I was raised on the radioRaised on the radioJust an all-American boyI found my favorite toy I love my iPod on shuffle, but it’s no match for a deejay’s selections. That’s what we’ve lost on terrestrial, the concept that there’s a single individual, making choices, spinning what HE wants to hear, not what some consultant […]

I saw a Deadhead sticker on a CadillacA voice inside my head said don’t look backYou can never look back "Boys Of Summer"Don Henley 1. Retail Last Wednesday night, on my way to dinner at Il Sole, I drove past Tower Records.  Tower Records used to be SO busy, such a cultural hotspot, that they […]

Fred Goldring gave his teenage daughters a stack of CDs.  You know how it goes, you build an endless pile that you’re NEVER going to listen to. And then they came knocking on his door, telling him they LOVED one of them, they were ENRAPTURED with the Fray! They begged him to get them tickets […]

You can’t play by the rules. Now when it comes to speeding and not paying your taxes, you’re fucked.  You just can’t beat the system.  Questioning the laws will do you no good.  But everybody knows that copyright is the tool of bullies and the present laws are completely outmoded/not in sync with digital reality.  […]