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Subject: Re: Passion/Viewpoint/Craft I’ve been saying for the past couple of years, the audience doesn’t want perfection, they want CONNECTION. Perfection is really impressive — for about 5 minutes. Then you want to know, “Yeah, but what’s that got to do with me?” Tom Rush www.TomRush.com ___________________________________ Re: Spotify’s Numbers My coworker and I were having […]

If you read the music business press yesterday’s Spotify numbers are a step in the wrong direction, if not a veritable disaster, a wake-up call. But if you read the business press… “Spotify’s Crown Lies Heavy, but It’s Still the Streaming King – Latest results trip up expensive stock, but the company still has growth […]

“Inside the Rise of the Multiracial Right” Free link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/07/24/opinion/minority-voters-trump-right.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Zk8.UsOJ.lYWoS2WHSg0N&smid=url-share This is the most important article you will read today. When I wrote about Maggie Q in “Ballard,” I was accused of Asian hate. Not by an Asian woman, but by a white man. If I mention anything negative about a woman, I get blowback […]