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Miscellaneous

Follow the Barfing Baby

Op-ed in the trade magazine Brandweek on why so much marketing aimed at not-quite-grownups misses the mark.

Pop’s Secretive Svengali, Mutt Lange

Investigative profile of pop genius Mutt Lange, a press-shy knob-twiddler behind chart-toppers as diverse as AC/DC, Tina Turner, the Backstreet Boys and Shania Twain. Good training for my run-in a few years later with another evasive celebrity, Mel Gibson.

The Trouble with Rehab

Feature for Playboy (tagged on the cover just below the Sizzling Porn Pictorial—my mother was so proud.) about drug rehab programs and why they so often don’t work. After spending three days in a Valley rehab undergoing the boot-camp-support-group regimen, I wanted nothing more than a stiff drink.

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