1 To tell you the truth, I finished this book almost a week ago, and I forgot most of what I wanted to say about it. Primarily the business insights. Not that I don’t remember the facts. Not that I haven’t internalized the messages. In any event, this book is not for casual fans, casual […]

I wasn’t going to read this book. I know enough about Michael. I love “Off the Wall,” and “Thriller” is pretty good too, but as far as the ins and outs of his life… Next! But then Dan Beck wrote me a personal e-mail… This is what people don’t understand…that it’s the little things that […]

I hate oral histories. But I love “Venus and Mars.” “McCartney” was unduly slagged because it came out nearly simultaneously with “Let It Be.” People thought Paul was employing first mover advantage, making a statement, separating himself from the group even though it was John who said he was out of the band first. Yes, […]

1 I finished this book Sunday night. I started it Sunday morning. I wasn’t hooked at first, but then I got into it and… I was going to write about it yesterday, but I had two hour long phone calls and I’m still wound up after those. They were personal, not business. One the follow-up […]