Bill Bragin, “Downtown Impresario”
Today the New York Times profiled a friend of mine, Bill Bragin. When you talk about people shaping…
A Failure of “Microtrends”?
Here’s a chink the armor of Burson-Marstellar CEO Mark Penn’s "Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow’s Big Changes." …
links for 2008-02-15
Why Aren’t There More Old Criminals? An interesting post from Freakonomics. Hypotheses supplied by a reader of the…
Why “Passing Strange” Matters
Tomorrow marks the Broadway debut of the musical "Passing Strange". It was just this past May when the…
The electorate provides a clue to the cultural shift
In an editorial in today’s NY Times, David Brooks focuses on what he believes John McCain will need…
Listening Post: Shrine for the Black Madonna–“Mona Lisa”
As many of you know, over at Bold As Love, I’m chronicling what I see as the cultural…
Culture evolves and language struggles to keep pace
Really great article in today’s New York Times by Kirk Johnson that looks at the ’08 campaign thusfar–including…
Best Black rock releases of 2007
Game Rebellion’s Yohimbe at Snitch, December 19, 2007 Over at Bold As Love, I was originally going to…
Still more Radiohead
In case you’re not familiar with The Couch Sessions, you should point your browser in that direction and…
The power of scarcity
We all know that low supply and high demand drive prices up. Makes sense, right? Thing is, it’s…
Alice Smith’s Grammy nomination
This is one of those moments when I get to say, "I told you so!" Not that I…
More Radiohead
Yesterday’s NY Times featured a big piece by Jon Pareles on Radiohead and their "online gamble". From a…