The Bob Lefsetz Podcast: Jake Gold
This one is different. This is less of an interview than a conversation. As if we were at dinner and you were listening in on us batting the ball back…
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The Bob Lefsetz Podcast: Andrew Loog Oldham
How does a young fashionite lose his job after experiencing the first of numerous nervous breakdowns end up managing and producing the Rolling Stones? By doing publicity for the Beatles…
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The Bob Lefsetz Podcast: Peter Asher
I saw him and Gordon headlining on the Steel Pier at Atlantic City. What I did not know was the story of Paul McCartney finishing “World Without Love” for the…
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Op-Ed: Hip-Hop Vs. Fox News … A War Of Believers – Bob Lefsetz
People hate hip-hop like they hate Fox News. We’re used to a monoculture in music, a cohesiveness, a comprehensible landscape. But that’s all been shot to hell. But the usual…
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The Bob Lefsetz Podcast: Jason Flom
When Jason got booted by Lyor, I asked Roger Ames whether Flom was done. Ames said no, that the ability to spot and sign talent was rare, and once you…
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The Lefsetz Podcast: Jim Guerinot
He made me feel inadequate. You think you want to go down one path, then you find out you’re unsuited for it. Even worse, you age and discover that your…
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The Flying Tomato-Spoiler Alert!
“The thrill of victory… The agony of defeat.” That’s what we heard every Saturday afternoon when Jim McKay took the mic for ninety minutes as ABC traveled the globe bringing…
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Op-Ed: Neil Portnow Must Go
And he needs to be replaced by a woman. Neil’s been there over 15 years, longer than most record company execs whose behinds he so busily kisses. Instead, the Recording…
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The Grammy Ratings Decline
“Ratings for Grammy Awards Drop 24 Percent” It’s the end of the monoculture. There’s a fiction we all care about the same things. We don’t. The ascension of the importance…
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Op-Ed: Justin Timberlake & The Super Bowl
You never want to be upstaged. Justin Timberlake was selling entertainment. The NFL was selling drama. Once upon a time the game was lousy, it was about the commercials and…
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