Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Borat And The Music Business

Nobody knows about it. Yup, that’s what the bigwigs concluded when their market research came in.  The overhyped to the max "Borat" was seemingly unknown in the heartland of our country. It doesn’t square.  God, if I read one more Borat article, I’m gonna PUKE! Yes, I thought it was funny when Sascha Baron Cohen […]

Beatles Love

Don’t ask for my fucking E-MAIL ADDRESS! I read online (well, hitsdailydouble.com, they have a ban on mentioning me, but I don’t have  one on them!) that they were streaming four tracks from the Beatles "Love" album on The Beatles.  So I went to the site to listen to the tracks and…I HAD TO GIVE […]

The Feeling At Shepherd’s Bush Empire

It’s different here.  Everybody’s still a believer. There’s radio.  That everybody listens to.  There’s television, featuring all the new acts.  And tons of TV advertising and billboards to boot.  There’s a vibe here, music is part of the fabric.  David Byrne had it right.  Same as it ever was. At the Shepherd’s Bush Empire tonight […]

MySpace/Gracenote

The copyright police are gonna kill MySpace. Whilst trumpeting the ability of MySpace to break bands, the major labels ignored rampant copyright infringement on the site.  Seemingly every girl and boy trolling for friends/to get laid put up copyrighted material/their favorite tunes on MySpace.  ANYBODY who used the site knew this, proving that either, once […]