“I close for a living.” –Scott Borchetta Yes, he was there, and I could have listened to him all night, the journey from 19 year old bass player on the road with a country band to the majordomo of today’s most successful label(s). That’s right, Scott’s got a few, because each can only work a […]

It’s not your father’s Grammys. Forget all the horseshit about Madonna being snubbed. Prince too. These are not lifetime achievement awards, rather recognition of what is popular and successful. Yup, that’s what we’ve got. Not only were the alta kachers eliminated, we didn’t have any of the cred artists either, except Alabama Shakes and Chris […]

The nip slip was the best thing to ever happen to the Super Bowl. After Prince’s triumphant performance that is. Quick, name who won that nip slip game! Or even last year’s game? The Super Bowl is a national holiday wherein we all come together to eat too much, get drunk and have fun. A […]

Not that you’d know that. The news story is how Songkick flubbed the sale by revealing buyers’ info. Songkick says nothing of consequence was revealed. But the public flips out over data breaches. Rightfully so. All of which means it’s hard to do big things on a big scale. And despite so many flaws in […]