organization dedicated to using video games to make positive social change in the world through various initiatives.
I spoke to the organization’s president Susan Pollack about what they’re trying to achieve and how Lady Gaga figures into all of it in a piece for Samaritanmag.
To read the story click here.
Filed under Culture, Shameless Promotion
John Cody
Faced with a cancer diagnosis that would rob him of his voice forever, veteran music man John Cody furiously worked to put together the songs and guest players for his album Hard Won: The Final Recordings.
I spoke to Cody just before he was set to have his throat surgery for Samaritanmag.
The interview appeared shortly after the album came out.
To read it click here.
Filed under Health, Music, Shameless Promotion
Jeff Burrows
Back in late-May Tea Party drummer Jeff Burrows pulled off his eleventh 24 hour drum marathon to support local charities in Windsor, Ontario.
Such an outlandish feat deserved some attention so I spoke to him about it, as well as his new drum tech-for-hire scheme, for Samaritanmag.
To read the story go here.
Filed under Concerts, Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 