I Love "Saturday Night Live"…On Hulu!

“Saturday Night Live” has been busting me up lately. I will never watch it on TV, though. I love watching it on Hulu, where they strip it down to just the main skits. Kristin Wiig is the reason for the resurgence. She is the most talented comedy actor I have seen in a long while, …

A Sign of Being Old and Being "Over It"

I am going to get around to doing a podcast at michaelmatthews.podomatic.com, but first I must blog. My WHAT THE HECK?!? My BACK! This week I was hit with a pain right in that small back region. I think part of the cause was lifting something rather heavy in the garage without using my legs …

The Great Americana Radio Format and Why It’s Gone

The high point of my radio career was somewhere around 2002. The corporation that owned us happened upon their one good idea…to let me be more creative and have more control of my radio show. They also decided that on Sunday evenings they would play 2 hours of “Americana” music. Americana falls somewhere between the …