February 10, 2011 · 12:23 pm
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As I was exercising this morning I put on “The Promise”, Bruce Springsteen‘s resurrection of a lot of material recorded 30 years ago during the “Darkness on the Edge of Town” sessions. Many of the songs haven’t been heard before. Some were hits for others (“Talk To Me”, “Because The Night”), and others were concert faves (“Rendezvous”) even though they hadn’t been formally relased. You could also hear how some of these songs became others – the most obvious is “Racing In The Street” but besides a lyric change a few of these songs did make it in a different form on to “Darkness.”
The quality of this material raises the obvious question: why has it taken 30 years and why didn’t it go on the original record 30 years ago? And that’s the business lesson from Burce today. Continue reading →
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February 4, 2011 · 2:28 pm
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I don’t know about you, but I’m kind of glad that the Super Bowl now gets played in February. I mean, every month should have an outstanding food day. President’s Day? I don’t think so. Valentine’s Day? Maybe for some. But seriously – almost every other month has a holiday associated with a big food blow-out and now February does too. Yippee!
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February 3, 2011 · 1:41 pm
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I’m posting today’s screed but I had a minor role in its creation. I wanted to put it up as a guest post but my friend Eric, who is the brains behind the analogy, asked that I riff on it as well so let’s call it a joint effort and move on.
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