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'You know, Steve Albini!': Looking back at a spellbinding conversation about the legendary producer with Nirvana's bassist
Nearly a decade ago, Nirvana's Krist Novoselic flew his single-engine plane to Chicago to remaster the band's third studio record with Albini, who died…
May 13 • 
Tony Lystra

June 2021

Amazon doesn't know the difference between its corporate and hourly workforce
When Mark Zuckerberg coined the tech-industry motto: “Move fast and break things,” he wasn't talking about torn ligaments and herniated disks.
Jun 28, 2021 • 
Tony Lystra
Toobin is back: Fallout from The New Yorker's Zoom call from Hell and other pandemic delights
The journalism superstar's behavior last fall is a case study in how work and personal lives collided during the pandemic
Jun 18, 2021 • 
Tony Lystra
What it’s really like to work with a kid at home during the pandemic
Covid upended everything, including the idea that kids go to school while their parents work. Here’s how a single dad and an 11-year-old got through it…
Jun 14, 2021 • 
Tony Lystra
Read the room, Bill!
Even Bill's most clumsy, seemingly naive overtures toward employees were potentially destructive. Here's why.
Jun 10, 2021 • 
Tony Lystra
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