The first, and biggest American Idol just fell off her throne. What did we learn here? 1. That the music business has been fucked since the early nineties, when it became about the track, not the act. First the radio stations showed no loyalty, then the labels gave up on loyalty too. I mean if […]

 Once upon a time, I lived for music. I was addicted to the radio, everything sounded good. I couldn’t get enough, I wanted to know more. THOSE DAYS ARE BACK! It’s like someone’s been hiding this modern country from me. Or maybe I couldn’t get past the image. The right wing influences. The phony cowboy […]

 Now THAT was an extravaganza. Just before the show began, Barbara Skydel and I were reminiscing about the heyday of Premier Talent, when Frank Barsalona was the godfather, the Tony Soprano of his domain, keeping concert promoters throughout this vast land of ours in check, preventing them from invading each other’s territory. Barbara told me […]

 Put me on the bandwagon. It appears "USA Today" wrote about this. And XM even hyped it. But who reads "USA Today"? Especially if they’re not on the road? And there are 100+ channels on XM. So I found out about this from Nick Miller, at Jam. I trust Nick, he BELIEVES! First he asked […]