You get me closer to God I saw them bust a bootlegger. One of the problems with feeling safe is that you’re not.  Unless, maybe, you never leave  your house. After swerving around a black Nissan with steam pouring from under its hood, I ascended the freeway ramp leading to Randy’s Donuts, Manchester Boulevard and […]

Following please find an e-mail thread between Eric Garland, CEO of BigChampagne, and myself: From: Eric GarlandSubject: Re: More Irving/LeaksDate: September 3, 2008 11:12:17 AM PDTTo: bob@lefsetz.com So often I hear "artists, labels, and publishers have the right…".  Well of course they have the right, both under law and in principle.  Is anyone you know […]

What a magical evening. I come back from buying a bottle of water and who’s sitting in my seat?  VAN DYKE PARKS! Does Felice know Van Dyke? No, but he then tells a story of eating dinner with Mo Ostin and her dad at Chasen’s…  Van Dyke’s revealing history, his tenure at Carnegie Tech, working […]

I’ve been spending all day downloading live shows. The Linda Ronstadt radio show from the Record Plant back in ’73 wasn’t as audio-exquisite as one might expect, it being broadcasted and everything. Karla Bonoff’s show from Nashville back in ’78 was revelatory.  How do they know the essence of life so young?  I had to […]