"As with primitive peoples who believe that eating fierce animals will make them fierce, they assume that watching quick cuts in rock videos turns your mental life into quick cuts or that reading bullet points and Twitter postings turns your thoughts into bullet points and Twitter postings." Mind Over Mass Media Every day people throw […]

Sting At Red Rocks For 75 Cents – phishook.com From: Dan MillenSubject:     Fw: PHISH in Hartford & Saratoga! These two shows are not doing so hot. Seeing below face offers on all my lists. Even the mighty Phish this year aint goin clean. PHISH – Coming to Hartford and Saratoga!

Once upon a time, Top Forty was the sideshow.  The action was over on the FM dial.  And eventually, with enough success on FM, a track would percolate and cross over.  And then the act would become monstrous. Two examples: "Sunshine Of Your Love" and "You Keep Me Hangin’ On". Yes, that was ’68, but […]

I read in "New York" magazine that the New York Racing Association was going to shut down today.  But the state government gave it a $25 million loan, so it could keep the Belmont, Aqueduct and Saratoga tracks running.  Wise move? I remember the Aqueduct ads growing up.  Horses running in dim light, was this […]