If you write a great song, it can be covered by anybody.  Even Slade. Yes, Noddy Holder sang John Sebastian’s lyrics, and even the great songwriter in his own right, Jules Shear, and I’ve got this live solo acoustic version by Bruce Hornsby that’s so wistful it makes you remember not only your summer camp […]

"It’s in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough.  That it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our hearts sing." Steve JobsiPad 2 demo3/2/11 I went to a liberal arts college.  There was no business department, no preparation for life itself other than the […]

There’s a brain drain going on at Live Nation. And it’s a people business. And you can’t teach someone the road/concert promotion overnight, it takes years to gain a sense of what sells and what does not, how to make a deal, where and how you can make money or get screwed. AEG doesn’t seem […]

It’s about the joy. Last night I heard "Lightnin’ Strikes" on the radio.  Lou Christie might be unknown to the younger generation, but he’s in the DNA of baby boomers because of this one electric hit. Listen to me baby, you gotta understand The lines mean little on paper, but if you heard Lou emote […]