Sennheiser Momentum These are too good for MP3s. Credit Jimmy Iovine. He’s gonna bring back hi-fi. By marketing the hell out of the mediocre Beats brand, he’s waking the rest of the headphone industry up to the opportunities. Who knew kids would pay $350 for a pair of headphones? It’s an aspirational culture. Everybody wants […]

It’s about the experience. Which is why the rockers and the rappers just can’t understand it. Never mind the labels and the traditional concert promoters, who seem to have finally woken up. Think about this. If you grew up playing soccer, not baseball or football, despite those sports getting all the mainstream press, and you […]

It’s about the money, not the statement. Do you write ten tunes in your head every two or three years? And in between have long stretches of absolute darkness? Do you not sleep for months and then get under the covers for weeks at a time? The album is an antiquated construct that fits the […]

THEN We had to drive to the record store on Tuesday to buy the new releases. NOW The new releases are available at midnight on the internet. THEN If you didn’t get to the store early enough, the new release sold out. Or never came into the store to begin with. NOW Music never gets […]