Archive for the 'The Media' Category


Re-The New York Times

I don’t care if you’re the most MAGA person on the planet, I don’t care if you think the paper enabled George Clooney, et al, to push aside Biden. THAT WAS NOT MY POINT! It’s not the content of the paper, but its PRINCIPLES! When I said: “it appears that the only outfit that will […]

Paul Rappaport’s Book

“Gliders Over Hollywood: Airships, Airplay, And The Art Of Rock Promotion”: https://rb.gy/l4m82v This is the best book about how it used to be. And it certainly ain’t that way anymore. Sometime early in this century everybody started to say the record business was no longer fun. This book tells the story of when it was […]

Adolescence

If I see one more story about “White Lotus”… The “Wall Street Journal” did a piece on the effect on Four Seasons Hotels. “Vanity Fair” wrote about Aimee Lou Wood’s teeth. And do you know how many people have e-mailed me about this HBO/MAX show? ZERO! But my inbox is blowing up about “Adolescence.” And […]

Deep Cuts

https://rb.gy/1mvqok “‘You’re so smart!’ she said accusingly, ‘I never understood it! Why would someone so smart be fixated on pop music?’” That’s what Percy’s mother tells her. My mother went to see my shrink to complain all I wanted to do was buy records and go to concerts, couldn’t I get on the right track? […]