Never forget that the boy band juggernaut was concocted and executed by a roly-poly man in Florida who had visions but no connections. You see success in the arts always takes place in the head.  It’s conception.  Creativity comes in a burst. Who has the perseverance to make it real? The story about Amanda Hocking […]

He was famous, but he was broke. Don’t equate fame with riches, certainly don’t equate it with quality.  But the best artists just don’t understand the system, all they can do is create.  Which is why they get ripped off and become disillusioned, like the two guys in Badfinger who committed suicide. Wild Man Fischer […]

On the front page of today’s "New York Times" there’s a fascinating story on the economic crisis in Europe.  The public is pissed.  The government and the banks ruined the economy and they’re supposed to pay for it? This thinking is bubbling under the surface in America.  But it is rarely acknowledged.  The American paradigm […]

It’s toast! Have you seen a PlayBook in the field?  They claim to have shipped 500,000…TO DISTRIBUTORS!  Middlemen own those tablets, not customers. And speaking of customers, the story here is that the public leads.  So busy focusing on the demands of business, RIM missed the boat, all the exciting developments were in the consumer […]