It’s time to stop suing traders (stop the Pirate Bay proceedings post-haste) and recognize that the labels will be saved by the future, which is imminent. I used to comb Limewire and Rapidshare, adding to my collection of often unlistened to MP3s.  But I’ve just about given up.  It’s just not worth the time.  Not […]

My car stereo broke. I was eating dinner at Lisa’s, and when I emerged from her abode I turned on the defroster and I got a readout, both Sirius and XM, but no sound.  As I drove home in the intermittent rain I ran through the possibilities, after stopping and turning both the Alpine and […]

Sorry about overloading your inbox, this is probably better for the Twitter feed I don’t have (be sure to read David Pogue’s Twitter essay here: Twitter? It’s What You Make It but in these hazy, crazy, bizarre days of economic mayhem, I just had to pass along this link. You won’t get it at first.  […]

I’m sitting here listening to outtakes from Steely Dan’s "Royal Scam" reading hundreds of e-mails. I’d like to thank the community for turning me on to a brilliant track, the Ricky Skaggs/Ashley Monroe version of the Raconteurs’ "Old Enough".  You can hear it here: The Raconteurs – Old Enough and if you’re truly interested in […]