Archive for 2012/01


Eliminating Piracy

There’s a belief that if we just quashed piracy, eliminated all free access to music, coffers would fill once again, musicians would be rich and we’d enter a new golden age. But that’s hogwash. 1. Music competes. With not only video games and movies and TV, but the Net and everything on it. People have […]

Breaks Co-Op

This music recommendation thing is tricky. I’d never share what I’m listening to on Facebook, I’d be afraid of the abuse. But I was driving in Brentwood at one in the morning and when I pulled up to the mailbox there was a song on Sirius XM’s Coffee House that had me transfixed. Now I’ll […]

Honesty & Credibility

I’m not the biggest fan of Chelsea Handler, but yesterday on Howard Stern she said she had sex with 50 Cent and their relationship ended because she used an epithet that was borderline racist, likening his behavior to that of the street. Whew! You’re not supposed to answer these questions, you’re supposed to be evasive, […]

Re-Music On TV

From: Mark CubanSubject: Re: Power Top Ten You are dead wrong about acts and tv. If its just a song. Sure. But the days of videos on tv are long gone. If what’s on tv is a concert or unique live experience unique to tv, social at every level, you want to be part of […]