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In this age of synthetic art and content, how do we make things our own? Baz Luhrmann’s recent “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert” catches a moment most people haven’t seen from the “King of Rock and Roll”: a flub. Built…

For the bulk of my life, I’ve lived on my family’s farm in Nebraska. I’m in my office right now (which is located in my grandparents’ old farmhouse), looking out the window at fields my family farmed, and the buildings…

Bowie, Ziggy, and telling your own story . “You’re too old to lose it, too young to choose it. And the clocks waits so patiently on your song.” — David Bowie, “Rock n’ Roll Suicide”, 1972 We’ve now lived for…

What do you listen to when you want to go to sleep? White noise? Soothing music? Maybe a calm narrator reading you a bedtime story? I listen to podcasts about Linux. Puts me right out. New rules on AI from…

Who should be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Addressing the tiresome annual controversy. It’s that time of year again when the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony happens. Like clockwork, people who look a lot…

This began as an intention to comment on somebody else’s LinkedIn post. I don’t recall who it was – then LinkedIn refreshed and I lost it forever. Here’s what I was going to say to that post about the “problem”…

Our 2025 Halloween Playlist It’s the most wonderful time of the year. There’s a chill in the air, the days get a little bit shorter, and the darkness sets in a little earlier than we’re ready for. What a perfect…

Remembering Ace This one hits hard for me. Ace was a legend and inspired so many guitarists. I am thankful to have gotten to see him many times, both in KISS and as a solo artist. He played loud, he…

Reflecting on MAICON 2025 and Ace Frehley Last week I attended MAICON 2025, the Marketing AI Institute and SmarterX’s annual conference held in Cleveland. It’s the third year in a row I’ve attended. The day before the conference I stopped…