Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Do Me A Favor

My phone and e-mail have been ringing about U2 and the Stones. I have no desire to see them.  Should I feel bad about that? U2’s indoor tour for "Achtung Baby" was one of the best I’ve ever seen.  Right up there with the Who performing "Tommy" at the Fillmore East.  But I just don’t […]

XM/Sirius

Now THAT was fascinating. My car needs a subwoofer.  I tried to get away without one.  In my BMW the trunk amplified the bass speakers in the rear deck and I got enough response.  But even though I’ve got the best speakers available in my new car, they’re in the doors, and you just don’t […]

Re-Grokster

I just got e-mail from somebody waiting with bated-breath for my comments on this. I wasn’t even gonna say a thing.  This is irrelevant.  The kind of pyrrhic victory Mitch Bainwol and his bunch of disinformation flunkies trumpet in the media to illustrate their ongoing victory in the battle against file-trading, when they’re losing as […]

Copy Protected CDs

Why is it that the largest music group, with the most at risk. DOESN’T employ copy protection on its CDs while the company that had an almost equal market share upon merger but has slipped badly since does? It’s kind of like playing the New York Yankees with ankle weights.  It’s gross mismanagement. I want […]