And not everybody can make it. My old friend Barney Kugel invited me to celebrate his 70th birthday at the Comedy Chateau in North Hollywood. After decades in the music business, and haunting the rock clubs after sacrificing his last industry job, Barney has shifted his focus to comedy, he says that’s where the action […]

You’ve got to have an identity. And around that identity you build culture. And when people adhere to your identity, buy into your culture, you have a cult. And then you can sustain, which is what the music business is all about. The money’s in the long term. That’s the streaming paradigm. It’s not what […]

Re: The Cult Era Hi Bob, You can’t help yourself bashing Trump that’s all you have. You are the Gladis Kravitz of music business looking for attention. The lawyer thing didn’t work out or the head of a label. Now you bash conservatives, show your economic ignorance. You say Biden’s not a cult well your […]

We all want to belong First it was baseball, then it was the Beatles and finally it was MTV. We all paid attention, we all knew what was happening, and even the barely hip caught the references. Today you’ve got no idea what people are talking about, unless they’re a member of your cult. We’re […]