What impressed me most was not that we achieved revenge, or that we put a dent in terrorism, but that we executed the plan. America used to be a can-do nation.  We rolled up our sleeves and got to work.  That’s been our history forever. Until recently. Now people feel entitled to success.  They certainly […]

Turns out Alex Zubillaga, Edgar Bronfman, Jr.’s brother-in-law, was one of the original investors in Songkick. Zubillaga quit Warner in 2008 and invested in Songkick in 2008. Draw your own conclusions.

I was reading an article about Songkick in today’s "New York Times" when my brain leapt back to last Thursday, when I blew an hour watching a Seth Godin presentation from Chicago.  I did this because someone e-mailed that Seth name-checked me and being unable to pass up a chance to experience this brief notoriety […]

From: ___________@___________Subject: from Tom Scholz re BOSTON – Foreplay/Longtime Dear Bob, I’m glad you enjoyed my song Long Time, even if you didn’t care that much for some of my other tunes.  My mantra has always been that music should make us feel better, a viewpoint we seem to share. Although John Boylan’s participation in […]