View this post on Instagram This is the most rock and roll thing Rod the Mod has done before his work with Clive Davis on those execrable American Songbook albums turned him into a wanker who’d do anything for a buck, anything to maintain his visibility in the entertainment firmament. Then again, aren’t you supposed […]

We’re watching this BritBox show “Save Me” that Mike Mettler recommended. It stars Lennie James, who you might know from “The Walking Dead,” but I never saw that series. However, I did recognize him from “Line of Duty,” whose team is responsible for this show. Lennie plays “Nelly,” a charismatic man living in a council […]

Engineer/producer/equipment designer extraordinaire George Massenburg and six of his behind the board buddies will be hosting a series of live shows of studio tales in New York at the Sheen Center from February 3rd to March 1st. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/george-massenburg/id1316200737?i=1000746194532 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/4ecc4f43-0884-4209-a3a6-f372a66c5ddf/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-george-massenburg

Anybody can be famous. Many people can have success on the chart and sell tickets. But can they move the cultural needle? That is the question. That is where music has abdicated its power. Hip-hop. The sound of the streets. As popular as it was, the true breakthrough moment was the L.A. riots in the […]