“HOW LIZZO BECAME ONE OF POP CULTURE’S GREAT FLOPS – The singer is experiencing a new form of downward mobility—and she’s not alone.” https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/07/music-flop-era/687785/?gift=z4iyOc-jH6hIY60qnBHAeC7Mr-2Q4_OvRZnQnftUxM8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share https://apple.news/Azih2aV8mT8adYQrTNHW5KA How many hard core fans does Lizzo have anyway? But what really interests me is the virality of this story. Despite being owned by Laurene Powell Jobs, “The Atlantic” has […]

From: chris stein Subject: Re: America 250 July 4 1976 is so utterly memorable for me.  We were returning from an early ‘out of town’ Blondie gig in Philly. The trip back was laborious, returning a rented beat up station wagon, hauling gear etc. A long bus ride going downtown, we saw ships in the […]

Tune in July 4th to Faction Talk, channel 103, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: Lefsetz

Spoiler alert: I don’t reveal everything, but if you want to be fresh when you watch this series, beware. This was a painful watch. If I hadn’t invested my time in the previous seasons, I would have stopped. This is what happens when art supersedes plot. You see this most in literature today. Which tend […]