1990s

When Donald Trump dumped on Ed Koch, he doomed his own greatest project. In this tale of two egos, Trump makes the biggest mistake of his career and hastens his demise.

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At the turn of the millennium, “Der Dean” opined on the trials and tribulations of fellow rock critics Lester Bangs, Nick Tosches, and Richard Meltzer

In 1998 the Voice reported on the enigmatic leader of the Red Mafia — a shadowy figure known as the ''Brainy Don''

“One day his trajectory from junior high dropout to Video Archives clerk to cinema wunderkind may eclipse L.A.’s longstanding specimen tale of Lana Turner at Schwab’s.”

"Fame makes different things of different people. For the friend (me) who may count success as being sweetest for having n'er suc­ceeded, the friend (Todd) who does eventually becomes unavoid­ably bound to the signs of his fame."