I was trying to explain Lowell George to Felice. Last week I went to Rhino in Burbank to do my inaugural podcast. God, what a schlep. Took me an hour. Never mind the respite for refueling at Quizno’s where I ate with strippers. If you’ve ever been to Burbank you know what a disconnect this […]

Tell me if you hear something here. I got this e-mail from a guy down under.  Here, I’ll reproduce it. Dear Mr Lefsetz, I am writing to you from Melbourne, Australia and wanted to say how inspiring your letters are.  Sometimes I feel like it’s a lost cause, trying to keep hope for rock and […]

No advances.  That’s the future.  Just a straight 50/50 split. Virgin making a deal with Korn reminds me of their deal with Courtney Love.  Take a has-been, give them a bunch of cash and…take the write-off? It’s about growing new acts.  Which Virgin seems unable to do.  So, they’re buying the cast-offs of Sony.  Which […]

You can’t drive anywhere anymore. I’m old enough to remember when you could go to the Valley on a WHIM!  When there was no traffic on the weekend WHATSOEVER!  But now it’s gridlock all day in L.A.  Oh, you can get lucky in the neighborhood of noon.  Make it from the Cahuenga Pass to Brentwood […]