Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


The Brits

Enough with the self-congratulatory backslapping. Despite the stratospheric ratings, the Grammys were positively antiquated, with a ton of duets/medleys and staging that was state of the art ten years ago. Look at this: 2012 – Ed Sheeran ‘Lego House’ (live) The special effects blow everything at the Grammys away. This performance makes Nicki Minaj look […]

The Curious Case Of Van Halen

The album is FANTASTIC! At least that’s the buzz. I may have been the only person who liked "Tattoo", but all the fanboys love the album. But nobody’s buying it. It sold only 187,494 copies in its debut week. And it’s not lighting up the Mediabase charts either, "Tattoo" is number 26 at Active Rock […]

Tonight In Hollywood

1. I saw a man with forty six Lean Cuisines. I counted them. This was actually on Ventura Boulevard, at the Ralphs. I went there in search of Dannon Coffee yogurt, which turned out to be on sale, so I didn’t want to use self checkout, but I’m getting ahead of myself. I wanted to […]

Mountain Lion

Apple’s Mountain Lion Makes the Mac More Like the iPad It’s Apple’s new operating system. Huh? I’d bet most of you haven’t even bothered to install Lion. But rather than trying to convince you, the train is moving down the track, it’s not coming back to pick you up, you’ve got to run after it. […]