I can’t get over what a non-event the release of an album is today.  Oh, the media trumpets the dropping of these discs like the second coming.  But no one’s paying attention.  Well, that’s not really true, VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION! We used to live in a small universe.  Fewer than 5,000 albums […]

From: Khalid NurredinSubject: In Case You Didn’t Know! Bob, This is how Tila Tequila and a lot of other people with huge amounts of friends got them on Myspace. He promises 100,000 views and listens for $1500.00. If a group or artist has a large enough budget, he gets them 100,000 sets of eyeballs every month,with […]

If you have not seen this yet, please do so promptly.  Fascinating. Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip ‘Thou Shalt Always Kill’ Famous Toby Mamis Shove this up your ass Bubble Boy. What bugged me about Will Pugh’s e-mail is his denigration of a 200,000 member core audience.  He was worried without the bubble stunt […]

Bob, I’m the singer and main songwriter for the band Cartel that you so vehemently wrote off as another desperate band in a desperate time. I’ve got to admit that your recent letter got under my skin but I totally understand where you’re coming from and agree with most everything you said. I don’t really […]