What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where the Golden Globes are simulcast, but the Grammys are on tape delay? All the action was online last night. Twitter was aflare. If you think the Grammy ratings spiked because of the show, you probably believe CDs are ripe for a comeback. The […]

This is music’s greatest night. If they dropped a bomb on the L.A. Convention Center, they’d have to start all over, the entire infrastructure of the mainstream music business would be wiped out. And you might not think that’s a bad thing, but the old days are through, the labels no longer dominate, and it’s […]

Updated: Paul McCartney Is Now Pulling His Albums from ‘All Streaming Services…’ Nobody gives a shit about his standards album anyway. Despite the reproduction of press releases in mainstream media, despite the reviews of said album in same, no one really cares. That’s the dirty little secret of being a classic rocker, you’re done, you’re […]

They were DANCING! Last Thursday night I went to the Hotel Cafe to see Ed Sheeran. He was really quite special, he knew how to work the audience, he had them singing along, literally, helping him out with harmonies both on stage and off. Normally the acts there are nervous and unformed, beginning their careers. […]