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The Mighty Storm

The Mighty Storm Al Kooper strikes again. Peter Bradley Adams was one half of a duo entitled eastmountainsouth signed to DreamWorks whose album was so overmassaged and spent upon that it sunk under its own weight and the act broke up. Times were a’ changin’, we were hitting the indie era, it was more about […]

Sunk Costs

Ginny gave me “The Art of Critical Decision Making” for Christmas. She gave everybody else a bathrobe. After saying it’s hard to buy a gift for me, she told me to get back to her, to let her know what I thought. Huh. I’m self-educated. Show me a lecturer and I’ll point out someone I […]

Art, Not Business

A businessman plays by the rules, an artist breaks them. A businessman puts money first, an artist sees money as a byproduct. A businessman has a plan, an artist flies by the seat of his pants. A businessman is looking to sell out, an artist is looking to continue, forever. A businessman is all about […]

House of Cards

Don’t block my way as I’m climbing the greased pole. Did you read the story about Wendi Deng in “Vanity Fair”? Wherein it states that Rupert Murdoch divorced her because she slept with Tony Blair and Eric Schmidt? You know Tony, the titan with the six-pack. But Schmidt? The goofy guy with the bad complexion […]