THE RICH WILL GET RICHER This is what streaming has wrought. The new income has lifted all boats, but the ones of stars much higher than those of the hoi polloi. Used to be a fan bought a star’s album and played it incessantly but there was no more income past the sale. Now every […]

And the Trumpers are saying the holiday’s been stolen. If you look at the Spotify US Top Fifty your eyes will bug out. Nine of the top ten are Christmas songs, the only exception is #10, Post Malone’s “rockstar.” But the next ten, that’s right, from #11-20, are all Christmas songs. And of the next […]

By embracing streaming. That’s right, you cannot get ahead if you stay behind. While other formats railed against payouts, declaring that music had “value,” while they bitched about everything from the loss of artwork to the decimation of the label, hip-hop hurdled over those barriers and won. The youth live online. The youth are early […]

Rumble-The Indians Who Rocked The World There’s a moment in this movie… They’ve gone on about Jesse Ed Davis. Showed him playing with Taj Mahal, being flown over to England to participate in the “Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus.” Hooking up with John Lennon. And I know who Jesse Ed is, or was, but […]