YouTube is more trusted than CNN. But it’s not only the Time Warner news outlet… People trust YouTube more than any television news, from cable to network, from Fox to ABC. Why? Because there’s no filter. No one beholden to banks or advertisers skewing what’s exhibited. Now I haven’t checked the data in this clip. […]

If you can’t sing, you’d better be able to write. And if you can’t write, you’d better be able to sing. And you’re best off if you can do both. I’m constantly scratching my head, wondering what is going on in the brains of these people who send me their material. Forget production, when the […]

I’m a researcher. Let me give you the latest example… My headphones broke. You know, the connection, by the plug, so that one ear goes in and out. In the seventies, you’d get this fixed. Today, it costs more to repair than to rebuy, and the art of repair seems to have gone by the […]

And now “The Forgotten Trail” has been forgotten. The initial Poco album is a veritable classic. Its only flaws were being a bit too country and lacking an obvious hit single. Then again, back then a hit single wasn’t necessary for FM radio play. But despite playing Crosby, Stills & Nash, country was pooh-poohed. The […]