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The Slate Skiing Article

“Epic Fail: How a Corporate Duopoly Ruined Skiing”: http://tinyurl.com/2xxrfkub Skiing hasn’t been this cheap in decades! But that doesn’t stop old-schooler Gordon LaForge trashing the new model in a nostalgic play for days that in fact were much worse. Kinda like MAGA if you think about it (and if you castigate me for mentioning politics, […]

Consensus Hits

There were only 17 last year. That’s down from 28 in 2020. In other words, if you’re overwhelmed with new music, feel out of touch, think you don’t know what is going on, welcome to the club. Those statistics are from Guy Zapoleon in the article: “2023 Marked Fourth Year Of Worst Music Doldrums For […]

2023 Deaths-SiriusXM This Week

Tune in Saturday December 23rd to Faction Talk, channel 103, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: Lefsetz

John Scher-This Week’s Podcast

The first half is about concert promotion. The second half is about the Grateful Dead. I guarantee you will hear things you’ve never heard before. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/john-scher/id1316200737?i=1000639322188 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/1233a80b-a973-4035-acfd-c62757099382/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-john-scher