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Winning Strategies

1. Play the long game. If you need to succeed immediately, if you can’t live in flux, if you can’t handle anxiety, you’re not going to achieve your goals. First, of course, you must have a goal. But then you must stick to it. Keep it in your vision. Revisit it at night, while you’re […]

George Michael

The holidays are a bitch. It’s the same media disconnect we experienced with the election. The stories say one thing, the truth is another. We read about all the shiny, happy people sitting around the fire surrounded by their loved ones and we wonder what happened to us, alone, or tolerating those we are related […]

Why Is Hip-Hop So Big?

I don’t know. In case you missed the memo, hip-hop is exploding on streaming services, it’s even bigger than it is in the sales world, demonstrating true demand, because people are actually listening. Why? I can only speculate. The first thing that comes to mind is culture. The white world is bankrupt, with its lame […]

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Playlist

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Playlist “Autobahn” Kraftwerk More influential than any of the bands enshrined this year, the R&RHOF is a worthless organization with no credibility but it does allow us to have these discussions, keeping the legacy of old acts alive. Now when “Autobahn” hit the airwaves back in ’75 there was […]