Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Saying No

Have you seen that Charli XCX ad for Uber Eats? I’ve got no problem with Uber Eats. I get a monthly credit with my Amex card and when I do order delivery, that’s the app I use. Not that Uber has a great future. The question is whether self-driving cars need Uber to be successful. […]

Me On Rick Beato

I hesitated sending this to you because of the hateful comments and my screw-up of the name of Fontaines D.C., but thinking about it… Normally my words are filtered through the lens of a journalist, whereas here you get it straight from the horse’s mouth, i.e. me. So…

Beyoncé Backlash

This is why the Democrats lost. I’m not watching the Grammys, and who cares. Of course I tuned in for the lame opening. I heard it was going to be “I Love L.A.,” but I expected the man himself, Randy Newman, instead of Dawes and a coterie of the half-dead. Either do it right or […]

AmericanaFest Salute To John Hiatt

1 Isn’t that Fred Tackett? Dealing with seating by the side of the upstairs bleachers… I heard “Slow Turning” in the background. And I sneaked a look forward and… There was this white-haired guy wailing on guitar and… I scanned the Troubadour stage and I saw Billy Payne on keys. And Kenny Gradney was on […]