He was originally on "Huckleberry Hound", just a featured player, supporting the star. But like an opening band that blows away the headliner, Yogi Bear could not continue in a supporting role, he demanded his own show. And Yogi became a star, a perennial, like Elton John.  Someone whose famous lines are known by everybody […]

I heard he was sick… I’m not sure Frank Zappa is going to be remembered, to a great extent he’s already been forgotten. But if you don’t own the first few albums, you’re missing out.  "You Didn’t Try To Call Me", from both the very first album, "Freak Out", and the doo-wop remake on Ruben […]

The New Rock-Star Paradigm Read this.  Not because it’s a blueprint for your success, but because it illustrates the decline of the major label paradigm.  Today you’ve got to do it for yourself.  If you’re waiting for someone else to help you, you’re waiting to be enslaved, if anybody pays attention at all. Attention…  How […]

Distraction is the spice of life. To tell you the truth, I usually put it differently, I say "Digression is the spice of life."  And I truly believe that.  The story is much less important than the nuance.  Just the facts ma’am?  I hate that, it’s so boring, that’s like reading the newspaper.  Informational, but […]