What a great evening! We took the gondola into town…  You go up, and then you go…DOWN!  It’s like a thrill ride, definitely an E-ticket.  So steep.  Can’t wait to come here to go skiing. Meanwhile, we’re on the gondola with two other people.  One a stoner bike rider and the other a fortysomething woman.  […]

If Spotify’s premise is that they need the majors to launch – if that is the hurdle they have set for themselves – then they will never launch.  When Amazon went to a no-DRM service the majors initially said no, but Amazon said "fine, we will launch with all independents if that’s what it takes" […]

"’The goal in life,’ Mr. Walker said, ‘is to work for yourself, and with your friends.’" Lollapalooza and Its Promoters Rise on the Stage of Chicago Corporatization killed the music business. Come on, the business was built by entrepreneurs.  Everyone from Ahmet Ertegun to Brian Epstein to Robert Stigwood.  Forces of nature, these were go-getters […]

Do they charge you for the first hit of dope?  Do they make you buy a car without a test drive?  Then what makes the rights holders believe that Rdio or MOG or Rhapsody will be successful? Don’t point to iTunes.  The iTunes Store is a failure.  The music industry needs a cap on the […]