1. A&M and Island Records Yes, in the early seventies Steve Ross consolidated Warner, Atlantic and Elektra into one company. But not every label with hits was owned by a corporate behemoth. Pound for pound, A&M and Island had the best records.  After all, Island delivered Bob Marley to the masses.  What has that boasting […]

Really don’t mind if you sit this one out 1 I returned from spring vacation early.  In order to go skiing at Sugarbush with my mother and little sister. It was a glorious day in the April sunshine.  But, after dropping me back at Middlebury around dinnertime, my mother and Wendy got back in the […]

You get what you pay for. I can no longer afford a BMW.  Not a new one anyway.  Which is probably why I continued to drive the old one.  Funny the little things you don’t notice.  Like the quality of the carpet.  And the lack of road noise.  Just pop for the Japanese econobox and […]

Now it affects Macs. Read the article. Boycott Sony products If you click through to Macintouch, you’ll see that to install the kernel extension you’ve got to enter your name and password, a procedure Apple insists upon to prevent the installation of malware on your computer, but does anybody REALLY expect a CD they PURCHASED […]