They’re the North Vietnamese. Maybe you’re too young to know. But the North Vietnamese were demonized, the domino theory said they must be defended against, otherwise Communism would march down the country and spread even further and… AND WHAT? the younger generation began to ask. They were shipped halfway across the world WHY? Once they […]

Sales don’t matter. Which is hard to believe in an era where seemingly every #1 is based on sales. You can no longer game the chart by giving away albums with tickets, so now there are these vinyl packages, most of which are souvenirs, many of which go unplayed, their owners don’t even have turntables, […]

The world is falling apart. Maybe physically, with climate change. Maybe politically, with the rise of authoritarianism. But I’m talking emotionally. There is too much information and no center. People aren’t sure where they belong anymore. Sure, there’s a crisis of misinformation, mostly fostered online. But once you get past the effects of said falsehoods, […]

I was just talking to an English musician who is afraid to go on the road. Covid is raging, people aren’t wearing masks and he doesn’t trust the government. Which has pooh-poohed and botched the Covid response: “Covid: UK’s early response worst public health failure ever, MPs say”: https://bbc.in/3jovPlN As you will remember, it was […]