RE: COWBOY CARTER SNUBBED You mentioned two venues on my home turf. To answer your question about Merriweather Post Pavilion – it’s probably the most beloved large venue in the Baltimore / DC area. People DO like going there. It’s a bit of a schlep from Baltimore, even more so from DC, but parking is easy, traffic […]

DAVE GROHL’S BABY ANNOUCEMENT Typical rock star behavior, but totally off brand for Mr. Grohl, America’s sweetheart, the rock statesman in counterbalance to Questlove’s hip-hop statesman. Dave may have started out as a punk, but he’s appeared warm and fuzzy for years, even promoting a book by his mother! And didn’t he ever hear of […]

Woke up this morning… Actually, the first time I saw “The Sopranos” was in the morning, just before noon on a Saturday, with the curtains drawn, I heard the opening notes of that Alabama 3 song and… I’ve watched “Breaking Bad,” never made it through “The Wire,” and there’s nothing like “The Sopranos.” I’ve never […]

“NBC Pulls Back ‘Tonight Show’ to Four Nights Per Week”: https://t.ly/mEKsD Is this more about content or format? There is no appointment viewing, everything is on demand. And edge sells. But baby boomers inured to the old ways control media and they’d like you to believe otherwise. Fallon loses on both counts, content and format. […]