music – The Tokyo Yenta

Keeping the Beat

By Adam Brownstein — June 27, 2025 Even dust, when piled up, can become a mountain. Japanese Proverb ————————————– One late evening in the winter of 1967 Norman Pilcher, a senior constable at the time, knocked on the door of a sprawling country manor. Pilcher was not alone, but accompanied by 18 other members ofContinue reading “Keeping the Beat”

Close Encounters

By Adam Brownstein / January 22, 2024 2023 was a bumper crop year for live concerts. The Fed, in its July print, indicated that the Eras Tour would inject $6.4B into the economy (the latest trailing data indicates it was more). On a personal level, my Baby Boomer father attended Taylor Swift’s sold-out show inContinue reading “Close Encounters”