My friend Kate’s favorite act is X. Although Kate is partial to Joni Mitchell, it’s the harder stuff that gets to her, that has her shaking her booty, that has her losing control. On the surface her life looks serene. She lives in Pacific Palisades, she’s got a seventeen year old daughter and she owns […]

HISTORY The Major Labels I really thought they were going to survive.  But they’ve fumbled the future again and again.  They sued their customers, they put FBI warnings on their products, what are they, a branch of the GOVERNMENT? You’re in business with your customers.  And the major labels have fucked their customers again and […]

1. Fall Out Boy "Infinity On High" Sales this week: 259,674Debut Don’t be impressed, despite this seemingly high number, and the 235,687 albums Norah Jones moved last week, sales were STILL off from the previous year.  A whopping 22.4% from a year earlier’s totals.  Yes, you see we had hit albums in 2006 too. As […]

What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where "Not Ready To Make Nice" wins Record Of The Year?  What next, Harry Reid elected PRESIDENT? Speaking of politics, NARAS has insured at least a decade of bashing by the Republicans as a result of the Chick trifecta.  You’d think they’d vote for […]