“Why Uber just might be worth it at $18 billion” It’s all anybody talks about, other than Airbnb. This exalted status used to be occupied by music. How did this happen? Interestingly, Travis Kalanick, Uber’s majordomo, used to be in the file-trading business, with a company called Scour, you know how that turned out, the […]

BEST CLIP OF THE WEEK “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO): Climate Change Debate” I watch no television other than Bill Maher. Oh, I pay for it, just call Time Warner and they’ll remind you if you excise TV from your bill, your Internet price will soar. But I’m now going to tune into […]

AUTOBAHN Start here, because everybody else did. Yes, it’s hard to believe today, but once upon a time this sound was revolutionary, surprising, something everybody talked about. Today, it’s the basis for what’s now known as EDM, Kraftwerk is the acknowledged progenitor. It was so weird to hear this coming out of the radio, and […]

From: Larry Solters Re-The Don Henley/Okkervil River Kerfuffle Bob- You missed the point. This has nothing to do with money. It’s simply about these punks having the audacity to take original, copyrighted material and CHANGE it. It’s not about them or Don making money. It’s about them not respecting the original material, treating it like […]