It’s a sport unto itself! Why am I writing about Stefani Germanotta? Because you’re interested. In a world with very little commonality, we gravitate to that which others are talking about, rallying around. And the issue of whether Lady Gaga’s album is a stiff is something we can all weigh in on. Whereas whether your […]

I don’t care. Oh, don’t get me wrong. It’s sad that a kid has a frightful disease, it’s cool that his wish came true. But if you think this is news, you probably don’t know that Obamacare was supposed to save our nation’s health care industry, not destroy it. Marketing. Virality. These are things the […]

Tell her I’m sorry Tell her I need my baby That’s the hook. I hated country music in the seventies (the sixties too, unless you consider “King Of The Road” and “Dang Me” country, and exclude a few Johnny Cash numbers, and definitely not “A Boy Named Sue”). This was before it was classic rock […]

Miley Cyrus covers Summertime Sadness in the Live Lounge It’s better than the original. The tsunami of hype told me Miley Cyrus covered Lana Del Rey’s “Summertime Sadness,” but I didn’t click through until I got personal e-mail, that’s what it takes, people we trust telling us to check something out. And what I discovered […]