They blew it. Show business is about perception, not reality. And the perception is that Taylor Swift is a self-satisfied performer who needs to be the biggest and the baddest and is not. You don’t want to be able to get a ticket. If I hear one more promoter talk about slow ticketing I’m gonna […]

Embrace streaming. Complaining about it, forwarding stories about it, getting caught up in the minutiae of it is a rearguard action that is only hurting yourself. Either swing for the fence or own your marginality. It’s about influence. You can be on Patreon with 100 fans keeping you alive or you can try to reach […]

1 I lied to get the job and and then he wanted to give me the store. College graduation is one of the few things that’s weirder than legend, even worse than “The Graduate,” because there’s no Mrs. Robinson and Katharine Ross to rescue you. You’re just going through the paces, stepping on the stones, […]

“What are your assets as an actor? Your weaknesses. Whatever your fears are, whatever you suck at, that’s what you gotta tap. That’s what people want to see when you’re playing people. They want to see you at your weakest. They don’t want to see some asshole comedian show off. They want to see him […]