Stop trying to save music radio. It’s done, kaput, it’s just a matter of when. Because we live in an on demand world. One of choice and instant satiation of desires. Talk radio will survive because it’s live, but music radio will fail to the point of irrelevancy. The problem is everyone making decisions, wielding […]

TRUST THE ARTISTS "Die Antwoord leave Interscope, will release ‘TEN$ION’ on their own new indie label" And ain’t it fascinating that Interscope is run by Jimmy Iovine, the supposed protector of the artists… Of course, the story is more complicated than it appears…hell, look at the song title involved. But we will not have a […]

That’s what Steve Jobs did best. Wrestle with concepts, do his best to tease out excellence. It’s what’s absent from our me-too society. There’s a culture of business books that teach you how to get along. As if life is a game with set rules and you only have to learn them to win. But […]

You double down in a recession, that’s when you invest, that’s your opportunity to pull ahead of your competitors. Eleven years ago, during the dot com crash, Apple was not the company it is today. Michael Dell said the corporation should be liquidated and the proceeds returned to the shareholders. Windows was dominant and there […]