Anybody can be famous. Many people can have success on the chart and sell tickets. But can they move the cultural needle? That is the question. That is where music has abdicated its power. Hip-hop. The sound of the streets. As popular as it was, the true breakthrough moment was the L.A. riots in the […]

From: Harvey Goldsmith Subject: RE: It’s A Google Problem Date: December 14, 2025 at 9:56:42?AM MST Dear Bob, Google has always been the problem. For years I have been saying this. Google are paid by every crook in the world as they unscrupulously take money for the placement of ads. It does not matter whether […]

It’s like an Elizabeth Strout novel. That’s what someone e-mailed me when I was halfway through “The Correspondent” and the similarity resonated, as in you’ve got normal women, not famous, not setting the world on fire, and their lives, opinions, personalities. Not that Virginia Evans is in the league of Elizabeth Strout. If you’ve never […]

How come the most innovative things in music are created by outsiders? I love, love, LOVE “Riot Women.” I was aware of it, wasn’t that excited about watching it, but searching for shows after finishing “Blue Lights” I was doing research and I found out “Riot Women” was a SALLY WAINWRIGHT show! Wainwright was the […]