Bob my boy, I have purposefully stayed away from the Live Nation bashing because I believe that all this negative press about live entertainment and the incessant over-charging and subsequent discounting of our inventory is going to "come home to roost" for all of us (artists, managers, agents, promoters, etc.) lucky enough to make a […]

I’ve got no sympathy. Remember when rock stars used to O.D?  Yup, that was the peril of being on the road, doing too much smack to the point where you nodded out and had a blind date with the Grim Reaper.  If an "artist" is injured onstage doing a circus act, haven’t we lost the […]

You probably saw this – but I find this rich.  On page 17 of Live Nation’s investor presentation, they present their vision of a "new model" 3 months from an artist posting a song online to selling out arenas.  huh?  even the major labels don’t expect something to take off that fast.  is this a […]

I don’t even use an iPhone.  As I’ve stated previously, I was on AT&T Wireless, the connections were so poor I switched to Verizon and have been happy ever since. But this story fascinates me from a public relations viewpoint. Apple doesn’t respond.  You can call Jobs a megalomaniac, you can say Macs are overpriced […]