1. Beyonce "B’day"Sales this week: 541,196Debut An impressive number.  Shows you why the big labels are interested in franchises/names.  But this album will live and die by its singles.  It’s almost the fourth quarter, so if it sustains for six weeks, it becomes a gift item.  So the timing is right, but still…to reach 5 […]

Don’t confuse celebrities with heroes.  Heroes are people you look up to, who you want to emulate, celebrities are three-dimensional characters in a living cartoon cavorting for your entertainment. Paris Hilton has no talent and isn’t that good-looking.  But people love reading about her.  This uneducated twit who lives to fuck and party is an […]

TAKE A LOOK AROUND Good things must endThey never lastLook to tomorrowForget the past You know when love ends.  Usually just a couple of beats after they do. For every guy who hits on a girl, there’s a plethora of males who wait to be approached, wait for the girl to take the initiative.  They […]

We used to have Jon Landau. And John Mendelssohn. Charles M. Young. And, of course, Lester Bangs. Now there’s not a single damn music writer you can trust, except maybe Kelefa Sanneh in the "New York Times". Then again, he’s in the "New York Times", precluding the edginess and honesty of Messrs. Young and Bangs. […]