I hate "American Idol", but I’ve got to give credit to Simon Fuller for creating something new, marrying music and reality TV to build a juggernaut. And I give credit to Simon Cowell also.  Not because of "X Factor", but because he was willing to tell the truth on TV.  Doesn’t matter how mean you […]

PepsiCo’s got a problem.  Its signature soft drink and the products of its Frito-Lay division make you fat.  And obesity has become a worldwide epidemic.  How to survive in the future?  Convince people that being fat is good, keep selling them what you always have, or reengineer your products for the future? That’s the subject […]

She should have made a deal with Spanx! What do we know about Stevie Nicks?  She took Klonopin and got fat.  If Jennifer Hudson can do a deal with Weight Watchers and only enhance her career, why can’t Ms. Nicks do the same?  Show she’s one of the girls.  Dealing with aging as opposed to […]

1. Adele "21" Sales this week: 155,209Percentage change: +26Weeks on: 11Cume: 1,554,291 This is the future of the mainstream.  A quality album of songs that sells itself.  Sure, there was set-up, but word of mouth is selling this album.  Otherwise, Katy Perry’s "Teenage Dream" would be number one, and it’s not. In other words, airplay […]