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Holly Knight-This Week’s Podcast

Holly Knight started out as the pianist in the band Spider (alongside drummer Anton Fig), which was managed by Bill Aucoin. Holly even played on KISS’s “Unmasked” (uncredited, of course). After Spider made an album for Dreamland Records, Mike Chapman convinced Holly to move to Los Angeles to be a songwriter. The two of them […]

Re-Max

I don’t understand ditching a long-established brand.  Especially in 2023.  I remember the introduction of “New Coke” back in the 80s.  Bill Cosby assured us all that it was better than the old Coke.  Maybe Bill is available to help with this re-brand too? Ken Misch _______________________________________ HBO contributes just about everything worthwhile in programming […]

Max

“HBO Max to Be Renamed ‘Max’ With Addition of Discovery+ Content, Launch Date and Pricing Revealed”: https://bit.ly/3zPpWWB Only a newbie with no history would jettison the brand value of HBO. It would be like the Rolling Stones replacing two members and calling themselves the Drivers. Actually, the Stones have replaced two members and they still […]

Maame

https://amzn.to/40YbSFY This is a “Read With Jenna” book. And usually that means I won’t read it. I don’t have anything against Jenna, but she usually recommends middle of the road stuff that will satiate her audience yet is anything but literary fiction. It had to go back to the library, so I dove in on […]