Archive for 2012/10


Newsweek

They changed their mission. I was a loyal “Time” subscriber. I remember the “Is God Dead” issue sitting on my mother’s coffee table. And like a loyal son, when I went to college I stuck with “Time”…and subscribed for years thereafter, until I discovered “Newsweek” at my doctor’s office. Visit after visit I’d read snippets […]

Rhinofy-Mott The Hoople

I saw them at the Fillmore. Opening for Traffic on its reunion tour. Their debut with the Escher cover with the reptiles crawling had been released to a good amount of press and very little airplay, but what ever commotion there was about it had to do with the instrumental cover of “You Really Got […]

Jimmy Calls

“We got young people interested in sound quality once again.” It’s a funny rule of thumb. Be nice to people and you never hear from them. Be nasty or get it wrong and they light up your inbox! Jimmy wanted to set the record straight. What he said was they do no discounting. That there’s […]

Beats At Half Price

Deals – Beats by Dr. Dre Headphones Ironically, on the same day Trent Reznor announced he was working with the company: Trent Reznor – facebook This is the beginning of the end. This is how you kill a brand. You absolutely cannot get Bose headphones at a discount. They came out with the QuietComfort 3, […]