It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll — at $15,000 a Seat What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where people pay $3,000 a ticket to hang with 999 other assholes and have to commit to five shows, for a total of 15 grand, for the privilege? That’s not exclusivity, that’s a clusterfuck. […]

Upwards of twenty people lost their jobs at Rhino Records last week.  Were they doing a bad job?  Were they suddenly superfluous?  No, Warner Music had to make its numbers work.  And in order to do this, the company had to reduce its head count.  So losses would decline.  On paper.  Hell, you don’t need […]

Who’s going to win the music business war? It certainly won’t be Sony, or BMG.  Sony wants out of the music business.  As does BMG.  Unfortunately, no one can meet their price, so they’re holding for now.  But they want to get out.  Oh, there’s an expansion into music publishing, but no non-traditional ventures are […]

When Al Kooper was shopping on the King’s Road, Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll’s version of "Season Of The Witch" was playing in all the shops. Al Kooper was kicked out of his own band.  Well, not exactly, it was like working for the man.  They froze him out, they forced him to quit.  And […]