What do they call them, guilty pleasures? Recordings have finally been disconnected from careers. Did you catch Troy Carter tear SoundScan a new asshole in Friday’s L.A. "Times"? Billboard’s sales-chart tweaks not a hit with everyone You’ve got to read Bill Werde’s response, it’s priceless. ‘It’s probably smart business to make sure as many people […]

I had a drink with a friend of mine at Soho House today. It’s the office for those without one. People who travel the world and need a place to hang. And right now there are too many thirtysomething wannabes populating the establishment in L.A., but we first got together at the Soho House in […]

The label screwed up. Interscope gave iTunes a one week exclusive and violated its agreement. The track should be back up on Spotify in four days. Van Halen had nothing to do with pulling it down. Then again, they certainly approved the ticket prices! But that’s music today. If everybody’s doing it, why shouldn’t we? […]

There’s no money in the damn record anyway. So why was Van Halen’s "Tattoo" pulled from Spotify in the U.S. (and not in the U.K?) I’m sick and tired of these acts putting money first. Refusing to be on the bleeding edge but insisting on pulling up the rear, screaming, kicking and crying all the […]