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SOPA Update

1. What A Difference A Day Makes! Members of Congress positions In case you’re on a mobile phone or don’t have the patience to click through to the Internet, this is a chart showing the switch in position by Congressmen after yesterday’s web blackout. On January 18th SOPA/PIPA had 80 supporters and 31 opponents. On […]

The Springsteen Single

And here’s where I take the risk I accuse Springsteen of refusing to take below. What I wrote about the Boss’s single ain’t bad, but it doesn’t pop, it doesn’t zing. But the P.S. positively rocks. So I’m gonna put it first: P.S. Watch this clip of Jackson Browne singing a newly-written protest song at […]

Which Side Are You On?

Metallica taught us the cost of being on the wrong side. The band’s still paying the price. You’ve got to be in bed with your fans. They’re lifers, they’re your family. The record company employees come and go, as do the agents, promoters and even the managers. Somehow, in the last thirty years, music has […]

Lana Del Rey On SNL

Suddenly Juliette Lewis is an expert? Isn’t that like Brad Pitt believing he can really manage a major league baseball team, or Lester Bangs thinking he can be a rock star? If you want to watch one skit from last night’s SNL, watch this one, "You Can Do Anything", which may not be hysterically funny, […]