Meet me at the back of the blue bus According to the Wikipedia The End (The Doors song) this line from the Doors’ "The End" "is almost certainly a reference to Indian mystic Meher Baba’s ‘Blue Bus’ tours of the 1930s."  Are you buying this?  I certainly ain’t.  Because every L.A. musicologist believes that although […]

"20th Century Man" The Kinks got a second shot with "Arthur", but it failed.  "Victoria" got a good amount of airplay on New York underground FM radio for about a month, was a recurrent for another thirty days and then was gone. "Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One" was a cutout within seeming […]

Toyota had a problem.  Even though it built the most reliable cars in the world, kids weren’t interested, they thought the brand was old and unhip.  Rather than trying to squeeze blood from a stone, trying to convince the public Jessica Simpson was Aretha Franklin, Toyota started with a blank piece of paper.  And created […]

1. Endorsements They put money in your pocket, but they shorten your career.  Anybody who tells you otherwise is just taking a percentage. In order to have a lengthy career, people need to believe in you.  And what they believe in most is your music.  Which hopefully comes straight from your soul.  Show your soul […]