There’s a fiction that everybody cares, they do not. That’s what sank the Grammys. Sure, they went young, but the belief that all young people care about these acts is plain wrong. Not that you’d expect an organization influenced by the major labels to understand that. The ratings for everything are falling. Not only awards […]

1. Include TV. Television is no longer the poor stepsister to movies. The line between TV and film is fluid. Those both in front and behind the camera work in both paradigms. Forget the charter, forget the past, you either disrupt yourself or you get disrupted. Next year, TV too! 2. Story, story, STORY! Traditional […]

https://bit.ly/3qDXvnq The Mossad doesn’t always win. This show debuted on Netflix eighteen months ago. I saw the hype, but you can’t watch everything. And for some reason “The Spy” did not have staying power in the national consciousness. Maybe it should have. It’s a true story. That’s what makes the whole show work. Sacha Baron […]

Blame Jethro Tull. In 1989 Ian Anderson’s successful yet hated band of rotating musicians won the “Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards and all hell broke loose. That Grammy was supposed to go to Metallica, for their album “..And Justice for All.” And the only people more vocal in their displeasure […]