Skateboarding experienced a revolution in the seventies and then died. And then a renaissance. Then another death. Tony’s sponsor went out of business. He bought a house with his earnings and had to sell it, eating ramen just to stay alive. And when his partners in Birdhouse told him that he was best skating instead […]

Improvement: A Novel This book is about nobodies. I listened to Scott Galloway on Barry Ritholtz’s podcast “Masters In Business.” You should too, Galloway’s got his finger on the tech issues, the Frightful Four and how they impact our lives. Furthermore, he admits early in the podcast he was wrong about one of his predictions, […]

Actually, I’m still thinking about next week’s podcast, which we recorded yesterday, with… Tony Hawk. He was so affable, professional and erudite! He did the promos better than I did, having had so much media experience. And one of the things he said was that haters don’t bother him, he’s been hated since day one, […]

Last Week: Diane Warren You’ve really got to tune in to this because she’s no holds barred. Seemingly everyone in L.A. has a filter, but Diane does not. Even I was surprised when she said her parents had her committed to juvenile hall. You can jump through the hoops, go to college, buy insurance, but […]