Archive for the 'Live Shows' Category


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 […]

World Series-Game 5

There was a vibe. And it was different from a regular game. The intensity was ratcheted up a notch. You knew you were experiencing something different. And the fact that it could be seen by others on TV…never factored in. It was intimate, for the 52,175 in attendance. But it was not a full house. […]

Shirley Manson/Jack Antonoff

Shirley Manson: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1814846209174938 Jack Antonoff: https://apple.news/AEBDDG5UqRASf8PpV38uQ2w This is the deal you make. You enter the arena, you try and become rich and famous, and if you succeed…you can trade on your name forever. Whereas, if you work in the industry…you’re time-stamped. Most people can’t stay in it, only a thin layer survive, the rest are […]