The best thing that ever happened to Spotify was Apple Music. Competition lifts all boats. Which is why malls have two anchor tenants, two department stores. But that was back before malls cratered and turned into festive dining areas that feature shopping as a sport, if the mall hasn’t closed completely. We live in the […]

“IFPI Makes Stream-Ripping Latest Front In YouTube Row” The CD killed home taping. Did you really want to spend all that time making an inferior copy when the original sounded so much better? Of course not. Never mind that CDs were vastly overpriced, didn’t compensate creators for said increase and singles were cut from the […]

YouTube is a transitional product. You’d think the music business would learn. That if you don’t like today’s business model, just wait for tomorrow’s. You’re gonna get another bite at the apple, the game is to acquire knowledge and enter the future with an agenda. Which is how the major labels ended up controlling streaming […]

Bad Company, Shooting Star, September 3, 2016, LA County Fair If this doesn’t make you tingle from the inside out, if this doesn’t make you shiver, you’re no fan of rock and roll, you’re no friend of mine, you’ve got no idea what the experience really is, you’re too set in your ways and afraid […]