Sure, Billy McFarland is a sociopath and a crook. But everybody working for him wanted to get paid. And everybody who bought tickets to the festival wanted to live the dream. This is not a music business story, even though it was first depicted as such. The movie is about what a bad guy Billy […]

That’s the number of albums A Boogie Wit da Hoodie sold last week to enter the chart at number one. And those were downloads, there wasn’t even a physical version. So this ends the debate, everybody bitching about streaming, the war is over. Actually, complaining about music distribution/consumption is so old school. And a consumption […]

Marc Reiter, creative majordomo for Metallica, will be joining me tomorrow to analyze and discuss secret weapons. As Marc so eloquently put it: “Secret weapons: Band members who may not have seemed important , but in truth, were indispensable. Once they departed/were kicked out, the band was never the same. Some examples: Michael Anthony (VH) […]

https://bit.ly/2M7VXiX This is more like it. The right is working the refs. I never see this story in the media, but I experience it every time I mention Trump’s name, the usual suspects inundate me with blowback, putting me down as a “progressive,” telling me about their “facts,” laughing at me. This is not easy […]