This is a business of favors. And only an emotional obligation would have gotten me out of the house this afternoon.  It’s pouring rain, and in L.A. it’s either wimpy drizzle or the end of the world bucket drops, and Jason Flom wants me at the Mint at 5? Don’t schedule anything during rush hour.  […]

I just lost two days of my life to Slacker Radio. Actually, the story starts earlier, with I Heart Radio. No, it starts before that with that labyrinth app, that Gwen Lewi showed me. I think it was Gwen.  I was over at her papa’s house, Jim Lewi, agent extraordinaire at the Agency Group, and […]

They weren’t kidding when Warner Brothers said they couldn’t release audiophile CDs to the general public.  The level is ASTOUNDINGLY low.  I’ve got plenty of power, but I’ve never cranked my computer speakers that loud.  And I’ve got great computer speakers (AUX).  But I wasn’t wowed. I wanted to write and tell you how fucking […]

Next Sunday Bruce Springsteen will perform during halftime at the Super Bowl.  Fans will fawn, the press will recite hosannas, the new album’s sales will spike and tickets will fly.  But will it be a success? Back in ’75, when Bruce appeared simultaneously on the covers of both "Time" and "Newsweek", it was seen as […]