Archive for 2016/07


Bill Simmons/The Ringer

There’s no buzz. How long until HBO cancels Bill Simmons? It’s gonna happen, hell, the new regime scrapped the second season of “Vinyl” after the show had already been picked up. You see the ratings sucked. And TV lives by statistics, they trump friends every time. Sure, it’s great to be in business with Mick […]

Bonnaroo Bummer

“Bonnaroo ticket sales drop by 28,000, hitting an all-time low” The name wasn’t bigger than the lineup. Ever since Coachella went on sale without a slate, we’ve come to believe it’s all about the experience. Isn’t that what we’re told millennials want? But the drastic decline in Bonnaroo attendance tells us this isn’t so. Coachella […]

Chaos Monkeys

“Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley” Maybe we should all read this together. I’m serious. You’ve got a smartphone, probably a tablet too. The Kindle app is free, you go to Amazon (Amazon won’t let you buy the book through the iPhone or iPad app, it doesn’t want to cough up […]

Spontaneous Versus Calculated

It’s why Trump pulled even with Clinton Poll Finds Emails Weighing on Hillary Clinton, Now Tied With Donald Trump Why Facebook Live is making inroads on YouTube. And why Snapchat is a juggernaut. The elites tell us it’s all about preparation. For the test. First in school, then in business. Mistakes are not tolerated, and […]