I like Jim. But it looks like he’s protecting his job, like he’s too deep in the old model to see the new. Bottom line, we’re not gonna have an ISP tax. You know why?  Because the ISPs don’t want it.  Because if they cough up some money to the music industry, then they’re gonna […]

I went to lunch with an A&R man.  Fascinating experience, because they’re all hit-driven, it’s like they live in a different world from everybody e-mailing me about the Hold Steady and the National…they’ve got to put up numbers.  Quickly. And this guy was lamenting how long it took to break a record. He was talking […]

I didn’t get to sleep until 3 AM Saturday because I was riveted by this book.  Fred Goodman was telling the story of the implosion of the Warner Music Group. It seems like ancient history.  But fifteen years ago, Bob Morgado and Doug Morris conspired to exclude Bob Krasnow and demote Mo Ostin so they […]

I seriously doubt the management team of Live Nation is capable of running the company.  Concert promotion is about shows, not Wall Street presentations (which the company also does poorly.) You’ve got to read the comments about Tom Petty’s show at the Gorge.  There’s no excuse for an experience like this. Before Live Nation acquired […]