Archive for 2007/02


StubHub/TicketMaster

I don’t buy my tickets. But neither do you. I don’t pay convenience/facility fees, and if I’m lucky, I don’t even pay to park. Actually, my problem is too many people want me to go to too many gigs. But that’s not the way it is with the hoi polloi.  The hoi polloi want tickets, […]

Top Catalog Chart

1. Norah Jones "Come Away With Me" Sales this week: 20,110Cume: 10,027,287 Will we ever see sales like this again? I’d say probably not, but that would be too mild… NEVER! 3. Josh Groban "Closer" Sales this week: 12,365Cume: 5.216,215 So who’s the most powerful hitmaker in the U.S., Clive Davis or David Foster? I’d […]

Some Tracks

"On The Airwaves"The Shazam Sometimes something just sounds right. I was turning from Pico to the freeway and this song came over Little Steven’s Underground Garage channel on Sirius.  I didn’t want to like it, I wanted it to be shitty, because if it was good, then I’d have to spend more time listening to […]

Bruce Lundvall Responds

Dear Bob, In response to your wise counsel I’ve decided to donate my remains to The Museum of Natural History; Department of Paleontology. Actually we’ve all been pilloried for years by the tech staff here, so you may be amazed that I do in fact know what DRM is, even at my very advanced age.  To jog […]