Archive for 2013/01


What The Hell, One More

I’m not gonna write a book. Not a day goes by that I don’t get that e-mail. Well, at least multiple times a week. People think that will give me the imprimatur of success, will cement my credibility! But the bottom line is I already reach more people than just about every author alive and […]

The Album

1. Is a revenue producing item for the label, it’s how they get their money back. 2. Is a trigger for publicity. 3. Is too long. On vinyl, you were loath to put more than forty minutes of music on a side. The most classic of double albums, and the cliche is there’s not one […]

Face Facts

NO ALBUMS A circle jerk in a world where nobody has time for anything but the best. I hope you have fun making your long player, because you’re the only one who cares! ATTENTION SPANS Are huge. Assuming people are interested. Just watch someone play “World of Warcraft.” Then again, WOW is better than your […]

Philip Blaine’s EDM Playlist

STYLO Howard Stern must have been in reruns, because I was pushing the buttons on the satellite and I heard this track on the Spectrum. I was entranced and transported, lifted from the cabin of my car into the stratosphere, I immediately came home and dialed up this Gorillaz track. I didn’t think I liked […]