Do you know the song "River Boulevard"? Walking down the road this morningThe sun was in my eyesThe smell of the sweet sweet blossomsSteppin’ through my mindAnd I sayIsn’t it just a beautiful dayIsn’t it just a beautiful day It’s the fourth song on the Pointer Sisters’ debut.  But it wasn’t an original, it was […]

My head is spinning. In a world where politicians won’t answer the questions, where anybody who goes on record speaks at the speed of a snail, Irving Azoff not only told me where he was going, but responded to all my concerns. Where to begin. He’s coming from the perspective of the artist.  He’s all […]

Irving told me he had something really big coming.  But I didn’t expect it to be THIS big. In a world where David Geffen was left out of the negotiations of MCA’s sale to Matsushita, because he notoriously couldn’t keep his mouth shut and meddles, one has to say no single individual as ever had […]

Conventional wisdom is the entertainment business is recession-proof.  If you believe that, you probably believe Sarah Palin is our country’s foremost energy expert. The movie business was hurt by the last recession.  But at least their prices are cheap.  Ours are stratospheric. We’ve got high prices, a dearth of superstar talent and a financial meltdown.  […]