The New Deal: Band as Brand I’m freaking the fuck out. This Jeff Leeds story in the "New York Times" has my blood boiling. Under the guise of artist development, the major labels are spinning this fantasy that 360 deals are good for the artist when the real story is they’re a land grab, a […]

One more and I’m gonna go. Isn’t that what the Stones say on "Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!"? It’s just that I heard this song on X Country today, right after "Back To Jackson" in fact, and I just fired it up, as I was reconciling my iTunes database, and it sounded so good I wanted […]

31. Matchbox Twenty "Exile On Mainstream" Sales this week: 25,701Percentage change: -15%Cume: 299,862Weeks on: 5 I’m surprised they haven’t already released a NEW version, with additional tracks, just to fuck over the losers who bought this package in the first place. I’m surprised they haven’t already released a NEW version, with additional tracks, just to fuck […]

I quoted "Captain Jim’s Drunken Dream" at the shrink today. The doctor asked me if I was in the cool group in high school.  I said no.  Seems that nobody in the music business was cool in high school.  If you were cool in high school, you’ve long ago descended into obscurity.  That was the […]