That’s fame. The turning point was reality television, most specifically “The Real World,” suddenly you could be famous for nothing. You could trump up your personality, argue, and the edgier you were, the more attention you gained, can you say PUCK? Concomitant with this was the era of the afternoon talk show. Where the more […]

RIVER: SEASON 1 Never underestimate the power of great acting. I’ve got all kinds of time for great, a little time for good, and no time for the rest…whether it be TV, music, sports, food… That’s the world we live in, one where time is precious and we’re overloaded with options. Our entire lives are […]

Spotify YouTube I ignored the hype. But then I got hooked by the banner on Spotify. Oh, you can turn it off. Over to the right, in grey, it says “Hide Announcements,” and then these banners will disappear, but do you want them to? I don’t want to read another story of a musician wise […]

Record companies used to have a formula, they’d cross tracks over from one format to another, ultimately ending up on Top 40 radio. That doesn’t happen anymore. Prior to the Beatles the music business was a backwater. Of course we listened, but there wasn’t that much money in recordings, music was the land of uneducated, […]