Rob Light Told me he wanted to make Jeff Beck iconic.  He had a whole plan, which he delineated. What struck me was this was the head of CAA, not MCA, or EMI, Sony or WB.  That’s what labels used to do, make stars.  They had a whole team, sharing the goal of pushing the […]

Lefsetz: At El Rey. Like old days.Harvey intro’d Davy Knowles, 60s acoustic blues, not about hits. Jeff Beck at 9:30!about 4 hours ago from TwitterBerry mary_cg: @Lefsetz Would enjoy seeing a review of Jeff Beck here or in your blog. Not sure what he’s doing these days, would like to know.about 4 hours ago from […]

That was one of the most surreal concert experiences EVER! We’re in Colorado, for Spring Back To Vail.  Don’t give me any recession shit.  It’s cheaper to be here than in L.A.  Maybe because Vail Resorts figured out it was better to sell everybody lift tickets cheaper than to sell a few ducats at high […]

I was just watching Seth Godin’s presentation at Google: "All Marketers are Liars" He was saying that Napster could have been successful if it launched in a nursing home.  Because it was so good, everybody would tell everybody else about it. That’s how great the original Napster was.  Seth said it only had to reach […]