Every week, the Haggler in the "New York Times" responds to customer complaints.  Usually the accused enterprise makes a lame excuse and makes the customer whole.  Still, there are unreachable companies, and unrealistic consumers, those who believe they’re entitled to the product for free, to be treated like royalty. It’s tough dealing with the public.  […]

We went to the SModcastle. It’s the filters that kill me.  You know, that intestinal process in Hollywood where what goes in one end resembles not a whit what comes out the other.  There’s always some jerk-off insisting that a scene be changed so that someone in a faraway land will like the movie.  And […]

Mayer Hawthorne. Did he kill someone?  Did someone kill him?  Then why is he featured in both today’s "New York Times" and "Los Angeles Times"?  HE MUST BE PROMOTING A NEW ALBUM! Once upon a time I tolerated Mayer Hawthorne.  Now I hate him.  And his handlers and the media complicit in this charade. Used […]

We had an election in the music industry, the incumbents lost.  The public gave the thumbs-down to the major labels, Live Nation and a ton of the acts.  But just like in the real world, the only ones hurt were the little people, the acts themselves.  Who got famous, but in most cases didn’t get […]