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Jon Batiste-This Week’s Podcast

A must-listen! Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jon-batiste/id1316200737?i=1000729683233 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/80ce0633-5e67-4a18-b1d0-ad3cf9ec797e/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-jon-batiste

The R. Crumb Book

He didn’t want to repeat himself. I know people my age who are doing the exact same thing in the music business they were doing forty years ago, the only thing that’s changed is the names. The acts come and go, they remain. Paid well, but isn’t it soul-crushing? Speaking of soul-crushing… What is it […]

The Lilith Fair Movie

As of this writing, “Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery,” is unrated on both RottenTomatoes and Metacritic, there’s just not enough data. So the question arises, has anybody seen it? Oh, the documentary has gotten reviews. Then again, even Sarah McLachlan herself pulled out of performing at the premiere in protest against ABC/Disney’s suspension of Jimmy […]

The King Records Documentary

“King of Them All – The Story of King Records”: https://www.pbs.org/show/king-of-them-all-the-story-of-king-records/ I could watch this sh*t all day long. I love to learn, and I learned a lot watching this documentary. From the very first time I met him, in a crowd at the Troubadour, Seymour Stein talked about Syd Nathan. And seemingly every time […]