Women believe men can just be friends. Men are more suspicious. So when my nascent girlfriend was going to the Roxy with her "friend" to see Andrew Gold I was anxious.  This was a new relationship.  She’d known him longer than she’d known me.  Was it real, or could she slip right through my fingers? […]

Ricky Wilson, the lead singer of the Kaiser Chiefs, did not want me to print his e-mail, as you can tell by reading his missive below. But I thought it was important.  I asked him for permission, and he relented. We live in changing times, and we’re most interested in those who try new things, […]

If you want to sign to a label… Last night we went out to dinner with Daniel Glass and his wife, and then to see Glassnote’s new signing, Givers, at the Bootleg Theatre. We met at Craig’s. Craig’s is the new hip joint on Melrose.  And the story is important.  Because Craig used to be […]

DIGITAL SALES-Week Ending 5/29/11 102. Steven Tyler "(It) Feels So Good"Sales this week: 20,502Percentage change: -35.4Cume: 128,895 Uh-oh.  Could it be that despite the accolades, Steven Tyler is even worse off than he was before "American Idol"? I’d posit he is.  Except for a large paycheck. He was a caricature on TV.  Of a rock […]