I’m reading this book by Jonah Lehrer, ” Imagine: How Creativity Works .” Since I purchased it, upon the recommendation of Tom Rush, Mr. Lehrer has become embroiled in scandal of his own device. It appears he plagiarizes himself. As in he repeats choice chunks of his writing in multiple articles. Worse sins have been […]

You’re just not willing to work that hard. So I sauntered up to the Pop Tart Gallery after parking my car on a side street convinced when I returned it would be minus the radio. You see this is not what we call a good neighborhood. 6th Street east of Vermont. Hell, I think if […]

“Old Records Are Outselling New Ones for the First Time” That’s why Lucian Grainge wants EMI. If you think he’s going to operate what’s left of the legendary label, after stripping off parts to satisfy the EU, you’ve got no sense of music history. Mergers are about contraction. Remember PolyGram? With its Polydor, A&M and […]

My inbox is going berserk with this: Holy Ship At the risk of overloading you with a third e-mail, and I know after two sign-offs increase dramatically, I must say I know Gary Richards, I know about this cruise… And for those paying attention, and I know by the volume of e-mail I’m getting on […]