Archive for 2021/12


Twisted Business

“Twisted Business: Lessons from My Life in Rock ‘n Roll”: https://amzn.to/3yxz8x3 Jay Jay French is a hustler. A New York hustler. The top of the heap. A survivor. A human cockroach who cannot be ignored and cannot be killed. And that’s why he made it. Every band needs a hustler. Sure, some bands become big […]

The Failure Of West Side Story

Blame the movie industry. If you stop making adult films adults fall out of the habit of attending them. Yes, Hollywood is now for cartoon superheroes. Comedies are too risky, these conglomerates want a guaranteed return. They’re risk averse. Never in the history of the film business has it been less about art. As for […]

Bookends

Spotify playlist: https://spoti.fi/3GHVIGi “Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph Preserve your memories, they’re all that’s left you “Bookends Theme” We all live in the past. The past few days I’ve been reading this book “Powder Days,” by Heather Hansman. After graduating from Colby College she went west to Colorado and became a […]

The Katie Couric Book

“Going There”: https://amzn.to/3ysEppZ I only read it because I want to get her on the podcast. She too is an iHeart podcaster and I figured that’d give me an in. Not that I ever watched the “Today Show.” I’m almost never up at that hour and if I want news, I’ll go online, or read […]