Archive for the 'The Media' Category


The Movie Business

No one goes to a movie for the theatre, and all the innovation and investment has been on the exhibition side of the film business for the past two decades. And now the industry is paying the price. Also for being out of touch with the changing world. In all verticals, it’s about niches. Narrower […]

Mailbag

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 […]