LOL. I understood perfectly, Bob. Spotify produces nothing. It creates nothing. It is software designed purely for the purpose of using the work of others to generate enormous profits for its owner. As with most large corporate entities, its business model is an exploitative one. Its owner has become a deca-billionaire on the backs of […]

Carl Stubner runs the management company Shelter Music. He personally manages ZZ Top and Crowded House and has been involved with Fleetwood Mac and other acts. This is his story as well as the story of the management group he is growing. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carl-stubner/id1316200737?i=1000721934253 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/7235742a-56fd-47da-bb9d-03fc30986669/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-carl-stubner

I was watching John Oliver talk about ICE and I thought if everybody saw this there would be change. But everybody didn’t. You can watch the video for free on YouTube: But that’s not the point. The point is we used to get our news from a limited number of sources, which had fact-checkers and […]

1 I don’t understand the hatred of Spotify. The constant denigration of its payment system and the animus directed at Daniel Ek. Then I read this article in today’s “New York Times”:  “How Liberalism Went to Die on the Texas-Arkansas Border” Free link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/opinion/liberalism-texarkana-economy-democracy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dk8.Q46T.dtVsEBHA75e2&smid=url-share You need to read this article, but you also need to […]