Oh, admit it.  You gave up on Tower Records long ago.  Your lamenting its loss is akin to finding out your mother threw out your baby toys.  They reminded you of a time gone by, but you hadn’t played with them in eons.  Hell, given the option of staying an infant or growing up EVERYONE […]

Credit Edgar Bronfman, Jr. He SHAMED Doug Morris into making a deal with YouTube. And not wanting to be left out of the party, SonyBMG signed up too. As for EMI? They had already partnered with the net video service, it’s just that they’re so small, and without Ted Cohen or another figurehead trumpeting their […]

Did Howard Stern kill satellite radio? Satellite radio was a contender.  Like FM in the late sixties it was based on broad playlists, doing something different, that people believed in and sold religiously via word of mouth. Then came Howard Stern. Sirius was a dying service.  A clone of XM.  With broad playlists and very […]

Stay out of the record business! If I hear one more fat cat or out of touch has-been studio guy or musician say they’re starting a record label I’m gonna keel over and die of laughter.  Please, SAVE MY LIFE! Enough with the disc support.  It’s on LIFE SUPPORT!  The disc is gonna die an […]