This is fucked up. The way I understood it, you had the option of paying 99 cents for the usual version, or $1.29 for the hi-res one. Seems simple enough.  They exist side by side.  You just choose which one you want.  But NO! So I upgrade my iTunes software, and then search for one […]

Christina Aguilera needed a protector, someone who would allow her to follow her own vision, she signed with Irving Azoff. Phish was a band up from the streets, er, frat house floor, they ended up being managed by John Paluska. Would Phish have been better off with Azoff?  Would Aguilera have been better off with […]

Where are the discounts the Internet was supposed to deliver? On the front page of today’s L.A. "Times" is an article about new startup airlines.  Sans frills, they sell tickets as cheap as ten bucks.  Sometimes even one cent.  How do they do it?  Skybus has no telephone service center, everything is done on the […]

"Everyone in the industry thinks of this Christmas as the last big holiday season for CD sales," Mr. Sinnreich said, "and then everything goes kaput."Plunge in CD Sales Shakes Up Big Labels Love it or hate it, the "New York Times" is the paper of record. If for no other reason than most news organizations […]