Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Hall Of Fame

It’s time to close the doors.  The Renaissance didn’t last forever, nor did the heyday of rock and roll. We HATED Chic.  Oh, all these years later we love "Good Times" at Bar Mitzvahs, and Nile Rodgers went on to produce the B-52’s, among others, but to call Chic rock, never mind worthy of a […]

My Dinner With Geiger

Well I just woke up from a night of fitful sleep that finally ended when Dave Matthews’ helicopter didn’t make it over the wall and crashed.  Just as I was thinking of the perils of the rich, how their advantages put them in circumstances the normal don’t entertain, I woke up. Whew! Funny how your […]

Last Week’s Sales

1. Rod Stewart "Still the Same…Great Rock Classics Of Our Time"184,304Debut Okay, which way do you want to have it?  Old credible rocker means nothing anymore and you no longer care or Clive Davis resurrects the career of a fading star? Let’s start with the latter. Rod Stewart’s credibility problems started with his huge hit […]

Lefsetz 101

I constantly get e-mail asking: 1. Why do you steal music?2. What’s your problem with CDs?3. Why do you think music should be free? The following is where I’m coming from: P2P It’s social protest. If you believe change is gonna come by abiding by the rules of those in power then you just haven’t […]