JANUARY Eric Nicoli fires Alain Levy and David Munns. Desperately trying to save his own job, the biscuit king axes the architects of PolyGram’s success. A company that was stolen from under Levy and company by Universal when the Frenchman spent too much time and money trying to enter the movie business, where any savvy […]

Who knows more about the future of the record business, Rick Rubin or Guy Hands? Based on the leaked EMI memo, it appears that Rubin’s been beaten, Hands down. We’ve seen this movie before, with IBM. Suddenly, with the shift from mainframes to PCs, IBM was out in the cold. Oh, it cried for a […]

Cartel, The Honorary Title, Weatherbox Monday 9/3/07House of Blues-Las Vegas, NVGross: $8,437543/1,800 (30.2%)Ticket prices: $17.00, $15.00 Tuesday 9/4/07House of Blues-Anaheim, CAGross: $9,241525/1,075 (48.8%)Ticket price: $17.50 Friday 9/7/07Avalon-Hollywood, CAGross: $17,754992/1451 (68.4%)Ticket price: $22.00 You remember Cartel, don’t you? Obviously you’re not alone. Most people don’t remember, or just don’t care. THEY WERE THE BAND IN THE […]

Bob, Please tell Khalid Nurredin that he doesn’t have to join RIAA to use ISRC Codes (International Standard Recording Codes). Nor does he have to have any particular company structure. The codes are comprised of a country portion, a year portion, a company portion, and a track portion. The year and country are obvious (e.g. […]