Archive for 2025/07


The Joan Didion Diaries

“Notes to John”: https://shorturl.at/PJFLg 1 This is an utterly astounding book that should be read by everybody. I must admit, I am not a huge Joan Didion fan. I loved “Slouching Towards Bethlehem,” but found “Play It As It Lays” flat. As for the vaunted books thereafter, I found them dense and mannered and thought […]

Even More Summer Of ’75-SiriusXM This Week

Tune in Saturday July 19th to Faction Talk, channel 103, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. Phone #: 844-686-5863 If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: Lefsetz

Re-Steve Miller

I don’t know why they don’t just say they are cancelling for poor ticket sales? Since nobody has bought a ticket, nobody will be surprised. The weather excuse is the true embarrassment, not poor sales. I mean, in 2025 who thought Steve Miller would sell any tickets to begin with? Jake Malloy ____________________________________ Weather?  Looking […]

Firing Colbert

You NEGOTIATE! Which is how we know that CBS canceled the “Late Show” for political reasons. Let me see now… You take a top producer, a revenue positive show, and you cancel it willy-nilly? Let’s say income is down. Then like the news outlets, you renegotiate the contracts with the talent, you give them the […]