Archive for 2005/07


Hey, Western Union Man

Not many people survive getting kicked out of their own band. At this point in time, that big hit Blood, Sweat & Tears album featuring David Clayton Thomas is a period piece. Hear "Spinning Wheel" on the oldies station and you turn it off. Stunned that you endured it back in ’68. But hear ANYTHING […]

More Rock Star

They think we’re fucking idiots. Used to be that music was the bastion of reality, it was where you went for truth.  But ever since Clive Davis went from zero to hero, completely out of the mainstream TO the mainstream, and every other label followed his hit/dreck formula, music has been a joke.  Made for […]

Rockstar: INXS

Why not give us the reality show we really want to see.  Fifteen studs competing for an evening with Brooke Burke. Oh, we’ve got no idea who Brooke Burke really is.  It’s all external.  She has a surgically-enhanced body and a precious smile.  But that’s enough for TV.  That’s what they’re selling.  The OUTSIDE!  When […]

Enough Already

From hitsdailydouble: HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? The stock market has been going gangbusters of late, with one notable exception. Warner Music Group hit a new low Monday, dipping below $15 for the first time to close at $14.88, a drop of 76 cents (or 4.75%) on the day. Shares had been languishing in the […]