Writing
I write across platforms, choosing the form that best fits the idea.
Some thoughts need space. Others need speed.
All of them begin from lived experience.
Some thoughts need space. Others need speed.
All of them begin from lived experience.
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Celebnomics & Culture
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Personal Essays
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Weighing On Empty
How GLP-1 Broke Music's Most Reliable Story June 30, 2026 · Original The Stopwatch and the Star What the Knicks Teach Us About 60 Minutes June 16, 2026 · LinkedIn The Dead Get Nostalgia Madonna and Michael Jackson are still everywhere. Which version depends on who you ask. June 6, 2026 · Medium The World Cup vs Olympics: Which Event Actually Holds the World's Attention? What Mega-Events Reveal about Cultural Gravity, Global Visibility, and the Concentration of Attention June 2, 2026 LinkedIn The World Cup Just Told You Who's Actually Famous What FIFA's first-ever halftime lineup reveals about how global fame actually works May 15, 2026 · Medium The Sequel Economy: Why Hollywood Keeps Repeating Itself When the top three movies are all built on something that already existed, it's not nostalgia, it's the market showing its hand April 28, 2026 · Medium When History Was Ambient Culture used to find you. Now you stream it. April 21, 2026 · LinkedIn The Bestselling Author Who Didn't Exist What the Freida McFadden reveal tells us about the real economics of fame April 13, 2026 · LinkedIn The Voice That Refused to Be Second Asha Bhosle didn't just sing for eight decades. She rewrote what it means to last. April 12, 2026 · Medium The Festival Economy: Who Actually Gains from Coachella? What festival lineups reveal about visibility, momentum, and cultural value in the modern music industry. April 9, 2026 · LinkedIn I've Lived Inside the Attention Economy. What Am I Actually Worth? What happens when a writer who built a framework for measuring fame turns the lens on himself. April 2, 2026 · LinkedIn Why Madonna's Songs Keep Going Viral What the resurgence of Into the Groove reveals about virality, cultural memory, and the long echo of a catalog that never left. March 28, 2026 · Medium The Polarization Effect: Why the Most Divisive Figures Often Hold the Most Power How controversy, attention, and cultural momentum shape modern influence. March 19, 2026 · LinkedIn The Economics of the Oscars: What an Academy Award Is Actually Worth The same award handed to five different performers produces five entirely different economic outcomes. March 14, 2026 · Medium Who Needs to Know Their Economic Value? More People Than You Think Follower counts, headlines, and viral moments look like value. Often they aren't. March 11, 2026 · LinkedIn AI, Clarity, and the Limits of Transparency A reflection on clarity, judgment, and what explanation can't replace. March 2, 2026 · Medium The Speed of Attention Is the Real Risk Attention has lost friction. On why speed, not judgment, is the real threat to how we experience art, people, and meaning. February 27, 2026 · X |
Confessions of a Fan, a Critic & an Economist
Madonna Didn't Come Back. She Never Left. July 9, 2026 · Original How I Survived The Wellness Virus I went looking for healing in the world's wellness centers and kept leaving infected. June 22, 2026 · Original When Likeability Becomes a Stand-In for Value We reward likeability because it's easier than evaluating excellence. On awards season, durability, and the difference between applause and lasting value. March 4, 2026 · X Standing Slightly Outside the Frame On identity, independence, and the quiet value of distance from the systems you examine. February 24, 2026 · Medium Getting Better by Doing Less On restraint, recovery, and the discipline of stepping back. February 6, 2026 · Medium The Orphan's Club On losing both parents young and the membership nobody wants. March 15, 2014 · Medium The Perfect Death On how a mother staged her own ending - and what it taught her son about letting go. March 12, 2014 · Medium |
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