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Universal and Warner are public companies. Sony is too, but it’s part of a larger enterprise and it’s hard to parse out the financial details, and stockholders judge the overall performance of the conglomerate, not just the music division, but… Wall Street evaluates Universal and Sony and what they see is a huge expenditure on […]

The safety net has been hobbled. Despite being in your business in an untold number of ways, from abortion to drug rights, never mind licensing requirements, now, more than ever, you’re responsible for paying your own bills. But it gets worse. Because so many jobs don’t pay enough to put a roof over your head […]

I met Rush in the fall of 1975.  Rush was supposed to open for a Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow show in Chicago at the Auditorium Theatre.  Rush was kicked off the show because their drum riser was too big, according to Ritchie Blackmore.  Ritchie was a prick then and remained so for the rest of his career.  There was “payback” coming […]