From: george drakoulias Subject: Re: Forever Young Date: November 2, 2025 at 5:55:22?PM PST Bob ever see this, spectacular _________________________________________ From: Harvey Goldsmith Subject: Grateful Dead Date: November 15, 2025 at 2:20:12?AM PST Dear Bob Great piece on the Dead.  I first met them in 1968 when they played a free show in Golden Gate […]

1 This is weird to me. For a journeyman singer, barely covered in the media, unknown to most, Todd Snider got some of the most glowing obituaries I’ve ever seen. Lengthy, with not only biographical information, but lyrical quotations…if one was not a fan a reader would think they’d missed out on something. If only […]

Tom has a new book, “Unplugged: Adventures from MTV to Timbuktu.”  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tom-freston/id1316200737?i=1000738658172 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/cbd6f24f-9fb7-48c0-9c2e-aeeee9b684a8/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-tom-freston

So I’m sitting here writing about Jimmy Cliff and in my mind I can hear the blowback. Believe me, I’ve always gotten negative responses, but not with the vociferousness, the put-downs, the holier-than-thou attitudes of correspondents today. Is it about me or is it the nature of the world at large? Or maybe it’s just […]