It’s time for the Cousin Bobby Comparison! That’s what I used to do back in the deep dark ages of my tenure on college radio, before I got bounced when the regime I’d made friends with graduated and I went from having coveted slots to my own lunar rotation, once every two weeks instead of […]

It’s about the song. Richard Griffiths began as an agent. Then he went into publishing and eventually ran Epic in America and then BMG UK/Europe. He gave Simon Cowell a job. And that’s how Richard’s company ended up managing One Direction, the hottest act in the business today. Sure, there are more details, but my […]

It takes 10,000 hours to be world class. But that doesn’t mean everybody in the world’s going to know you. The problem in society today? No one wants to put in the effort, no one wants to go into their bedroom, turn off their computer and cell phone and invest in themselves, dividends come late, […]

I guess it all started when Taylor Swift wrote that damn song about me. I mean I’m just a middle-aged blogger, why did the biggest star in America have to pick on ME? She’s beautiful, talented, rich and possesses one hell of a singing voice. Everybody has a bad day, just because hers was on […]