Archive for 2025/01


The Fires

I don’t know anything you don’t. Having said that, if you’re living in L.A., I recommend KABC, channel 7, which overlays streets onto the landscape, making it a bit easier to see what has burned. Actually, that’s pretty amazing, that we don’t have specifics re which houses are gone and which are not. That map […]

Say Nothing

Hulu trailer: https://rb.gy/f5lk4w For the first six or so episodes I didn’t get the hoopla, this is considered to be one of the best series of the past year. But then… I’ve been to Belfast. I went by Van Morrison’s home, I actually walked down into the hollow, but didn’t see that brown eyed girl. […]

Artistry

Giving people what they want is commerce. Doing what you want is art. But that does not mean everybody will be interested in what you do. But when you get art right, it’s forever, when you get commerce right, it’s evanescent. Think of all the legendary companies and products that have gone out of business/ceased […]

The Park City Ski Patrol Strike

Someone should get fired for this, hopefully CEO Kirsten Lynch. Vail is the most hated name in skiing, justifiably or unjustifiably. Rob Katz revolutionized the skiing business not quite twenty years ago. He flipped the script. Unlike previous ski conglomerates, Katz decided that Vail Resorts would make its money on skiing and its ancillaries as […]