The Red Starks? 25 Mai 2014.

Last night. These guys were hailed as the new direction of Austin music. They weren’t bad. I guess. More interesting was the re-purposing of acoustic instruments sonically. A friend of mine said that ‘we were doomed’ when I told him that these guys represented the a/new musical direction. He’s probably right. But let them eatContinue reading “The Red Starks? 25 Mai 2014.”

Cannes Distribution Deals. 24 Mai 2014.

Some friends just got a distributions deal — a substantial deal — $20M — in Cannes last week for a feature film they’d finished. Not bad — but it’s a great STORY. And that’s not a universal. Taste is a funny thing in America. Some gets it right and some can’t get within a 100Continue reading “Cannes Distribution Deals. 24 Mai 2014.”

Pigasse, not Pigalle. 24 Mai 2014.

Lunch with the FT: Matthieu Pigasse By Michael Stothard ‘I am very anti-bourgeois,’ the head of Lazard Frères in France tells Michael Stothard over sushi in Paris. James Ferguson’s illustration of Matthieu Pigasse©James Ferguson It’s a cold, wet day in Paris and I am waiting for Matthieu Pigasse at Kinugawa restaurant. The name means “angryContinue reading “Pigasse, not Pigalle. 24 Mai 2014.”

Lunch with the FT May 15, 2014 7:28 pm Lunch with the FT: Tim Geithner By Martin Wolf Over Indian food in New York, the former US Treasury secretary talks to Martin Wolf about future risks, crisis management, mistakes and misperceptions I arrive at the Bukhara Grill in Midtown Manhattan promptly at 11.30 on aContinue reading