Archive for 2019/09


Your First Concert-SiriusXM This Week

Tune in tomorrow, Tuesday September 10th, to Volume 106, 7 PM East, 4 PM West. Phone #: 844-6-VOLUME, 844-686-5863 Twitter: @lefsetz or @siriusxmvolume/#lefsetzlive Hear the episode live on SiriusXM VOLUME: HearLefsetzLive If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app: LefsetzLive

Precipitous Drops

It used to be only the classic acts’ albums tanked immediately. Now it’s everybody. At least at first. You debut at the top of the chart, after the execution of the launch plan. The story is everywhere, but the kids don’t care, they just know, the way you used to in the pre-internet days. The […]

Talking Back To The Night

It’s not on streaming services. Oh, it’s on Deezer, where I’m listening now, but that’s the difference between U.S. and Europe, licensing, almost twenty years later the industry still hasn’t gotten its act together, even major label stuff is unavailable, like Steve Winwood’s 1982 album “Talking Back To The Night.” Oh, you can hear “Valerie,” […]

The New Yorker Prince Story

The Book of Prince I haven’t read about this anywhere else. I saw it first on “The New Yorker”‘s Today app. If you’re a subscriber, it’s extra info, to get you through the week, the viewpoint of intellectuals in a dumbed-down world. Of course, of course, “The New Yorker” is stuffy, self-important, self-congratulatory and written […]