This year’s Alabama Shakes. I’m a triangulator. I wait until all indicators flash red. Then I pay attention. I’m not saying I did not check out St. Paul & The Broken Bones from the initial e-mail regarding their music, but when friends start tweeting about it, when more people start e-mailing me about it, I […]

“Why Wu-Tang Will Release Just One Copy Of Its Secret Album” They’ve already achieved their goal. Money comes after awareness, and today awareness is all about cool. How can you create something that gets people to forward your message? That’s how I found out, I don’t read the almost worthless “Forbes” on a regular basis. […]

Watch Richard Greenfield’s YouTube video: Popcorn Time Thank god we’re in the music business, we’ve already been through the transition, we’ve already been pushed back to zero, we’re in an era of rebirth so strong that if you think the music business is in trouble, you’re not in it. Blockbuster acts make more money than […]

I read it with my iPhone. No, I don’t read it ON my iPhone, (oh wait, that’s not true, I do, the night before, when I can’t wait for tomorrow’s news), but with my handheld wireless device by my side, in my pocket, ready to look up anybody who says something provocative or intimate…I want […]