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Gen Z Disillusionment

Tonight they want to party like it’s 1999. Because they sure as hell don’t like the era they’re living in. If you’re expecting new protest songs…don’t hold your breath. Gen Z is looking for escape. They’ve been beaten down by a society that seems not to understand them, that actually has contempt for them, and […]

The Perfect Neighbor

This is the one you’ve got to see. Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite” is the one getting all the hype, but “The Perfect Neighbor” will get to you. This is America. My favorite story about a bad neighbor was told to me by Al Kooper. I was complaining to him about my problem neighbor […]

World Series-Game 5

There was a vibe. And it was different from a regular game. The intensity was ratcheted up a notch. You knew you were experiencing something different. And the fact that it could be seen by others on TV…never factored in. It was intimate, for the 52,175 in attendance. But it was not a full house. […]

The Game

1 “Baseball players aren’t so square They’ve got beards and stringy hair” “The Sixties” Do you know this song? It’s from T-Bone Burnett’s 1983 album “Proof Through the Night.” He tried to make it as an artist before he broke through as a big time producer… I’d say the Counting Crows’ debut was his breakthrough…remember […]