Archive for 2024/08


Ed Roland-This Week’s Podcast

Mr. Collective Soul. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ed-roland/id1316200737?i=1000666227223       https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/698445c7-e258-4c73-ba5a-25a173d71227/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-ed-roland

Anita de Monte Laughs Last

https://shorturl.at/cZW5N This book is confusing, and for that reason I’m loath to recommend it. But it really resonated with me, there were some universal truths that stuck out, like: “To get to the destination your inner compass has been driving you back to, screaming it was home, only to discover that you don’t really belong.” […]

DJ Cassidy

Whose idea was this? My research has not yielded the backstory, but that’s the star of the evening. It’s always about the idea more than the execution, and this one was brilliant, because it has an afterlife. Jimmy Kimmel told me it was not about the show, but creating viral moments that live online. That’s […]

Optimism

Has Kamala Harris’s campaign ushered in a new era of optimism? Was the pent-up demand already there, just waiting to be released? And was Taylor Swift’s Eras tour just a harbinger of a new era? And the nearly overnight success of Chappell Roan indicative of this newfound optimism? Let’s be clear, there’s been a lot […]