"Intimate Secretary"The Raconteurs The Raconteurs did not get glowing reviews.  Oh, many were positive, but not ECSTATIC!  So, I didn’t pay much attention. I don’t get the White Stripes.  Or maybe it’s that I’m sick of seeing them in their outfits.  And what’s wrong with having a bass player?  And although the sound is good, […]

CD sales or radio? I’ll argue that radio started to fall first, and therefore CD sales are tanking even more than they would in a healthy exhibition environment. In case you’re out of the loop, CD sales are in FREE FALL!  Oh, the majors don’t want to broadcast the story, because they don’t know what […]

Felix told us that he was supposed to be a classical musician.  His mother had him taking piano lessons three times a week, he didn’t know what rock and roll WAS!  But then she died, and some kids at school asked him if he wanted to join a band.  Wanting to integrate, wanting new friends […]

It’s all about trust. There’s this guy Don VanCleave.  He’s gonna fuck with your notion of Alabamans.  He used to run a record store in Birmingham with the moniker Magic Platter, but now he heads CIMS, the Coalition of Independent Music Stores.  Get on his mailing list, don@cimsmusic.com, to get his weekly indie store chart.  […]