The American radio landscape was changed forever by two tracks.  Soft Cell’s "Tainted Love" and Human League’s "Don’t You Want Me".  KROQ played both, KMET refused to do so, KROQ is arguably the most valuable music station in America today and KMET is defunct, for a long time now, replaced by a soft jazz station […]

A great day for Apple. Not such a good day for Amazon, Google and the recording industry. Apple has a problem.  Android penetration.  I could mention RIM/BlackBerry, but if you think that company and its devices still count, you’re Canadian.  Android sales have superseded those of iPhones.  How to beat back the tide? Software. Software […]

Ricky Wilson, the lead singer of the Kaiser Chiefs, did not want me to print his e-mail, as you can tell by reading his missive below. But I thought it was important.  I asked him for permission, and he relented. We live in changing times, and we’re most interested in those who try new things, […]

If you want to sign to a label… Last night we went out to dinner with Daniel Glass and his wife, and then to see Glassnote’s new signing, Givers, at the Bootleg Theatre. We met at Craig’s. Craig’s is the new hip joint on Melrose.  And the story is important.  Because Craig used to be […]