MadonnaTD Banknorth Garden/Boston-Thursday thru Monday-7/6-7/10Gross: $6,337,115Sold/Capacity: 36,741/36,741Ticket Price(s)-$350.00/$55.00 What ever happened to the BOSTON Garden. What bothers me is we no longer complain about the creeping commercialism.  What next, Citibank Yankee Stadium?  And we wonder why the acts have all sold out too.  It’s part of our CULTURE! As for Madonna…  Who do we blame […]

1. Steve Jobs Don’t fuck with Steve. Michael Eisner ignorantly came down on Apple’s "Rip/Mix/Burn" campaign, falsely declaring it illegal, and didn’t make nice with Pixar and who won, who survived?  Steve. Edgar Bronfman, Jr. and his CEO brethren saber-rattled, stating they needed variable pricing at the iTunes Music Store, and who won?  Steve.  Every […]

So I asked him how he felt when "Incense and Peppermints" went to number one. The blase look I got in return surprised me.  After all, that’s what artists DREAM OF, and constantly recite the story of.  Hearing their song on the radio the first time.  Tingling when their track hits the top of the […]

Jets Overhead/AcrobatGreen Room/Montreal-Thursday 6/29Gross: $256Sold/Capacity: 36/100 Mmm…  Seems that I don’t have too much influence.  I raved about this act, word didn’t seem to get to Montreal! But maybe the point is different.  If you’re not actively building your touring base, since the guys in this band are really managers, then nobody cares. In other […]