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More Pandora

Blog: Pandora and Artist Payments He’s at it again. Tim Westergren is not running a music service, but a religion. He expects his flock to follow him blindly, leaving their minds behind, all with the goal of lining his pockets. He owns stock worth double digit millions, yet he’s complaining the company’s getting screwed. Who […]

Jimmy Iovine

This is the number one album on iTunes as I write this: “The Heist” Macklemore & Ryan Lewis It contains the song “Jimmy Iovine.” You can hear it here: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Jimmy Iovine (feat. Ab-Soul) You can read the lyrics here: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Jimmy Iovine Lyrics Although there are […]

Sugarman

I don’t believe it. And even a cursory read of Wikipedia tells you it’s not true. Hell, this is a guy who toured Australia with Midnight Oil! Did you watch the “60 Minutes” piece? I’m loath to write this because Rodriguez appears to be such a humble, good-hearted soul. But the bastards promoting this movie […]

Sales-Week Ending-9/30/12

1. Mumford & Sons “Babel” Sales this week: 599,915 Debut The revolution has begun! And it will not be televised! You’ve waited a long time, ever since 1999, when Napster reared its ugly head until a year later when everybody found out about it and shortly thereafter when everybody else got a high speed connection […]