Archive for the 'Television' Category


The iHeart Music Awards

I didn’t see anybody I knew. Well, that’s not completely true. John Sykes was there. And Taylor Swift. But these awards shows are usually industry clusterf*cks. The hang supersedes the show. Everybody is in the lobby, schmoozing. But that’s not what was happening last night. You see it’s no longer one unified music business anymore. […]

Farzi (Fakes)

Amazon Prime: https://amzn.to/3JzxhOt Trailer: https://bit.ly/3LKLQl0 The highlight of my day is watching streaming television. Whether it be after six or after ten, when I’m done with my work, we hit the Roku and jump into another series. As I’ve stated previously, for some reason I can’t watch these shows sans Felice. Sure, there are a […]

Lucky Hank

We’re watching “Farzi (“Fakes” in English), on Amazon Prime. It’s really good. A reader hipped me to it, otherwise I doubt I’d ever find it. Distribution is king. As a matter of fact, they point that out in “Farzi”! There’s a plethora of business wisdom in “Farzi.” It might have gotten more traction on Netflix, […]

Mailbag-Rossington/Maher/Nile/Kooper/Ticketing/Smith/Raitt

GARY ROSSINGTON/LYNYRD SKYNYRD In April of 1987 I was working with Alex Cooley and Peter Conlon promoting concerts in Atlanta and still doing a little management. My old friend Gary Rossington and his wife Dale Krantz Rossington called me to say Amber Ertegun suggested they talk to me  about me managing their band Rossington. We […]