Universal Republic, to be exact.  Home of Chumbawamba as well as the distributor of Big Machine, home of Taylor Swift. Actually, this is a joint venture between Republic and Big Machine.  In other words, Scott Borchetta is going to Taylorize Rebecca. First move? Rebecca’s gonna move into Scott Swift’s house.  Environment is everything.  Scott’s been […]

This is the only deal that makes sense.  Because of the SYNERGIES! You remember that overused word from the eighties and nineties, right?  It was whipped out to explain every merger, as if 1+1 always equaled 3, when oftentimes it was less than 2…can you say Sprint/Nextel? The old record company model is dead.  You […]

Television never sold tickets.  It’s like being in your living room, a member of the family, would you pay to see your sister? Even though they’re taller now, because the screens are bigger, TV stars have little charisma.  Hell, one can argue TV killed rock and roll.  Where’s the mystery.  Want mystery…STAY OFF TV! Even […]

Subject: Credibility Dear Bob, My name’s Colin Hay. My good friend Michael Georgiades turned me on to your letters. I was in Men At Work in the 80’s, and have been living in California for the last 20 years, making albums and touring across the land, as a solo performer primarily. Your piece holds many […]