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The Live Nation Trial

The only question left is the remedy. Of course the jury is going to hold for the states against Live Nation. Because of the TRIFECTA! Yup, the testimony re Barclays and the arena in Minneapolis. The Slack conversation between Live Nation employees gleefully deriding the consumer, talking about how people are so dumb they can […]

Country Joe McDonald

1 I think the first time I heard “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die” was on WBAI, the public radio station in New York. You see underground FM radio was the internet of its day. Not that it was truly underground, the stations were all legal, but they were an alternative, they were subversive… Do not conflate the FM radio […]

John Zogby-This Week’s Podcast

The legendary pollster talks about the war in Iran and more. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/john-zogby/id1316200737?i=1000753320394 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/0544db6a-d7a1-44eb-9a42-dbb228618290/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-john-zogby

Today’s Must-Skim Articles

“Welcome to Wyoming, the Frontier of America’s New Gilded Age – Jackson, Wyo., has long been a refuge for the rich. But the last five years saw a boom in wealth of a kind never before seen. Across the country, the 2017 tax cuts minted hundreds of new billionaires.” Free link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/us/billionaire-boom-jackson-teton-wyoming.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QFA.vPa_.siT-RY4bGQrT&smid=url-share “5 Takeaways on […]