It was a bad night for music. It was a great night for Haiti.  People got to see what was really going on there.  And in a world where negativity is a no-no, it was great to see the unvarnished reality of destruction depicted.  Because people should know.  That’s the crime of the century, what […]

The problem is, it’s no longer 2001, when Jimmy Iovine conspired to take over the airwaves and promote Enrique Iglesias and Fred Durst alongside the Boss and Neil Young.  That was appointment television. There is no more appointment TV.  I wait until the next day, to hear what’s good, then I watch it on YouTube.  […]

Tommy’s larger than life, but so old school as to make Will Ferrell seem like a high school student. Tommy’s a hustler.  Who made it on his own ingenuity and ears.  But does what he have to say today truly apply? Maybe you’re not in the same network as me, but I’ve been e-mailed Tommy’s […]

1. Vampire Weekend "Contra" Sales this week: 123,597Debut And next week? Now we all know the album’s coming out, all the fans anyway.  We even read about it in the "New Yorker"!  (Shitty article, by the way…)  So, the graduates of elite universities are elated.  They all bought this the first week out.  Next week? […]