who is Bob Lefsetz?

Are you listening to this new Tool album?

I can't turn it off!

I started listening to the Lefsetz Podcast again, having only made it through a couple episodes previously. Listened to Waddy Wachtel and it was pretty great, although I was a little creeped out that Wachtel had a deep, gravely voice when he looks like he should have a nasal, nerdy one. So I went on to George Drakoulias and it was likewise a great interview! So I moved on to Grace Slick.

...

I didn't count the number of creepy lines of inquiry about her sex life and relationships, but believe me we really didn't get any of that with Drakoulias. She seemed happy to answer them, but come on.

Then I moved on to Linda Perry. About 15 minutes into Linda's interview she asks something like "wait - what are you doing here?" Meaning, Hollywood/the music business. And Lefsetz launches into a 10 minute spiel about his entire life story. He did this during one of the guys' interviews too, but it was deep into the interview, like well over the hour mark and it felt natural in the flow of conversation. So I've had to take a little breather on the Perry episode

This hoser gets guests like Grace Slick and Linda Perry on his podcast?

He's had a ton of guests on who I really want to hear interviews with. It's quite a mix of old studio musicians, producers, songwriters, execs, managers, and artists. People from Shirley Manson to Seymour Stein to Aerosmith's producer Jack Douglas to Gilberto Gil.

At this moment, the highest charting Taylor Swift song is "Lover," with a downward arrow, at #28. On the Spotify chart, of course. Forget "Billboard," it's just a way for the ancients to feel good about themselves. That's right, "Billboard" is like D.C., seen as behind the times, irrelevant and powerless. The chartmakers check with the labels before they make any changes, meanwhile, life goes on all around without them.

lover sold 679,000 in its first week--you don't think maybe that some people are listening to their purchased copy as opposed to listening to the same album on spotify? and in the industry's fucked-up calculus, 1 sale is as valuable as 1,500 streams.

Is he still creeping on Taylor after all this time?

There was a bin right in front of the store, and therein one day I saw the Cars' debut LP.

It turned me off. If you don't put yourself on the cover...

And I wasn't turned on by the woman in the picture, maybe she just wasn't my type, this did not look like a serious band, and then I heard them.

That's the stuff.

ugh

"Artist Andy Warhol is credited with saying that in the future, everyone would be world-famous for 15 minutes. The world has changed considerably in the 50 years since he allegedly made this prediction. Hockney, who has outlived his contemporary by more than three decades, has surveyed today’s cultural landscape and has arrived at a different conclusion.

‘In the future, probably nobody is going to be famous,’ he asserts. The mass media has become atomized, he says; information sources are becoming niche. Celebrity was, he says, a creation of the once-omnipotent mass media. Now global fame of the Warholian vision will elude most limelight seekers, he predicts: ‘People will become famous locally.'”

I tell my shrink this all the time.

the pacing of mundanities here reminded me of stephen king a lil

So I woke up early and went to the ArcLight for the 11:15 show.

Now I left my parking ticket in the car. I realized this as I got out of the elevator on the first floor. You see I’d been scrounging for my energy bars in my automobile and forgot all about the parking ticket, which you need, otherwise you’re going to get charged up the yin-yang.

And on the way back up I got off on the wrong floor. You see the stairs were closed for repairs. And I started to get antsy, was I gonna miss part of the movie? I’m like Woody Allen, I’ve got to start at the beginning, otherwise I’m convinced I’ve missed something.

Then I see people who are obviously going to the ArcLight. So I put it in high gear, I don’t want to wait in line for a ticket. I pass people on the escalators, and I ran up to the counter just before a woman and her two little kids and purchased my ducat and immediately went to the bathroom. That’s right, I’m old, what are the odds I can sit through a three hour picture without peeing? Pretty low.

Actually, I’d had nothing to drink in the morning, I was prepared.

And when I entered the theatre, a big one, #1, I saw the usual beshirted usher ready to give the ArcLight rap. But she didn’t, because I was the only person in the theatre. She said when big movies open, sometimes they start ’em at 9 AM and nobody is there, so this wasn’t the biggest surprise to her, but it was to me.

So I’d picked one seat from center, so I moved over.

And then I realized I was looking up ever so slightly, so I went to the row behind, and then the sound was a bit softer, so I went back to the prior row. I know, it’s OCD, but really, the lower row was better. And I’m constantly checking my pockets to make sure I’ve got all my gear. And it’s then that I realize…

I’ve lost my wallet.

Oh boy. You mean I killed myself to get here on time and now I’m gonna miss some of the movie to look? Hell, maybe I’ll just wait until the end, someone will turn it in, but will I be calm during the show?

No.

There are only two trailers at the ArcLight. At least that used to be the pitch, I haven’t been in a long time, I haven’t been in eons, because it’s just too much of a hassle. I plan, and then when I’m there I wish I wasn’t, my mind can’t slow down.

So I’m standing by the exit, waiting to see… AND THERE’S A THIRD TRAILER!

I rush out to the ticket-taker, has anybody turned in a wallet?

No. But he said lost and found was handled by the concession.

So I walked over and interrupted a man pulling popcorn, but he didn’t have it either.

I went to the bathroom.

Gone.

And now I’m starting to flip. Forget the money, it’s the credit cards and IDs I’m worried about.

And the trailer is still going, so I whip out the flashlight on my iPhone and look for said wallet beneath the seats in my row and the row behind.

No go, it’s not there.

Now I’m starting to freak, this doesn’t add up, so I retrace my steps from the first of my rows to the second, and on the edge of the concrete, in the row behind, there it is.

So, I could be calm during the film.

There are only two trailers at the ArcLight. At least that used to be the pitch, I haven’t been in a long time, I haven’t been in eons,

I’ve never known this to be the case, at least not in the ~15 yrs. that I’ve been going to the Arclight.

a tour de force

(There are no commercials and other extraneous junk before the actual trailers; that’s the “pitch.”)

skipping over the contemplation of gender politics triggered by once upon a time in hollywood, i found this endearing

So I came home and fired up my browser and went to services online, at the Wilshire Boulevard Temple. I’d like to tell you I didn’t surf the web while I was watching, but I’d be lying, and the truth is I rarely paid attention at the temple anyway.

But you’ve got to see this.

Fire up your browser and go to:

Wilshire Boulevard Temple

And then fast-forward to 1:38, that’s one hour and thirty eight minutes. And hang in there until…THEY START TO BLOW THE SHOFAR!

It’ll blow your mind. We just used to have little horns akin to Daniel Boone’s gunpowder carrier. But these rams horns…

Check it out.

That movie theater story is positively Knausgaard-ian.

I saw the usual beshirted usher

shirtless usher pretty common actually

https://media.tmz.com/2013/10/09/1009-usher-landsacpe-1200x630.jpg

Does she think we can’t do math? Have Republicans toxified the word “tax” to the point where no one can utter it? Our country runs on taxes, taxes are good.

Beto’s got to go. He has no chance of winning.

Castro barely talked, kick him off the stage.

Steyer?

Too late, sorry. And no charisma to boot. So you made your money in banking, why should we listen to you? Why don’t you add something to society, build something, create something other than wealth.

Yang knows what’s going on, but that’s about all he knows, he’s got ideas but no experience. I mean why him, just because he’s a rich young techie? Zuckerberg is a rich young techie, he knows what’s going on, do you want him to run the country?

Biden can’t run because he can’t win.

The only person speaking to the voters tonight was Bernie.

P.S. If I’ve forgotten anybody that just means they’ve got to go. (Oh yeah, Booker…SAYONARA!)

bob!

I want to go down the rabbit hole, dig down deep as Marc Cohn once sang.

But that was thirty years ago, they don't make that music anymore.

lefsetz otm

this clown tried to say that there was no buzz for the irishman

Jimmy Page had spent years as a studio musician. The Beatles spent years woodshedding in Germany. What is this extreme focus on youth about? To the point where the Spotify Top 50 is actually a sideshow, check concert grosses if you doubt me, they’re dominated by classic acts at the top and anything but hip-hop and youth at the bottom, never in the modern era has there been such a disconnect between the recording industry and the public. It’s as if the hip-hop/youth fans are the 30% who will support Trump no matter what, and the brain-dead media just primes the pump with inane hype and the printing of the “Billboard” chart, just like the mainstream media telling us the Democrats can only win with a centrist…

a unique brew

Woodshedding for years, right up to the ripe old ages of 22, 22, 21, 20 and 19, respectively.

It was actually only a couple of months, but it felt like years because they were on so much meth.

All that woodshedding didn't help Pete Best did it

Nor Stu Sutcliffe

but how much wood did they shed?

its wild how young ppl would rather listen to their favorite acts on Spotify than pay $250 to see Kiss, what a sobering disconnect

hasn't there always been this disconnect? When Men Without Hats had a hit on the radio they probably weren't selling as many concert tickets as 70s rawk groups were

Which brings us to Bernie Sanders. He's Kurt Cobain. Deep into democratic socialism when no one was paying attention, just like Kurt was into punk.

who is courtney in this metaphor

(shit, it's warren, isn't it)

AOC

Scott Weiland = Mayor Pete
Eddie Vedder = Amy Klobuchar
Michael Bolton = Trump

Dave Grohl = Biden

billy corgan = tulsi

nah biden is johnny rzeznik

Kids have a fascination with poop. And you probably do too, even though you won’t admit it. Come on, do you check out the size of your turds?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKhYoeC-X-Q

Let's see, I'm gonna listen to Billie Eilish who was home-schooled, lives in a bubble and has finally reached 18? She's got no experience!

ffs

The Super Bowl wasn't so super until Joe Namath and the Jets beat the Colts back in '69. What did the Eagles sing?

Get Over It, iirc.

I'm convinced I'm gonna get the virus. Yup, after Angela Merkel said 60-70% of the public would get it. And then there was that U.S. prognosticator who claimed 40-60% yesterday. It seems that we're self-quarantining as to not overwhelm the health system, but how long is that gonna last?

first letter in today's lefsetz mailbag:

I am happy I am a hermit now.

Peter Noone

made me smile.

Speaking of truth, the definitive song on this is Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows." And at this point, everybody seems to know that, but they do not know the definitive version, which is by Don Henley:

Meanwhile, back to Henley. Am I the only person who has had "The End Of The Innocence" playing through their head?

"And you wonder why everybody talks about Netflix instead of music. No one in music is taking any responsibility, at least no one with a power or a vision."

came here to post the Henley line