So we’re at the Sherman Oaks Galleria waiting in line to buy tickets to "Crash".  And when we get close to the window, she notices it.  The price.  $10.50.  Now she can afford it, and actually, I paid, and to tell you the truth I had no problem with it, I mean I pay $14.00 […]

 Sony BMG tests technology to limit CD burning I’m sincerely troubled by Andy Lack’s stewardship of Sony BMG.  You see I’m just not sure he likes music.  And this is a business that doesn’t require a LIKE of music, but a LOVE of music. The announcement by Sony BMG of CD burning restrictions is so […]

The live business is imploding. Common wisdom is it has to do with price, but it appears that the cancer of the major labels is starting to impact gigs.  You see, nobody wants to see the ACTS! But it’s more than that.  The heritage acts, the ones that have supported the business for years, nobody […]

So I’m sitting in the urologist’s office reading "Freakonomics" about conventional wisdom. First the authors start off with the concept of asking questions.  It is said those questions that have not been asked are not going to yield interesting answers.  That all the GOOD questions have been pondered again and again.  The goal is to […]