Yesterday, I wrote a piece about the blowback felt by two right-wing media personalities after their comments caused activists to start a boycott of the businesses that advertised on their programs. What I neglected to say is that there has to be a line where management understands that when you have opinionated hosts ad-libbing their […]
Last week, I wrote about podcasts and TV shows that feature long-form one-on-one interviews, with hosts like David Letterman, Mark Maron, Scott Feinberg, Kevin Pollak, and others. This week, we have a new entry in the genre. Sunday night, after the Oscars telecast finally ended, and ABC cut away so its local stations could do […]
I like when there’s conversation at a poker table. The more social players are with each other, the more fun it will be. I’ve been in too many games where no one says anything for hour after hour — so boring! Too many of them just plug in their earbuds and shut out the world, […]
Nick Kroll and John Mulaney absolutely crushed it as hosts of last night’s Spirit Awards, a ceremony always held the day before the Oscars to honor people who make independent movies. Their opening monologue had me laughing out loud, with some very clever stuff about the nominees, and lots of #MeToo material about Brett Ratner, […]
I checked another artist off my Classic Rock Bucket List when I went to see Steve Winwood at the Fox Theatre on Wednesday night. I’ve been a longtime fan of his solo stuff as well as his work in Traffic, Blind Faith, and the Spencer Davis group. I’m happy to report that Winwood still has […]