Archive for 2007/03/13


Album Art

Did you upgrade to the new version of iTunes?  Version 7.1?
You should.  To get full screen Cover Flow.
Now I’ve got a 23" HD monitor.  But still, I’ve got to believe these covers look pretty good on your screen.  And they’re A LOT BIGGER THAN CD BOOKLETS!
Enough with the laments that the vinyl album experience is [...]

Why CD Sales Are Tanking

1. The iPod
After you’ve got an iPod, why do you need a CD?
CDs are voluminous, not only in size, but content.  They take up too much space with too much music you don’t want to hear.  Better off to cherry-pick, just put what you WANT to hear on an iPod.  Which holds the equivalent of [...]

McCartney To Starbucks

Does Paul not know that NOBODY cares?
Nobody wants new material from a Beatle.
Oh, I think it’s a good idea for him to make a deal with Starbucks.  He’ll get positioning, and a healthy cut of the proceeds, but the album will STILL stiff.
It’s been so long since Paul McCartney has put out an album you [...]