Steve Hochman

1 month ago | offbeat.com | Steve Hochman

Dan Storper certainly had no idea that he would leave such a profound musical legacy. As a young man growing up in Great Neck, New York, Dan Storper developed a passion for world travel. On one trip in the early 1970s, having graduated college with a Latin American Studies degree, he found himself in a small village in southern Colombia. "It was carnival time and everyone was dressed up in beautiful costumes," he recalled in an interview for an OffBeat BackTalk feature in 2022.

1 month ago | kiplinger.com | Steve Hochman

Did you take your grandkid to see A Complete Unknown? You want the youngsters to understand your music, of course. But did your grandkid take you to see Sabrina Carpenter? Maybe not. Maybe too embarrassing — for them or for you. We can’t help you with that. But we can at least help you understand what’s going on in pop music and tip you off to some newer artists that your grandkids might not even know about.

2 months ago | zero100.com | Steve Hochman

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2 months ago | zero100.com | Steve Hochman

Geopolitical upheaval, trend shifts, and even tactical adjustments to inventory flow can spawn risks and dependencies that AI algorithms are ill-equipped to tackle on their own. Even the most powerful new AI algorithms rely on historical patterns, like last year’s orders or shipping logs. But today’s supply chains are riddled with surprises and entanglements, like a sudden port strike or the working capital effect of new tariffs, that don’t yet exist in the data.

Mar 13, 2025 | yahoo.com | Steve Hochman

Nels Cline widens his eyes, gets an ultra-serious look on his face, brings his hands up. “Yes,” he says, with an exaggerated theatricality that would impress John Barrymore. “We’re on a—dare I say it—journey.”That last word gets extra emphasis, pumping up the over-use and triteness of the expression. The guitarist and composer smirks a little, talking on a Zoom from his home in upstate New York. He just can’t say it with a straight face.