People make up their own facts, and if you call them on it they just double down. We live in a disinformation economy. The more data there is, the less we can come to a consensus. Media will follow an irrelevant story if it makes them rich. Donald Trump has absolutely no chance of becoming […]

10 million people want Adele tickets and “Star Wars” grosses $238 million in a weekend. What does this tell us? PEOPLE WANT TO BELONG! Welcome to the teens. The media doesn’t label them that, but they should start. It’s not the aughts, the era where the public gradually adopted broadband and pirated movies and music, […]

“I close for a living.” –Scott Borchetta Yes, he was there, and I could have listened to him all night, the journey from 19 year old bass player on the road with a country band to the majordomo of today’s most successful label(s). That’s right, Scott’s got a few, because each can only work a […]

It’s not your father’s Grammys. Forget all the horseshit about Madonna being snubbed. Prince too. These are not lifetime achievement awards, rather recognition of what is popular and successful. Yup, that’s what we’ve got. Not only were the alta kachers eliminated, we didn’t have any of the cred artists either, except Alabama Shakes and Chris […]