There is a courtroom scene in this book that is so tense… That I wanted to tell you about it just then, when I read it. But I figured I’d better finish the book first, to see if it’s good throughout. And it’s GREAT! What you’ve got here is four sections, “Water,” “Earth,” “Fire” and […]

  If you’re a fan of the man and his bands you’re gonna love this book. I met Derek back in 1990, when I wrote about the Rembrandts, a band on his nascent label, Atco. Their manager sent me an advance cassette and I loved it. It was a return to form for Danny Wilde, […]

I wanted to write about this book because of the endless stream of CEOs… People have this idea that Patagonia has always been smooth-sailing, but that is not the truth. Yes, the company was started by Yvon Chouinard, but what people don’t realize is this visionary is a mercurial man who has contempt for his […]

Tom has a new book, “Unplugged: Adventures from MTV to Timbuktu.”  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tom-freston/id1316200737?i=1000738658172 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/cbd6f24f-9fb7-48c0-9c2e-aeeee9b684a8/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-tom-freston