1. People Want To Belong We’re tribal, we abhor a vacuum, how can you make us believe in you? The lesson of the Internet age is that traditional media may not reach the target audience. In other words, just because it’s in the newspaper, that does not mean everybody knows about it. Even worse, just […]

Is Beyonce’s album already done? Looks like it. Hopefully Sony will be able to eke out a few hit singles, but the publicity burst is over and we’re ready for the next thing. Springsteen’s album is teed up. I give it until February 1st to be gone. How did this happen? How did the world […]

It’s an ersatz show with barely more than meaningless medals, but it does prove that the arts are our nation’s heritage, its driver, its soul. I mean when you see the President and his wife rocking out, you know that music moves the country in a way no other medium can, and if you just […]

1. Michael Rapino He writes the checks. And in the twenty first century, it’s all about money. It’s not how many albums you sell, but how many tickets. The live business rules. Live Nation is the dominant player. Sure, anybody can write a check once, but if you want to tour the world, more than […]