Mar 20, 2019 | Blog, Music, Print, Radio
I don’t know Bob Lefsetz, but I wish I did, especially after reading this encomium from his excellent blog. It’s about the passing of an artist who you almost certainly never heard of named John Kilzer. (If you’re wondering how obscure John Kilzer...
May 26, 2018 | Internet, Music, Podcasting, Radio
Cliché alert: radio’s been…please, stop me before I use the d-word…disrupted. (And if you think I’m now filled with self-loathing for using the word-that-should-have-jumped-the-shark-five-years-ago, you’re probably right.) That said, I’d like...
Feb 18, 2016 | Blog, Business, Internet, Movies, Music, Radio, Talent, Television
If you like reading my thoughts on the future of media and entertainment, you’ll also be reasonably fond of the book I’ve written. Better still, you’ve got a few days to get it for free. Yep, unlike my cousin Abbie Hoffman, who I’m not...
Jan 5, 2016 | Blog, Music, Talent
Things aren’t always what they seem on the surface, and sometimes we lose sight of the things that truly move the emotional needle – whether trends or people – until something dire happens. So it was at the end of 2015 when one Ian Fraser...
Jun 9, 2015 | Blog, Internet, Music, Print
When Apple announced Beats 1℠, a live “radio station”, I had two instantaneous reactions: Really? The rest of radio is narrowing its focus, and Apple is targeting the entire planet with one “radio station”, and I can’t wait to see how...
Mar 26, 2015 | Blog, Movies, Music, Print, Talent, Television
How’s that for a ridiculous, allegedly attention-grabbing headline? The 21 year-old woman in question is the erstwhile Sunshine Girl of YouTube fame. She’s now making the move from video into… …wait for it… …print. Yep, the media...