I was driving to Brentwood pushing the buttons on satellite radio. Country radio is going through a boring phase right now. You know the format is fucked up if Jessica Simpson is climbing the charts, it’s got no RESPECT! You want to hear something just a little bit different, whether it be instrumentation or structure, […]

The new rap or the new hula-hoop? The flurry of "Rock Band"/"Guitar Hero" announcements has my head spinning. What with Aerosmith releasing their own game for the latter platform and Guns N’ Roses releasing their new single on the former, one would think the videogames are the new radio/MTV/retail store combined! Actually, that’s what Activision, […]

Don’t worry, I’m going. This isn’t about that. This is about the "New York Times" slamming the band once again. I’ve got to tell you, if these insipid holier-than-thou insider New York freaks continue to beat up on the band I’m going to switch sides, I’m going to pledge fealty to Chris Martin forevermore! What […]

I’m not sure these events are about the music. They raise a lot of money, you’ve heard of the acts, but when David Foster told us he’d have us back home for the 11 o’clock news, I winced. Like this crowd had never gotten the memo that news was now 24/7, at your fingertips, but […]