Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Neil Young At The Ford

1 So Neil straps on this old white Gretsch and starts telling a story. How it’s stereo. Three strings go to one speaker, the other three to another. He’s unsure of the provenance of the instrument, how someone came up with the idea, how they executed it, but here it is. And then… Neil Young […]

Evolution

The light killed Hollywood. And once the mystery was gone, the old entertainment business was history. There are no movie stars anymore. Except for oldsters, like Harrison Ford, who is 80, and Tom Cruise, who is 60. The paradigm shifted, the film is the star, not the actor. Which is why superhero movies can succeed. […]

Mailbag

From: Dan Navarro  Subject: Re: Affirmative Action Were it not for Affirmative Action in 1969, I would not have been able to attend UCLA immediately upon high school graduation. I was admitted under the Educational Opportunities Program (EOP) that looked past my mediocre grades, and into my wide range of activities, strong letters of recommendation, […]

More Change Songs-SiriusXM This Week

More songs with “Change” in the title. Tune in Saturday July 1st, 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