Author Archives: Bob Lefsetz

It’d be like restricting Taylor Swift to vinyl… Or having Jason Isbell play the Grammys instead of Luke Bryan. How in hell did the movie business lose touch with America? The Oscars used to be an international rite.  A veritable … Continue reading →

Whenever Hollywood gets together to pat itself on its back it fails to realize it’s lost touch with America… That’s right, no one cares what an actor or actress has to say. They became unmoored from the public consciousness the … Continue reading →

I bought it… This was the breakthrough Kindle moment. Not that you’ve seen any press about it. I doubt there’s enough physical inventory in stores. They’re gonna run out…if they’re not reprinting right now. This is the world we used … Continue reading →

Blame it on distribution… This is the year we discovered that Facebook and Google were the enemy. We were taught for so long that content was king that we forgot he or she who presents the news is the ultimate arbiter. … Continue reading →

And the Trumpers are saying the holiday’s been stolen… If you look at the Spotify Top Fifty your eyes will bug out. Nine of the top ten are Christmas songs, the only exception is #10, Post Malone‘s “rockstar.” But the … Continue reading →

“Rock and roll then was real, everything else was unreal.” John Lennon This is the most depressing book I’ve read all year. There’s always been music. It’s not like the Top 40 was blank before the Beatles. A few good … Continue reading →

This is not about diversity, this is about a CHANGING OF THE GUARD! The Grammys have been out of touch since day one. They missed the Beatles and they missed Led Zeppelin. Hell, the New Artist award is considered the … Continue reading →

Don’t mess with the NBA… Because the players run the league… Sometimes change has to come from the top. History repeats itself, but with a twist. In the 1960s we were a homogeneous society – a middle class which could … Continue reading →

What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where a late night TV host takes a stand – risking the alienation of his audience that the medium lives by, advertising, driving not only profits, but cancellation – … Continue reading →

Granted it’s Buffalo, but… Check out the prices: https://www.stubhub.com/u2-tickets-u2-orchard-park-new-era-field-9-5-2017/event/103014512/?sort=price+asc Not only the ones on the side – hover your mouse over the loge – the greenish/gold sections, where the tickets are so cheap. For the best seats in the house, … Continue reading →

I’m thinking of buying a pair… Publicity comes last. Unless it comes first, then I ignore it. If I turn the pages of the newspaper, of a magazine, click online and find a story about something I already know about, … Continue reading →