Archive for 2021/10


The Music Industry In Ten Years

OLD ACTS DIE Don Henley is telling audiences at Eagles shows that this may be the last time they see the band. Whether this is true or not, so many of the legendary classic acts are in their seventies, and despite their plastic surgery nobody lives forever, and neither will they. This will put the […]

Let’s Go Brandon

Sales don’t matter. Which is hard to believe in an era where seemingly every #1 is based on sales. You can no longer game the chart by giving away albums with tickets, so now there are these vinyl packages, most of which are souvenirs, many of which go unplayed, their owners don’t even have turntables, […]

Gina Schock-This Week’s Podcast

From the Baltimore docks to the Hollywood Bowl… Gina Schock is the drummer of the Go-Go’s, a songwriter for Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez and the author of a new photo book about her band. Tune in to hear how a woman with a passion for rock made it to the top. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-30806836/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gina-schock/id1316200737?i=1000539988981 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast […]

Instructions

DON’T BOTHER TRYING TO CHANGE SOMEBODY’S MIND Read this article: “Where Facts Were No Match for Fear – Civic boosters in central Montana hoped for some federal money to promote tourism. A disinformation campaign got in the way.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/us/politics/montana-misinformation-national-heritage.html Then you’ll know it’s hopeless trying to convince people of the truth if they’re invested in […]