They’re playing STADIUMS? I’ve seen this band. Earthy, roots-based, completely different from what’s in the Spotify Top 50. And it’s not like there’s any buzz. They haven’t had a radio hit in YEARS! Welcome to the 2022 music business, which now resembles the movie business William Goldman wrote about…NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING! For years we’re subjected […]

https://amzn.to/3xiW8AK How much do you know about rap? Unlike in the pre-internet era, it’s easy to ignore great swaths of music today. Many are hip-hop haters. Therefore they know nothing about the scene, never mind Atlanta and Lil Baby, but if they read this book… Now there might be some people who read “Rap Capital” […]

Mr. Island, who has a new autobiography, “The Islander: My Life in Music and Beyond.” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chris-blackwell/id1316200737?i=1000578020336 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/e191c360-530d-4607-974d-7cdd475d2e49/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-chris-blackwell https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast/episode/chris-blackwell-206325994

“The Book That Explains Our Cultural Stagnation”: https://nyti.ms/3AEj5z2 This book is not coming out until next Tuesday, but I can’t get Michelle Goldberg’s opinion piece out of my head. For the record, the book is entitled: “Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change”: https://amzn.to/3Q6g0NQ Do […]