There’s a turntable in the room. With a hip note saying use it, but if you abuse it, if you break the needle, you pay. And there are records too! And cruising through them I know they were not put here by the IMS, the electronic music organization I’m here to confab with. Because the […]

He produced Adam Cohen’s new record. That’s where I was tonight, at the Hotel Cafe, listening to Adam and his cohorts play for not only his father, but his producer, who came up on stage and tickled the ivories on a couple of numbers. And after the gig was over, we’re standing outside the venue […]

EXPERIENCE Kevin Systrom wrote his first photo sharing application in 2004. In case you’re math-challenged, that’s eight years ago. Think of it this way… How much better would Justin Bieber be if he didn’t emerge into public consciousness until he was 22 instead of 14? Bieber’s already been eclipsed by One Direction and the Wanted. […]

Madonna’s New Album Bombs, Sets Record For Biggest Sales Drop Well there goes that paradigm. The Super Bowl sells tickets, it does not sell albums. Not if you’re an ancient superstar dashing for cash. Oldsters just want to hear the hits, and youngsters…just don’t care. Madonna should have gone on the Home Shopping Network, like […]