The problem is you’re not paying. Every day I’m spammed by bands. Acts that want my attention. That are bitching how the system is unfair and they can’t get paid by Spotify. But the truth is in the past they’d have to pay to play. I’m not talking at the gig, but in terms of […]

THERE ARE NO RULES IF SOMETHING IS GREAT I cried when I wrote this song Sue me if I play too long “Deacon Blues” Steely Dan There were no singles on “Aja.” Fans didn’t want a jazz-influenced rock album. But “Aja” sold prodigiously upon release and is considered a classic today despite breaking all the […]

GUARANTEED WINNER Top graduate at an Ivy League college. Used to be we lived in a meritocracy, he who worked hardest and was smartest would rise to the top. That can occasionally happen today, but your best bet is to get yourself a pedigree. Something the upper middle class is fully aware of, and those […]

You mean I need a bigger engine and a swoopy style to get laid? I just go on Tinder! Welcome to the baby boomer nightmare, wherein everything they’ve held near and dear becomes irrelevant. Like automobiles. Cars are a utility. It’s not the seventies anymore, no one ever bows out of an affair citing car […]