COWBOY CARTEL This is an imperfect documentary from 2024 but I recommend you watch it. Because the IRS helped bring down the Zetas and now it’s been crippled. All this institutional expertise eviscerated. But you can love “Cowboy Cartel” without being a lefty. Turns out the Zetas, a legendary Mexican drug cartel, are laundering their […]

There are other artists I love more than Billy Joel, but I’ve always respected his talent and craft. Paul McCartney’s comment about Just The Way You Are—that it’s the song he most wishes he would have written—I swear I’ve heard him say the same thing about God Only Knows. Billy was right, Just The Way […]

Well written Bob. I feel very privileged to have worked with Ozzy .First at Virgin Music Publishing and then when I was brought in to run Epic Associated by Tommy Mottola. I hired Michael Goldstone to be my AnR guy and asked him to work with Ozzy on his next album. No More Tears! Goldie […]

——— “I don’t want to change the world I don’t want the world to change me” 1 “Black Sabbath” was too far out there. You’ve got to remember, in 1970 Led Zeppelin was considered heavy metal. Sabbath had a new, younger audience. Despite getting terrible reviews, the band gained traction. Kind of like KISS. But […]