Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Pink Floyd

If you think anybody under the age of twenty cares about Michael Jackson, you’re sadly mistaken. Michael Jackson had his hits twenty years ago.  Not that he’s left the public eye.  He’s endured so many plastic surgeries as to contest Jocelyn Wildenstein as the scariest human on the planet.  Oh, some of his music was […]

A Fan

Might bitch about the price of the ticket, but goes anyway. Scours P2P sites for advance music, but buys the CD anyway. Buys the CD the week it comes out. Wants every live MP3 of the act he can find. Hates a bunch of other acts.  Non-fans don’t give a fuck about other acts. Doesn’t […]

Bad

At dinner we were debating genius. Obviously Bob Dylan is a genius.  John Lennon was one too.  But what about BONO? I was clear about this, DEFINITIVE, Bono IS NOT A GENIUS! Then, sotto voce, I said…"But Edge is." Bono gets all the attention.  He’s the one making the pronouncements, he’s the one in the […]

The NPD Report

Legal online music stores gain on illegal services This is fucking crazy.  Doesn’t anybody at Reuters have any power of ANALYSIS?? In case you missed it, the NPD Group, whoever the hell THAT is, now states that the iTunes Music Store is the second most popular online music source.  The report states that 1.7 million […]