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 […]

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? […]

Producer Howard Benson has worked with acts as varied as the All-American Rejects and Kelly Clarkson. You know his hit with Hoobastank, “The Reason,” as well as P.O.D.’s “Payable on Death” and multiple records with Three Days Grace. This is his story, how he made it and how he produces records. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/howard-benson/id1316200737?i=1000698070284       […]

“Why a Chinese Gadget Company Can Make an Electric Car and Apple Can’t – Xiaomi, which produces smartphones and consumer electronics, delivered 135,000 E.V.s last year after tapping China’s robust manufacturing supply chain.” Free link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/business/china-xiaomi-apple-electric-cars.html?unlocked_article_code=1.004.JrHO.YaLEg8q5xxnh&smid=url-share This is why you read mainstream news. My inbox is full of those who decry the mainstream news. They […]