Archive for 2022/06


Distribution Is King

Heard from David Pogue recently? Actually he’s still doing some TV work, I read his tweets, but if you’re under the age of 45, you’ve probably never heard of him. But he and Walt Mossberg were the kings of tech reporting… Until Pogue left “The New York Times” for Yahoo Finance, for freedom and money. […]

Bad Grammar-This Week On SiriusXM

In song titles and lyrics. Tune in today, June 7th, to Volume 106, 7 PM East, 4 PM West. Phone #: 844-6-VOLUME, 844-686-5863 Twitter: @lefsetz or @siriusxmvolume/#lefsetzlive Hear the episode live on SiriusXM VOLUME: siriusxm.us/HearLefsetzLive If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app: siriusxm.us/LefsetzLive

The Model Is Broken

It’s very well-established. You take your time to record an album and you keep it alive on terrestrial radio. In the best of circumstances you dribble out track after track, keeping the album alive for years. But that was then and this is now. The “Billboard” chart has become irrelevant. It’s completely manipulated. Want to […]

Borgen-Season 4-Episode 1

They don’t make television like this in the United States. And they certainly don’t make movies. Hollywood is patting itself on the back over the success of “Top Gun: Maverick.” I haven’t seen it, but I did see the original, because back then movies still mattered, the stars weren’t on TV, they were shooting for […]