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Re-Herb Alpert

I co-manage Herb Alpert and want to thank you for your piece today.  So thrilled that you enjoyed the show and were willing to spread the good word. When Herb decided to do this tour in honor of the 60th anniversary of Whipped Cream and his 90th year on this mortal coil, he wanted it […]

Herb Alpert & the TJB At The Dolby Theatre

The sixties weren’t only the Beatles and Vietnam. I was reminded of this on Saturday night. Who didn’t own “Whipped Cream & Other Delights”? Who didn’t like Herb Alpert? The aforementioned Beatles triumphed alongside the Southern California trumpeter, but a dividing line between the two was not there. Herb was not part of what came […]

The Rock Hall Ceremony

1 “I’m gonna add some bottom So that the dancers just won’t hide” Awards shows never run on schedule. Even when they’re taped for TV. There are stops and starts. After all, it’s all about what the home viewer sees on their flat screen. But that was not the case last night. The show started […]

Misinformation

Last night Bill Maher said the average price of a Taylor Swift ticket was over $4000. Really. My favorite story on this came from Tony Wilson. His first job out of Oxbridge was in a television news department. On a Saturday night he collected the European football scores and the newsreader got them wrong. Tony […]