Lady GaGa is the 1%. I don’t mean she’s to be hated, that she has no talent, only that she won, she’s ubiquitous, she’s rich. And odds are you’re not going to be. Society demands a certain amount of commonality, things we all know about and comment upon. It’s usually based on quality, but not […]

I rarely feel behind the curve, but when Nic Adler started talking about the social endeavors of the Roxy, my head started to spin, I felt as if the world was passing me by. Marty Winsch said it was all about the music, that too many people are social-networking instead of practicing, and I believe […]

90% of the tickets go to bots. Okay, you’re sitting in your underwear, it’s Saturday at 10 AM, you’ve logged on to ticketmaster.com to buy tickets for your favorite act and you’re locked out, or the tickets you ultimately get are in the nosebleed section. Why? THE BOTS! In the first five minutes of the […]

Twenty five years ago, there was a breakthrough, 1984 to be exact. Suddenly this soundtrack was flying out of the stores, even though the movie it came from was a veritable stiff. That album was "Eddie and the Cruisers". And the reason it was successful, was blowing up months and months after the film had […]