Debt We Owe to Wrecking Crew 4
“People tell me they don’t make music like they used to,” said Denny Tedesco, writer and producer of The Wrecking Crew. “I disagree.” I had told him that I found the pop music of the day a travesty in human evolution, despite the blood oath I took at 22 not to turn into my parents. Tedesco was trying to talk me down off the ledge.

Notes From The Past

Tattoos for Millennials - The Out Of My Mind Blog 2
A leading, expensive, socially-conscious grocery chain, known for its emphasis on health and wellness, is opening a flock of smaller stores to attract millennial shoppers. In addition to stocking millennial favorites, such as non-GMO bottled water, the chain will add “cool street services,” that would give shoppers the opportunity for “a super cool hang."

Sticking It To Millennials

Dick Orkin in the moment - The Out Of My Mind Blog
The story of Chickenman, and how Dick Orkin went on to change the face (and ears) of radio advertising, lays waste to that cloying self-help dictum, if you’re failing to plan you’re planning to fail. If Dick Orkin’s right-time-at-the-right-place life is what failure looks like, sign me up.

He Didn’t Plan On This

MTM News Team - The Out Of My Mind Blog 2
Local news is to television stations what banks were to Willie Sutton. A great place to pick up cash. So naturally, sweeps month is the time television stations pull out all the stops to attract viewers. Here in Los Angeles, that means trading in stories about political corruption for ones about married men frequenting gentlemen’s clubs.

Sweeping Coverage

Diamand cutting - The Out Of My Mind Blog 2
In one motion Barry Rogoff has the ability to turn the stone into little more than pocket change. Which is why I was surprised I had to bring up the question of pressure

Slice of Life

I don't deserve this kind of government treatment 6
All the way back to the Founding Fathers, government offices were a fine place to look for humor material. A simple, “Where’s the restroom?” was good for an instant 600 word column you could sell for some mad money.

I Don’t Deserve This Kind Of Treatment