My father taught me to be skeptical. Middlebury taught me how to interact with the rich. And seemingly every day since I’ve gone to school, even if it hasn’t taken place in a classroom. I just listened to Tom Brokaw on David Axelrod’s podcast. He was telling the story of questioning President Nixon about executive […]

It used to be about fighting piracy. Now it’s about getting attention. That’s the story of today, media matters, the world has flip-flopped back to the way it used to be, but it’s even worse, because there are so many messages. In other words, publicity counts. Going viral is a near-impossibility. If you’re depending on […]

This is one of the great live albums of all time. I was listening to a Kenny Aronoff podcast. I’m not sure of the future of podcasting, not because of the measurement issue, but because so many players are gonna be disillusioned when the great consolidation occurs. That’s the story of new technology, everybody plays, […]

So I’m driving down Route 30 looking for something to listen to. Funny to remember the days when music was scarce, when it wasn’t available in quantity at your fingertips, when you were in rural areas and you were lucky to find anything to listen to at all. I’d inherited the car from my older […]