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The fact is that Hendrix’s Woodstock performance was mid, as the kids say. They should have left it with the original soundtrack album. His myth was secured, 100%. On Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More, Jimi Hendrix closes both the festival and the album with a compact, ferocious sequence: “The Star-Spangled Banner,” “Purple…
When reflecting back on some rougher projects I’ve seen over the years, it’s easy to blame a Project Manager, or a team or an organization when things go wrong. But ultimately, it’s none of those. Sometimes, it’s a simple lack of process that can send a team or a project into a painful death spiral. …
There is a moment in most careers when you realize that being agreeable and being effective are not the same thing. Early on, saying yes feels safe. It feels professional. It feels like what “grown up” competent people do. Your boss asks for something, you respond quickly and confidently, and you move on. Then you…
The Big F did not come out of a scene so much as out of a state of mind. They were born from frustration, the kind that only comes after you have already “made it.” Not the romantic broke-band frustration, but the deeper kind that creeps in when success starts to feel like confinement. Endless…
Blockchain: not as easy as it seems (and it didn’t seem easy…) I’ve worked in a lot of startups throughout my career, but nothing prepared me for the pace and intensity of the web3 universe. I came in expecting complexity. New terminology. New tools. A steep learning curve. That part didn’t surprise me. What did…
This record has always been treated like an afterthought. Not the debut, not the myth, just the second one that came out too fast and didn’t change the world. Which feels about right for a band like the New York Dolls. It’s a weird, lopsided album. Half originals, half covers, all of it a bit…