Archive for 2020/04


Opening America

Do you think it’s safe to go outside? Many Democrats are now asking themselves this question. This is tribal warfare, but the more interesting element is groupthink, how you change someone’s opinion. Last night Bill Maher said to open America, he wants to go to a restaurant. Today people are strolling on beaches in Florida, […]

Virtual Concerts

Is Coachella about what happens on the stage or off? About the music or the audience? Both. But we’ve been vastly underestimating how important the non-music experience is. I’m not talking about food. America has turned a corner. No one wants to eat boiled hot dogs and limp french fries at an event anywhere anymore, […]

Elizabeth Warren For Vice President

No way, I thought. Now I’ve been wrong pretty consistently for the past year. I thought a centrist had a chance, and then Elizabeth Warren ate up the airwaves and dominated the polls. Then, Warren shot herself in the foot, by kowtowing to the center, changing her Medicare for All plan, refusing to answer how […]

John Watson-This Week’s Podcast

John Watson started in A&R at Sony Music and then went on to manage Silverchair, Missy Higgins, Midnight Oil and more. Listen to how a guy from Down Under breaks acts internationally. (Recorded live at Australian Music Week.) iheart apple spotify stitcher