Archive for the 'Life and Life Only' Category


Nothing Lasts

Taylor Swift was terrible on the Grammys. Maybe the worst performance ever. She was way off-key singing with Stevie Nicks, in front of the whole world. I’d been getting e-mail from people for years saying she couldn’t sing, but had held back from writing anything. But here was evidence.  I thought it would end her […]

Pickleball

It doesn’t bounce like a tennis ball. I was supposed to see a legendary musician in concert, one whom I’ve never seen, who may not tour again, but I couldn’t pass up Lesley’s 60th birthday party at the Santa Monica Pickleball Center. There was going to be instruction and everything! But I wouldn’t know almost […]

Throwing Objects On Stage

This isn’t about violence, this is about power. It’s not the twentieth century anymore. And the media and titans of yesteryear and those following in their footsteps are ignorant and unaware. The landscape has changed. For all the doody about adoration of artists, more people now believe artists are no better than they are. The […]

The Bud Light Boycott

How come this worked? Well, more interesting is how come this sustained. Modelo is now the number one beer in America, and Bud Light’s sales have not returned to anywhere near their previous level. Meanwhile, every boycott on the left, proposed or actualized, never sustains. Like Facebook. Remember when you were supposed to delete that? […]