“Hung Up on a Dream”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JctjMqtsFsU What do you do after the band breaks up? The records may be rich and famous, but you may be broke. That was my second favorite part of this documentary. The band expires and Colin Blunstone has to get a straight job. He’s working in an insurance office and […]

In the of 1969, between my 2nd and 3rd year in law school at UT in Austin, I got a summer job at ASCAP in the membership department. At the time, BMI had more rock acts on the charts than ASCAP. I talked my boss into buying two tickets to all the the Schaefer Beer […]

https://www.abramorama.com/film/rondelsenerpresents It’s hagiography, but… Unlike most of these documentaries, this one was not made on the cheap. There’s tons of footage to go with the narrative, but… You don’t learn a whole hell of a lot about Ron. He’s a hustler. That’s what we’re missing in today’s concert world. That was the music business from […]

“Tune Out the Noise”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T98825bzcKw I’m intrigued by finance, but I’m not interested in it. Meaning I want to know how it works, but I don’t want to spend any mental energy in investing. I don’t want to become a day trader, which is a fool’s errand. I don’t want to buy and sell stocks […]