Archive for 2020/04


Jack Dorsey Calls

His “fund” is totally different from Zuckerberg’s. He did not do it for tax advantages. Jack said there were no tax advantages. And he draws no salary from either Twitter or Square anyway. You see the way most billionaires do it is they give the money to a foundation they control, getting a huge tax […]

Ken West-This Week’s Podcast

Ken West is a fascinating guy. Most concert promoters are business people, but Ken is an artist. Ken co-created the legendary Australian festival Big Day Out, but first he went to art school. Listen to Ken tell stories about Nick Cave and Christo and his other influences. He’s a raconteur as well as an entrepreneur. […]

Unorthodox

Unorthodox | Official Trailer | Netflix I usually don’t work on Pesach, but everything’s a little off-kilter these days. Actually, we had a seder on Zoom. I must admit I took control, otherwise it seemed like we’d never get started, what with everybody’s technical issues. There are those who Zoom every day, and those who’ve […]

John Prine

How the hell can a person go to work in the morning And come home in the evening and have nothing to say They couldn’t figure out how to make Bonnie Raitt a success. She had a cult audience, and Warner Brothers believed in her, but she never cut that one track that crossed over, […]