Feb 26, 2022
No One Believed
Weeks before the actual invasion most people of Europe and indeed 99.9% of Ukrainians did not believe anyone -even Putin - would go so far as to…
Music, power, politics, and the stories behind the stories.
Editorial Collection
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Success, failure, reinvention, and the education hidden inside an expensive mistake.
The title of my 2021 memoir describes the pattern better than any victory lap could. Wishbone Ash led to a growing business; Startrucking ’75 helped destroy it; punk created the route back; The Police opened the door to I.R.S.; and each new success contained the next problem to solve.
This section is about instinct, risk, collapse, recovery, dealmaking, reinvention, and why a career is rarely a straight line unless someone has edited out the useful parts.
Entries
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Feb 24, 2022
Clear the Air
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has cleared the air on a number of issues. 1. All the world can see now why Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland…
Feb 24, 2022
Give voice to the nay sayers
The big question is what are the people around Putin telling him. Is there anyone who questions what he is doing? If we remember Germany in the late…
Jan 12, 2022
Unwitting Accomplices
There is recognition by just about everyone in the West (and the democratic world) that China is a problem now and will be an ever growing one in the…
Jan 7, 2022
History
All through history it is evident even the smartest people can make major mistakes. Major empires rise and fall. Super Powers come and go. There is…
Dec 21, 2021
Book Reviews
Nice to see my book "Two Steps Forward, One Step Back; My Life in the Music Business" is making year end good reading reviews, books of the year etc.
Jun 19, 2021
America First?
For all the talk of "America First" and how great we all are, exceptional etc, the Republicans, Fox, and other right wing pundits are painting the US…
May 31, 2021
Telegraph article
"Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: My Life in the Music Business", Press on my memoire being published in the UK already seems to be happening. Not…
May 29, 2021
Simple
The most amazing thing about the "stop the steel" thing is that it is in the Republican states, where the top officials are Republican that the steel…
May 29, 2021
Respect
It used to be that one could disagree with a political view point - abortion rights, taxes, or proper role of Government AND STILL respect the person…
Apr 29, 2021
Credit where credit is due
Interesting to see Republicans wanting to give credit to Trump for the speed of the vaccine creation while not mentioning at all the fact that Trump…
Apr 14, 2021
Afghanistan
Lindsey Graham is right. There are no good options in Afghanistan. If we go there could be a cost, if we stay there could be a cost. Donald Trump AND…
Apr 7, 2021
My memoire and China.
With all the talk and concern about China - Republicans saying one thing, Dems another and both expressing concern it is interesting to note that I…
Mar 16, 2021
My Memoire
I was surprised to see my Memoire "Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: My Life in the Music Business" is already up on Amazon for preorders!! I just…
Jan 16, 2021
History
President Clinton faced impeachment for a personal sexual act that apparently the majority of the voting public accepted. Clinton was re-elected. It…
Jan 14, 2021
History
History teaches us the past can help predict the future. It is said "if we don't learn from history we are destined to repeat it". It is also said…
Jan 11, 2021
History
One of the great tragedies of the human experience is that it is rare that difficult decisions are made until a disaster happens that makes it…
Jan 11, 2021
History
I hope it dawns on all the Trump supporters that if they thought Trump was so great why did he do something so stupid as hold that January 6 event?…
Jan 9, 2021
election numbers
In November 75 or so million people voted for Donald Trump and 82 or so million for Joe Biden. If that same election was held today in the aftermath…
Dec 21, 2020
Marketing lessions of the Trump era.
1. The old adage: any press is good press just spell the name right. Seems staying in the news constantly keeps others from getting coverage. 2…
Dec 13, 2020
Voter turn out.
No matter what side of the political spectrum one is on it is true that the amount of votes that Trump got was impressive. He says that this is proof…
Dec 9, 2020
China spy story
As someone who grew up in the world of intelligence - or to use the more sexy word - spys, the China spy story out on Axios today and being continued…
Nov 15, 2020
Want to Believe
I have been asked to do a lecture/question and answer program on the subject of my experience with my father and his work in the CIA and how growing…