We’re watching “Farzi (“Fakes” in English), on Amazon Prime. It’s really good. A reader hipped me to it, otherwise I doubt I’d ever find it. Distribution is king. As a matter of fact, they point that out in “Farzi”! There’s a plethora of business wisdom in “Farzi.” It might have gotten more traction on Netflix, […]

Davey Johnstone, guitarist and musical director for Elton John, has an amazing memory…learn not only about his history, from folkie to rocker, but the recording of Elton John tracks and more! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/davey-johnstone/id1316200737?i=1000604466364 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/355aed54-9b5b-4baf-97dc-44b1b7bdff35/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-davey-johnstone https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast/episode/davey-johnstone-300654125

“Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy”: https://amzn.to/3lehXP5 He called his daughter the c-word, on more than one occasion. I’d tell you that’s all you need to know, but there’s more, much more. I only picked up this book because it was co-written by James B. Stewart, author of […]

The stars aren’t sexy. I’m not talking about physical appearance, I’m talking in advertising terms. They’re no longer special. They’ve been demoted image-wise. And traditional media doesn’t want to admit this. Want to know who’s a star? Greta Thunberg. Because she believes what she says, irrelevant of whether you agree or not. You see the […]