Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


James Taylor/Warner Brothers

“52 Ways to Screw an Artist, by Warner Bros. Records” Their maps may suck, but at least they’re honest. Yup, that’s what pisses me off. All the people suing Apple for its iTunes accounting practices, claiming they’ve been screwed. You know Apple, famous for paying late, if at all. Never honoring a deal. Forcing you […]

Sales Week Ending-9/16/12

1. Dave Matthews Band “Away From The World” Sales this week: 265,961 Debut It sounds like what once was. Before Dave took a detour, trying to become a hitmaker, when hits still mattered. And I do like “Everyday,” but I prefer Dave’s darker material, made from the left of center as opposed to the heart […]

Breaking Bad

It’s the best show on television. Who cares about a show with a twisted concept featuring a sitcom star on a second-rate cable network? Not many. Only the TV aficionados. Who beat the drum for “Breaking Bad” to the point that now, in its final season, there’s mania. People enduring weekend marathons just to catch […]

Romney And The Disconnect

Didn’t he know there was a camera there? Forget the content of Mitt Romney’s remarks. What troubles me is he’s so out of the loop, technologically and socially, that he didn’t realize that anything you say outside of the privacy of your own bathroom, alone, in the dark, is no longer private, and will surface, […]