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Glenn Frey

He lived the American Dream. You know, wherein your wits, smarts and pluck, never mind the gleam in your eye, take you from nothing to everything, in this case not only accumulating riches, but influencing the culture. And there were those who hated him for it. They lionize Steve Jobs. And Mark Zuckerberg. The techies […]

Today’s Playbook

EMOTION We want to know you’re alive, that you’ve got feelings, that you believe in your message. Rational is passe. Jeb is rational, Trump is emotional. Who’s got a grip on the public consciousness? Who is mired in the morass? In an internet world where words inflame and everybody is pissed off to put on […]

Why Music Sucks

Inspired by: “Why Are SO Many Millennials SO Uncool” It’s about the money. They came for the record stores, then they came for the MP3s, everything we knew disappeared, we didn’t know they were gonna take the music itself. It started in the nineties. Or maybe we’ve got to go back to the eighties for […]

An Artist…

Never does what’s expedient. Worries about money, but never makes it paramount. Is jealous of others’ success, but puts his head down and keeps working. Knows when he strikes a chord, knows when he gets it right. Look for this resonance, this inner light. When you’ve achieved it, you’ll get an inner smile. Knows a […]