1. IT’S EPISODE 60 Four plus years in. If you’re not in it for the long haul, you’re never going to make it, especially if you’re not chasing trends. Set yourself on fire, people may pay attention, but not for long. Get the press stirred up and many will know about you overnight, but you’re […]

“Pop music is music for lonely people made by other lonely people.” Kim Fowley Maybe that’s why Winwood’s show at the Greek last night resonated so much. There was no backdrop. No patter. None of the trappings of today’s music extravaganzas, which too often resemble Broadway as opposed to the Fillmore. Once upon a time […]

Remember when NASCAR was the sport of the future? Doing boffo at not only the b.o, but on TV? When it appealed to all ages and all sexes and all ethnicities? Those days are through. NASCAR has cratered. Yesterday’s “Wall Street Journal” has got an article about it, check it out: Nascar’s Leaky Fuel Tank […]

Van Halen, ZZ Top, Donald Fagen and now Aerosmith. What do they all have in common? They put out new albums and they expected the world to care. For the waters to part and people to partake. They’re all utilizing a seventies model and that was forty years ago. Wanna succeed today? Know who your […]