NOT EVERYONE KNOWS YOUR NAME This is what the internet has wrought. It hasn’t made everybody a star, hasn’t lifted the obscure to ubiquity, but it has muddied the water with so much information that it’s nearly impossible to break through. You may be on television, you may be on the cover of a magazine, […]

I NEVER WANTED TO BE YOUR WEEKEND LOVER But he was. I was stunned what big news this was. In an era where info comes and goes, where nobody dominates the news cycle and reaches everybody, Prince’s death not only eclipsed the demise of all of this year’s luminaries, it echoed the deaths of Elvis […]

It’s a sign ‘o’ the times. First came Bowie, then came Frey, and then the Grim Reaper moved on to Dan Hicks, and Paul Kantner and Signe Anderson died on the same damn day! Rock’s killing itself. And that’s what Prince was billed as. A black guy on a white label who was gonna revolutionize […]

DESIGN COUNTS Would Tesla have sold a fraction of Model S’s if it looked like the electric cars of yore? No, it looks like a Ferrari, and therefore early adopters, who want to look cool, purchased it. Few knew it goes like stink, with acceleration times exceeding all but the highest performance cars, but that’s […]