He was a friend of mine. Too often famous artists are unapproachable, glum, they see you coming and they clam up or run. But that was not Phil. Phil almost always had a smile on his face. He was open to discussion. He was as passionate and excited talking about the albums of yore as […]

Starting May 1st, all Warner albums will be funded by Kickstarter. Perennially third, the smallest of the three majors saw a need to shake it up, to move ahead of Sony and Universal in the game of music production. Lucian Grainge bought EMI, believing it was all about market share, economies of scale…but that’s positively […]

She’s mentally ill. That’s what they don’t tell you about so many of your heroes, the rock stars of yore, their hold on reality is very tenuous. I’m not saying that Shocked should be forgiven, that her comments were either valid or the right thing to say, but you must look at them through the […]

He didn’t say a thing. Well, that’s not completely true, but he held his cards very close to his vest, and really didn’t show any. What did we learn? That he learned from the Sullivans you can charge venues to play there, as opposed to the reverse. First and foremost, Michael Cohl looks like a […]