Now if that doesn’t make you want to log on to Ticketmaster and buy a ticket you probably don’t have a tattoo and never contemplated getting one, you probably graduated from college and are a winner, you never drove a mini-truck, drank a case of beer and wished you were something more but decided that […]

"The Man Who Owns L.A."(Connie Bruck’s article on Phil Anschutz in this week’s "New Yorker") Suddenly, the New Hampshire primary has become a referendum on private equity. What Barack Obama could not achieve, Newt Gingrich and the Super PACs might accomplish. And that’s to shine a light on banking in this country and ultimately change […]

Could Ed be the biggest star in the U.S. by April? Could Goldenvoice be pissed they didn’t book him at Coachella? It won’t happen quite that fast, but be prepared for an onslaught akin to James Taylor and Elton John in 1970, when suddenly they went from nobody to somebody seemingly overnight. I’m stunned that […]

Too many people are watching the ball. Last week it was announced that sales were marginally up. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Now of course it’s not bad, but does it indicate a renaissance, or a momentary reprieve or is it completely irrelevant? We’ve lost the ability to build stars. At […]