Who’s gonna win the Grammy? I don’t give a shit. To think that the Grammys mean anything is to misunderstand the impact of the show. Your appearance could impact your career, a victory is barely more than meaningless. Come on, who won last year? The year before? So I don’t get caught up in the […]

Today I went where music lives. Downstairs they were rehearsing. Upstairs I was listening to Sam Smith. In the studio my buds Luke, Frampton and Don Was, supported by Kenny Aronoff, Greg Phillinganes and a complement of keyboardists and backup singers, were preparing for Ringo. Who entered at the appointed time, skinny and short-haired and […]

“Why Bitcoin Matters” I like smart people. I like to learn something. Which is why I don’t watch TV singing competitions, where no one goes on to glory and it’s only about the ratings and I’m more interested in seeing “Shark Tank.” That’s today’s world. Used to be everybody wanted to be a musician and […]

I never thought I’d see Bernie play with them again. But it was that kind of night, a homecoming. No, we didn’t find out about the show on KMET, but we did all get in our cars and drive south to where a building always described as a wedding cake awaited our arrival. But this […]