This is SO good, I want you to immediately stop reading this and go on Amazon and buy it. Not because it’s the Allman Brothers, but because it’ll give you insight into what it was like, fifty years ago, being a musician, wanting to make it. Gregg picked up the guitar first. But it was […]

"Meadows" I had the world’s worst case of mononucleosis. At first I didn’t think it was that bad. I had a sore throat and I went to the University of Utah infirmary under Al’s name. That’s what you do when you’re a starving ski bum. Cut corners. And they did the test and said it […]

"The 30 Richest DJs in the World" Don’t e-mail me and tell me it’s inaccurate. That’s missing the point. The bottom line is the public knows record labels rip off artists, that you can be on "American Idol" and be nearly broke. Musicians are people to be made fun of, derided, deejays are to be […]

1. Justin Bieber Musical acts have had vanity labels for eternity, whether it be Sinatra with Reprise, the Beatles with Apple, even the Youngbloods with Raccoon. But the difference is those entities functioned within the usual system. They didn’t translate to the mainstream because said musical artists did not have a direct connection with the […]