I’m sipping Flor De Cana and lime juice, it’s three a.m. Maybe on the east coast.  But in L.A., it’s just shy of midnight. I should be winding down, loading up my car and driving to Felice’s house for some shut-eye.  But I’m all revved up, buzzed, even though writing’s ultimately gonna keep me up […]

That’s Flom and Steven for those scoring at home. Jason Flom specializes in signing cartoon characters.  Steven Tyler IS a cartoon character. Only problem is, the road to riches for newbie cartoon acts is broken.  You can’t make a video for MTV illustrating your excesses and end up selling ten million copies.  Who cares if […]

If Susan Boyle can get tens of millions of hits on YouTube, how come a new music act can’t? Don’t think Ms. Boyle shocked Simon Cowell and the other judges with her appearance on "Britain’s Got Talent".  They knew exactly what they had.  And manipulated it and exposed it to greatest effect.  You’re gonna go […]

It needs to be a tribe. Instead of running Oprah’s new TV network, Tom Freston should be in charge of resuscitating Sirius XM.  Because he was there when MTV blew up as a result of the "I Want My MTV!" campaign! FM radio was biggest when it was a club.  The station filled all your […]