I wanted to write about this book because of the endless stream of CEOs… People have this idea that Patagonia has always been smooth-sailing, but that is not the truth. Yes, the company was started by Yvon Chouinard, but what people don’t realize is this visionary is a mercurial man who has contempt for his […]

Tom has a new book, “Unplugged: Adventures from MTV to Timbuktu.”  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tom-freston/id1316200737?i=1000738658172 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/cbd6f24f-9fb7-48c0-9c2e-aeeee9b684a8/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-tom-freston

So I’m sitting here writing about Jimmy Cliff and in my mind I can hear the blowback. Believe me, I’ve always gotten negative responses, but not with the vociferousness, the put-downs, the holier-than-thou attitudes of correspondents today. Is it about me or is it the nature of the world at large? Or maybe it’s just […]

Yemi Oyediran is the director of the must-watch documentary “King of Them All: The Story of King Records” presently airing on PBS. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yemi-oyediran/id1316200737?i=1000737576785 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/0197154e-0fe1-4421-896b-a1b595ce0db7/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-yemi-oyediran