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BLACKPINK

Musical Power Rangers. In case you missed the memo, BLACKPINK is the buzz of Coachella. That’s right, people are more interested in a K-Pop band that’s never played in America than the ubiquitous headliners. Then again, the audience owns BLACKPINK, whereas the rest of the acts are playing to the media. I know, it makes […]

Coachella Lineup

And sooner or later Everybody’s kingdom must end “The King Must Die” Elton John It’s not the boomers’ Coachella anymore, nor the Gen-X’ers. I thought the transition would happen when America’s #1 festival booked Justin Bieber. But now, that old man has been passed over and they’ve gone straight to Ariana Grande. Is this the […]

2019

Will be a year of transition. Expect the chaos to continue to rule. But by the end of 2019 the future will start coming into focus. 2018 was the year of streaming. Yes, Spotify launched in the U.S. nearly a decade ago, and YouTube before that, but it took that long for the public to […]

The Beach Boys At The Vilar

Catch a wave and you’re sittin’ on top of the world That’s one thing that’s been lost in the rewriting of sixties history, the optimism. We had hope, we believed we could conquer, we believed life was not limited, and the goal was to go to California, ride the waves and hook up with a […]