So I’m sitting here in Al Kooper’s room at the Mondrian listening to his Top Fifty. You see first we went to the Rainbow, to say hi to Tony, to eat some mediocre food (Miguel wasn’t there.)  And when the music got TOO loud, when I couldn’t tolerate Ozzy’s greatest hits one more minute, we […]

A fucking DISASTER! According to hitsdailydouble, Jay-Z sold 133,146 records last week, a whopping drop of 81%. In other words, ALL BETS ARE OFF! Turns out the old paradigm of tie in with everybody, get on every TV show, there’s no such thing as overexposure, is trumped by the TRULY old paradigm, as in YOU […]

Listen to the wind blowWatch the sun rise… Yes, it’s true.  Little Big Town’s "Bones" is a clone of Fleetwood Mac’s "The Chain".  But does that make it BAD? There was only one Beatles, one band that constantly tested the limits, that pushed their art far beyond our conception.  That’s why they’re remembered, as strong […]

From: Sam PockerRe: Transmission-1November 30, 2006 7:58:24 PM PST —Terry said he turned down a multimillion dollar re-up for the Barenaked Ladies.  Rather than signing with a major label, they decided to go their own way.  Instead of taking the four mil for a new deal, they put out a Christmas album and made THREE […]