Dan Costello: So indie artists are donating 100% of their profits – but what if Kanye West donated $1 for every copy of LATE REGISTRATION sold in its first week of release.  That would be $849,000 – and would make a statement that he is willing toback up his beliefs with his considerable wealth.  How […]

What is your favorite track on Led Zeppelin I? That’s my favorite album.  Along with "Physical Graffiti".  But unlike "Physical Graffiti", I love EVERYTHING on I. First it was "Good Times Bad Times". It was that guitar sound.  And Robert’s attitude.  The swagger.  That’s all you’ve got when you’re a teenager, your hopes and dreams.  […]

Did you notice that Bob Dylan didn’t appear on any of the telethons? I used to think the goal was to be the Beatles.  An act that was inviolate, that wouldn’t license its material to anybody, wouldn’t let it be in compilations or movies, who specialized in saying no because they CONTROLLED the tunes.  Yup, […]

Where’s John Lennon when we need him? I was impressed with Kanye.  Primarily because they bleeped him.  I’m sure he knew he was over the line, in the eyes of the pricks who control the media beholden to the religious right that has got a stranglehold on mainstream discourse, but he went for it anyway.  […]