Archive for 2008/07


Pixar

Last night I heard "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" on XM. How many great tracks are there on "Born To Run"? Better yet, name a loser! Maybe "Night". My favorites are "Meeting Across The River" and "Jungleland". Did I ever tell you I saw Bruce perform "Jungleland" at the Bottom Line in the summer of ’74, before […]

Lee Abrams/Tribune

The paradigm was established by Steve Jobs. You get beaten up in the press and you don’t respond. Antithetical to schoolyard ethics, but it seems to be the only solution these days. You see the mob will bring you down. Bob Dylan said it best:While one who sings with his tongue on fireGargles in the […]

Careers

If I hear one more "artist" complain that he can’t make any money selling recorded music I’m going to explode. You shouldn’t be in the business of selling recorded music, you should be in the business of establishing a CAREER! Oh, then there’s the professional songwriter, bitching too. Maybe he should go into advertising, shit, […]