Archive for 2022/11


The Elizabeth Holmes Sentence

Am I the only one thrilled that she got eleven and a quarter years (135 months)? I feel defeated. I was brought up in a world where you were told to jump through the hoops, work hard and you’ll end up with a modicum of accoutrements, more than satisfied. As for the rich, they were […]

Mailbag

From: Dan Millen Subject: Re: Ticketmaster Swift Snafu Date: November 17, 2022 at 2:37:01 PM PST Great time to load up on LYV stock! I call it the TM hate trade. Every time some kerfuffle happens with LYV and ticketmaster people dump the stock, it drops $5-10 and I grab some more, it always creeps […]

Linda Ronstadt-This Week’s Podcast

Linda Ronstadt has a new book, “Feels Like Home,” about the Sonoran Borderlands where she grew up. We talk about her youth, Lucy’s El Adobe, meeting musicians and making records, politics… https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/linda-ronstadt/id1316200737?i=1000586557423 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/877f57ad-3a82-49f3-9fde-9f2edac615a1/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-linda-ronstadt https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast/episode/linda-ronstadt-208623453

Ticketmaster Swift Snafu

Oh, come on. What next, everybody should be entitled to a new iPhone the day it comes out? Every automobile in the lineup at sticker price with no wait? Oh, it takes time to make physical product. And it takes time to update software too! Yes, this was a learning experience for Ticketmaster. They will […]