Archive for 2017/10


The Man

I got gas in the tank I got money in the bank I got news for you baby, you’re looking at the man I got skin in the game I got a household name I got news for you baby, you’re looking at the man David Krebs thinks rock died because of sexism. The acts […]

Dirty John

How to listen to the ‘Dirty John’ podcast Have you ever regretted your choices? Wondered how life would have turned out if you’d taken the other path? I have. Now I’m not sure whether this podcast is a triumph, or a low-level genre piece akin to cable TV exposes of crime. But the difference is […]

2017

IT’S THE AGE OF THE INDIVIDUAL It’s all about you, your brand, you’re on your own and it’s your obligation to establish your status. Used to be you were a member of the faceless masses. Now you’re defined online yet retain your anonymity since in a world of competing identities no one stands out, and […]

Publicity Is King

In the era of cacophony. It was not supposed to be this way. The internet was supposed to level the playing field. The future was to be a vast meritocracy. But we did not realize the internet would allow everyone to have a voice, and with this megaphone hypesters yelled for attention, so we gravitated […]