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Re: Bottlerock-Day 3 Had to take a second to comment about the band Cannons (who I am not aware of) and their “live” performance not being entirely live as you mentioned in your Bottle Rock review. Thank you for calling that out. I have been on a soap box now for years about the massive […]

Stevie Salas-This Week’s Podcast

Native American Stevie Salas played guitar for Rod Stewart, was the guitarist and music director for Mick Jagger, and has worked with a cornucopia of artists, from Terence Trent D’Arby to T.I. and Justin Timberlake. Stevie is a personable raconteur, you’ll love him. Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/steve-salas/id1316200737?i=1000656496399 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/43WfNGrUiDL6sEI3S4bgFf?si=3805ff6972d145b5 iHeart App - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-30806836/episode/steve-salas-178857229/?cmp=web_share&embed=true Amazon - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/1453af86-867c-41da-b25e-65eda8dcb1f8/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-steve-salas

Re-Bill Maher/Television

I saw Maher at Constitution Hall DC before the pandemic. He was just okay. There was a good crowd, he may have sold out, but again this was before the pandemic and his open skepticism about vaccines and masks and his agnosticism on hydrochloroquine and ivermectin and the rest, is when I believe he lost […]

Tiny Bubbles

Today the “New York Times” said that the Luminate/”Billboard” chart was manipulated: “Swift made ‘Tortured Poets’ available in four variants across physical formats, each with an extra track; these were also sold in special editions from Swift’s website with autographs and collectibles like magnets and engraved bookmarks. Eilish, who has complained about artists’ excessive marketing […]