At dinner we were debating genius. Obviously Bob Dylan is a genius.  John Lennon was one too.  But what about BONO? I was clear about this, DEFINITIVE, Bono IS NOT A GENIUS! Then, sotto voce, I said…"But Edge is." Bono gets all the attention.  He’s the one making the pronouncements, he’s the one in the […]

Legal online music stores gain on illegal services This is fucking crazy.  Doesn’t anybody at Reuters have any power of ANALYSIS?? In case you missed it, the NPD Group, whoever the hell THAT is, now states that the iTunes Music Store is the second most popular online music source.  The report states that 1.7 million […]

It’s about tomorrow. Could Apple Computer be any hotter?  Shouldn’t it scale down development and return value to its shareholders?  Isn’t that the goal of a corporation, to deliver for shareholders TODAY? No, the goal of a corporation is to deliver value for shareholders LONG TERM! Dick Parsons didn’t believe in the music business.  Bertelsmann […]

Is anybody going to care about "X&Y" next year at this time? I doubt it.  You see everything mainstream dies a quick commercial death.  That which is overhyped and overexposed better be sold quickly, because the media and the people just can’t stand to pay attention.  Look at it this way…do you care that Mark […]