Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


This Week On KLSX – Randy Poe

Nothing prepared us for the opening notes of "Fillmore East".  With that wailing guitar…how could ANYBODY have the Statesboro Blues? Oh, I was a fan previously.  From getting fucked up in Dave McCormick’s dorm room, listening to "Idlewild South" (hell, couldn’t they have named the OTHER airport "Kennedy"?)  And, after becoming addicted to "Fillmore East" […]

Eagles And Wal-Mart

What if they put out an Eagles album and nobody cared. Even worse, NOBODY KNEW ABOUT IT! If you think even if they released the next "Hotel California" the Eagles would get Top Forty radio airplay commensurate with their status, owning the best selling album in HISTORY, your head is so far up your ass […]

Last Week’s Sales

1. Evanescence "Open Door" 447,342Debut I’m stunned.  I thought since the guy who co-wrote each and every song on the Wind-Up debut is no longer in the band, sales for this sophomore album would be lame.  But I’m wrong.  And, according to hitsdailydouble, the band sold 160,357 MORE albums this week! So, is it a […]

iTunes Prices

You know if you click on the bottom of the iTunes home page, you can visit other stores.  Oh, you can’t BUY anything from another country’s store, since the insane record companies have to adhere to their release dates, because marketing is KING, but you can at least peruse/look through the plate glass window.  (If […]