GRAVITAS Take yourself seriously, or no one else will. Have something to say. Mean it. People want someone to believe in, and if you’re frivolous and wishy-washy you’ll get little blowback but you’ll never ascend to the pinnacle. We live in dangerous times and we’re looking for leaders. Not everybody will agree with you, but […]

We’re operating like it’s the twentieth century in a twentieth first century world. The media industrial complex believes if it just beats us over the head hard enough, keeps putting faces in front of us, that we will pay attention and care. But that don’t play in an on demand world where we have access […]

Hang Me in the Tulsa County Stars – Youtube There is hope. There’s a canard that modern music is a cornucopia of vapid millennial popsters and I must admit they get more than their fair share of attention, but bubbling under there’s soul-fulfilling stuff that has gotten a push but just hasn’t landed on your […]

Success breeds access. You think it’s about the money, but really it’s about the power. Get in range of those who control the country and you realize what you want most is a seat at the table. Paul Anka got a seat at the table. He sent me a personal note, referenced my back trouble, […]