Archive for 2011/01


Bandcamp vs. Topspin

Read this article, it’s really good: "Digital DIY music platform Bandcamp finds its footing with artists like Amanda Palmer, Sufjan Stevens and RJD2" Which begs the question, what’s better, Bandcamp or Topspin?That’s exactly the question I asked on Twitter. Cathy Pellow of Sargent House tweeted this: @Lefsetz this is what i think of @Bandcamp – […]

Lisa Lauren

Satellite radio has not been the same since Lee Abrams’s departure. I don’t want to be an apologist for Mr. Abrams, but that sluts video that got him fired at the "Tribune"…he was Dixie Chicked.  There was no uproar at first.  It was all after the fact. Not that I believe the "Tribune" staff shouldn’t […]

AT&T

4G my ass. So T-Mobile doesn’t invest in infrastructure, ending up behind the 8-ball, they decide to label their lame high speed network 4G.  Oh, they tweaked it a bit, but the improvement is evolutionary, not revolutionary, like Sprint’s Clearwire or Verizon’s LTE. Yes, Verizon is going to have the iPhone.  And every user of […]

Gerry Rafferty

Maybe he’ll get it right next time. You had to buy "City to City".  For "Baker Street". Famous for Raphael Ravenscroft’s solo, that was not the song’s only magic.  Starting like a sunrise, evidencing the hope that only music can exude, "Baker Street" is as good as any movie ever made, yet it’s a record. […]