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Featured, News & CultureApril 21, 2025

New Day Rising

I’m excited by the endless possibilities of where retirement will take me and the people I love during this new chapter of my life. If you’d like to join us, please follow this blog

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Featured, MusicApril 20, 2021

Whitney Houston: A (Very) Personal Tribute

By the late ’90s, Whitney’s “children” regularly passed through the green room at MTV, where I was then working as vice president of music editorial on the daily show TRL. Like Whitney, I was at the top of my game — or, so it seemed.

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Featured, MusicOctober 30, 2020

The One That Got Away: Billy Joe Shaver (1939-2020)

The prospect of sitting down with Billy Joe Shaver and talking about his music had been exciting for me. After all, so many of his songs had been an important part of my teen years.

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Featured, Music, News & CultureApril 29, 2017

Rap and Rebellion: The 1992 L.A. Uprising, 25 Years Ago Today

The following roundtable discussion was published in Option magazine 25 years ago. The points made in this discussion by members of the L.A. community and […]

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