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Lefsetz: Sopranos Had Nothing on Ripoff Artists of Today
These days the criminals are techies… They hide in plain sight and get a pass from the government because with billions of dollars they define the game. Like the Mafia used to, with a lot less cash. I was just … Continue reading
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Lefsetz: It’s the End of the World As We Know It
This is how fast disruption happens≥.. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beats the incumbent in the primary, wins the House seat and instead of resting on her laurels, she doesn’t shut up. She continues her campaign, fearless as to the feedback – not … Continue reading
Lefsetz: The Road Ahead for Music in 2019
This year will be a year of transition… Expect the chaos to continue to rule, but by the end of 2019 the future will start coming into focus. Last year was the year of streaming. Spotify launched in the US … Continue reading
Lefsetz: Say You Want a Revolution?
I ask you once again, do you want a revolution? You could lose out. What comes first, your job or what’s right? But assuming you do want a revolution, what is the trigger? (A friend) said it would be like … Continue reading
Lefsetz: It’s The End of the World As We Know It
Trump is no fluke… That’s what we learned as a result of the 2018 midterms. And that you can’t change anybody’s mind. You can get out the vote of your party, changing demographics can flip seats, egregious behavior can be … Continue reading
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Lefsetz: What Remains of the Oscars
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
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Lefsetz: The Truly Lame, Forgettable Golden Globes
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
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Lefsetz: The Michael Wolff Book
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
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Lefsetz: Disinformation & The Road Ahead
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
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Lefsetz: The United States of Christmas
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
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Lefsetz: Sticky Fingers-The Jann Wenner/Rolling Stone Book
“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
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Lefsetz: The New, (Finally) Improved Grammy’s
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
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Lefsetz: NBA is the New NFL
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
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Lefsetz: Fiddling While Rome Burns
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
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Lefsetz: The Great 2017 U2 Stadium Ticket Fiasco
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
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Leftsetz: Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know About ‘Allbirds’
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
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Lefsetz: Handwriting On The Wall For NFL
Is there a connection? In case you’re unaware of today’s JAMA report, 110 of 111 NFL players were found to have CTE, chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Now this is a select group, deceased players whose brains have been donated to Boston … Continue reading
Lefsetz: The Death of Rock As We Knew It
It’s no longer the sound of the street… The initial burst came with the Beatles and the British Invasion, a new sound everybody went wild for. Then came the late ’60s free-form FM era, everything from the Doors‘ “The End” … Continue reading
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Lefsetz: We Just Don’t Care
We’re operating like it’s the 20th Century in a 21st Century world… The media industrial complex believes if it just beats us over the head hard enough, keeps putting faces in front of us, that we will pay attention and … Continue reading
Lefsetz: The Comey Conundrum
My inbox went quiet… Are we in a constitutional crisis? Is it the end of the world as we know it? Or is it business as usual? I DON’T KNOW! The internet is de rigueur. Everybody’s got a smartphone. Technologically … Continue reading
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