Archive for the 'Politics' Category


Relatability

Instagram: https://t.ly/qkXIo Facebook: https://t.ly/YJunO YouTube: https://t.ly/vUlBg I just saw this video today. But it was launched twelve days ago on Kamala Harris’s YouTube channel. But it’s also on Facebook and Stereogum and “Billboard”… But it was only when Jake texted this to me that I found out about it. Today your work is a time […]

Kamala’s Speech

Be afraid Donald, be very afraid. This election is all about perception, and the media keeps talking about the issues. The most important article you will read this week is in the “New Yorker”: “Among America’s ‘Low-Information’ Voters”: https://apple.news/AvKdeIufhTTyhvRt-PvK60g I hear from these people every day. You’re never going to change their opinion. If you […]

Mailbag

Re: DJ Cassidy When Cassidy was in high school , I was at his Dad’s house (Jon Podell), at the time a great booking agent (CSNY) and many other huge artists. Jon sent me in to  try and tell Cassidy to put aside his passion to be a DJ and stay in school. Cassidy told […]

DJ Cassidy

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 […]