by Downtown Magazine | Apr 3, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music, Travel
Years ago, the only opportunities to meet your heroes were chance encounters and scheduled autograph signings. Nowadays, things are different thanks to companies like Runaway Tours. Founded in 1989 by Jon Bon Jovi and company president Matt Bongiovi, Runaway Tours...
by Downtown Magazine | Mar 31, 2017 | Business, Fashion, NYC
An excellent piece from Alex Williams of the New York Times looks at this year’s Baselworld. In the words of Williams: “Since the 2008-9 economic meltdown, the watch industry has soared to heady highs (thanks, China) and hit pockets of turbulence (thanks,...
by Downtown Magazine | Mar 31, 2017 | Business, Finance
Business Of Fashion writer Luca Solca smartly looks at three “dark cloud” scenarios that every luxury executive must heed. The world’s three largest economies — China, the European Union and the United States, of course — “could find...
by Downtown Magazine | Mar 31, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
The Los Angeles-based band known as That Dog formed in 1991, inking a proper record deal with David Geffen’s DGC label within two years. That Dog went on to release three albums with DGC, touring alongside major acts like Blur, The Wallflowers, Weezer,...
by Downtown Magazine | Mar 30, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
If you are a fan of rock & roll, you have heard Bobby Whitlock play music. Beyond his long-standing solo career alongside wife CoCo Carmel — who herself has performed with Jon Bon Jovi, Dr. John and Phoebe Snow — Bobby also played and wrote on three...