Media Coverage

A partial list of recent international wire service, newspaper, magazine, television, radio, and Internet coverage:

Newspapers:

  • The New York Daily News, 5-14-2000, "Grave Misgivings," Lenore Skenazy, Page 44
  • LA Times, 10-11-1999, Roy Rivenburg
  • Las Vegas Review-Journal, 10-11-1999
  • Boston Herald, 10-17-1999, Joel Brown
  • LA Times, 10-22-1999, Roy Rivenburg
  • Charleston Post & Courier, 10-24-1999, Brian Hicks
  • Associated Press, 10-25-1999, "Artist plans to use neon for unusual tombstone"
  • The Robesonian, AP, 10-25-1999, "North Carolina artist wants neon tombstone"
  • The Beaufort Gazette, AP, Beaufort South Carolina, 10-25-1999, "Artist wants neon tomb"
  • The Times and Democrat, AP, Orangeburg South Carolina, 10-25-1999, "When he goes, artist plans to join others with unusual monuments"
  • The Augusta Chronicle, AP, Augusta, 10-25-1999, "Unusual memorials suggested for parks"
  • The Sun Journal, AP, New Bern North Carolina, 10-25-1999, "Artist plans glowing tribute to himself"
  • Statesville Record and Landmark, AP, Statesville North Carolina, 10-25-1999, "Bury me not without neon"
  • Greenville News, AP, Greenville South Carolina, 10-25-1999, "Artists' ideas for own tombstones anything but grave"
  • The Sun News, AP, Myrtle Beach South Carolina, 10-25-1999, "Artist sheds light on company's unusual death memorials"
  • Richmond Couty Daily Journal, AP, Rockingham North Carolina, 10-25-1999, N. Carolina artist wants unique marker for grave"
  • Mount Airy News, AP, Mount Airy North Carolina, 10-25-1999, "Man planning neon tombstone"
  • Village Voice, 11-9-1999, Jeff Howe
  • Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Syndicated Column, 12-6-1999, Rona Kobell
  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12-7-1999, Rona Kobell: "Firms slap on the Y2K and push out the product"
  • The Daily Telegraph, 12-08-1999, Laurel Ives: "The theme park that makes sure you have the last laugh"
  • Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo Indiana, 12-9-1999, Rona Kobell: "Firms slap on the Y2K label and push out the product"
  • The Independent, Massilon Ohio, 12-9-1999, Rona Kobell: "Put Y2K on it; we will buy it"
  • The News, Frederick Maryland, 12-9-1999, "Y2K label on Twinkies to champagne"
  • The Capital Times, Madison Wisconsin, 12-9-1999, "Millennium marketing madness"
  • Concord Monitor, Concord New Hampshire, 12-9-1999, "Milleniual marketing madness hits shelves"
  • Times Record News, Wichita Falls Texas, 12-9-1999, "Outlandish ideas abound in millennium marketing"
  • Birmingham Post Herald, Birmingham, 12-9-1999, "Y2K Marketing: Outlandish, expensive"
  • The Frederick Post, Frederick Maryland, 12-9-1999, "Y2K label on Twinkies to champagne"
  • The News Gazette, Champaign Urbana Illinois, 12-10-1999, "Firms trying to cash in on millenium madness"
  • The Daily Record, Wooster Ohio, 12-10-1999, "Pushing the Y2K products"
  • Scripps Howard Wire Service, 12-11-1999
  • Sioux City Journal, Sioux City Iowa, 12-12-1999, "Firm Slaps Y2K label on myriad of products"
  • The Washington Times, 12-13-1999, Rona Kobell: "Buying time; Year-2000 madness has firms cashing in"
  • Naples Daily News, Naples Florida, 12-27-1999, "Film slap on Y2K label and push out the product"
  • The Scotsman, UK, 1-7-2000, Gavin Bell, "Ashes-to-ashes can mean more than a nice little urn"
  • Potomac News, 1-09-1999, Chuck Sheperd: "Memorial Land"
  • Wayne County News, Wayne West Virginia, 1-10-1999, Chuck Sheperd: "Memorial Land"
  • Star Tribune, News of the Weird, Syndicated Column, Tampa, 1-20-2000, Chuck Sheperd: "Memorial Land"
  • Star Tribune, Minneapolis St. Paul, 1-20-2000, "Memorial Land"

Magazines:

  • Film/Tape Magazine, November 1999
  • Paper Magazine, December 1999, P 48, Jon Durbin
  • Landscape Architecture, January 2000, p.14, Kim O'Connell: "Theme Park: Death by design, timeshares for the deceased"
  • Eye Magazine, January/February 2000, Rebecca Bengal: "More fun at funeral parks"
  • Yahoo Internet Life, February 2000, by Scott Alexander, "The Final Curtain"
  • Jane Magazine, March 2000, Christina Kelly: "Bizarre Website of the Month"
  • Mother Jones, April 2000, p. 25, Alistair Paulin
  • Gallery Magazine, April 2000

TV:

  • KRLA, CBS, Los Angeles, Michael Jackson, 10-25-1999
  • KSAZ-TV Fox Phoenix, Arizona Morning, 10-25-1999
  • WGHP-TV Fox, Greensboro/Winston-Salem, 10-25-1999
  • Fox TV News, Wire Service, 10/26/99
  • Channel 5 TV Syndicated News Service, Cinncinati Ohio
  • "America, America: Death in the U.S." Globo TV
  • Arena TV, Sydney Australia

Radio:

  • KPC, Denver, 10-7-1999
  • MCS Radio Group, Jackson Mississippi, 10-7-1999
  • WJNK Radio, Chicago, 10-7-1999
  • KOPX, Tuscon, 10-7-1999, Christine & Alex
  • WLW, Cincinnati, 10-7-1999
  • KSAN, The Morning Show, San Francisco, 10-8-1999
  • KHTS San Diego, 10-11-1999
  • The Steve and BC Show, Syndicated from St. Louis, 10-18-1999
  • WKZL, North Carolina, 10-18-1999
  • WXOD, Keane New Hampshire, 10-18-1999
  • KKJJ, Medford Oregon, 10-20-1999
  • KSDO, The Big Biz Show, San Diego, 10-21-1999
  • NPR Radio Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me, 10-25-1999
  • NPR National News, Morning Edition, 10-25-1999
  • KGO-AM ABC, San Francisco/Oakland, 10-25-1999
  • KBCO with Brett, Denver, 10-26-1999
  • WLNK, Bob & Cher Show, Charlotte North Carolina (syndicated to 40 stations), 10-27-1999
  • KLOL, The Stephen and Pruette Show, Houston, 10-27-1999
  • WINZ Radio, Rick and Suds Show, Miami, 11-16-1999

Internet: