Archive for 2026/04


The Billy Preston Documentary-This Week’s Podcast

The three main principals involved in the film, director Paris Barclay and producers Stephanie Allain and Jeanne Elfant Festa, opine about their careers and testify as to the making of the movie. All three are major hitters. Barclay is one of the most in-demand television directors, having worked on “ER,” “The West Wing,” “The Watcher” […]

The Route To Modern Success

Be different, me-too is everywhere. But different is a state of mind, that too often goes untaught in today’s society., which is one of the reasons why so much “classic” music was made by baby boomers. Life was not as hard, their parents were not solely focused on ensuring their children got a leg up […]

Ackman/Universal

This is all financial engineering. The best explanation I’ve read is in the “Wall Street Journal”: “Is Bill Ackman’s Deal for Universal Music Really Worth $63 Billion?” https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-04-07-2026/card/is-bill-ackman-s-deal-for-universal-music-really-worth-63-billion–WYWiZPspSu6UibG7trfl?mod=Searchresults&pos=1&page=1 You don’t need an MBA to understand all this, yet it still might be above your pay grade. Ackman wants to sell Universal’s stake in Spotify, add […]

Kanye In The UK

He’s got a right to perform… But it’s one thing to do two shows at SoFi and quite another to headline the Wireless Festival in the U.K. Yes, yes, Kanye admitted he was bipolar, he gave that as an explanation of his antisemitic behavior, I gave him credit for that, but that does not mean […]