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We Built This City

Grace Slick hates it. I didn’t like it when it was released, when they inserted the name of every local city for radio stations, but all these years later…it kind of cracks me up, anthemic rock, with exuberant vocals. But the band didn’t write it. So I’m just back from the Malibu hills, where I […]

The Warren Analogy

She’s not using consultants. And she raised $19.1 million dollars last quarter, nearly as much as Biden and Buttigieg. Even more dramatically, she’s not doing the fat cat fundraisers and phone calls. How did she do this? Via message, via credibility, via eschewing the conventional wisdom. Message. That’s the song. It always comes down to […]

Favorite Dylan Cover-SiriusXM This Week

“Lefsetz Live,” Tuesday July 9th, on Volume 106, 7 PM East, 4 PM West. Phone #: 844-6-VOLUME, 844-686-5863 Twitter: @lefsetz Hear the episode live on SiriusXM VOLUME: HearLefsetzLive If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app: LefsetzLive

Overnight Sensation

I just want a hit record, yeah Wanna hear it on the radio Want a big hit record, yeah One that everybody’s got to know “Overnight Sensation” The Raspberries I don’t stop hearing about Kamala Harris. Since the debate, she’s not only the talk of politicos, but the country. In just one little exchange she […]