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E-Mail Of The Day

From: Tom Rush Bob, Check the numbers on the Remember Song.  We seem to have hit a nerve here.  The interesting thing to me is that this is clearly Boomers, not kids.  So when do I get the check? Tom Tom Rush – Remember Song Now I just woke up.  And having gone to bed […]

Sales-Week Ending-5/27/07

1. Maroon 5 "It Won’t Be Soon Before Long" Sales this week: 429,484Debut Is Maroon 5 a lightweight sideshow that demands no attention or did I just not get the memo? Oh, I got the MEMO!  How can you escape it!  It’s TWENTIETH CENTURY hype done to the zenith!  Saturation advertising, placed stories, all to […]

What We’re Fighting For

Is more music for more people. I’ve felt a strange ennui for the last couple of years.  The music sphere, it’s just not that exciting.  Could it be my age? Or the acts purveyed?  Possibly.  But I just don’t care as much as I used to.  The new releases come and go, nothing seems to […]

More iTunes Plus

And they wonder why we hate them. In case you’ve been out of the Net loop, when you buy an UNRESTRICTED track at the iTunes Store, it comes with your NAME and E-MAIL address EMBEDDED! Why is it these fucks think we won’t catch on, that we’re ignorant and won’t spread the word how fucked […]