Whose idea was this? My research has not yielded the backstory, but that’s the star of the evening. It’s always about the idea more than the execution, and this one was brilliant, because it has an afterlife. Jimmy Kimmel told me it was not about the show, but creating viral moments that live online. That’s […]

Has Kamala Harris’s campaign ushered in a new era of optimism? Was the pent-up demand already there, just waiting to be released? And was Taylor Swift’s Eras tour just a harbinger of a new era? And the nearly overnight success of Chappell Roan indicative of this newfound optimism? Let’s be clear, there’s been a lot […]

Is death. Or at best stasis. But probably a step in the wrong direction. Tell me about a band whose road numbers increased after they stopped having hits. Tell me about a movie sequel that did better than the original. Of course there are exceptions. Nitpicking is not the point. The point is if you’re […]

“They don’t write ’em like that anymore” And they surely don’t. Greg Kihn and his band were on Beserkley Records, famous up to this point for the initial Modern Lovers album, partially produced by John Cale, the group contained David Robinson, long before he had success drumming for the Cars, and Jerry Harrison, and this […]