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Live Nation Cancels Shows

Unilaterally.  Supposedly 200 at CAA alone. This has been the buzz of L.A. for days, but has gotten no mainstream media attention. We know it’s been a bad summer…  But this bad? The concert giant is trying to save itself.  Which is the exact opposite of its behavior since its inception, which was about overpaying […]

Good Old War Sells Out The Troubadour

Huh? I was just doing a favor.  That was supposed to include a meal at legendary watering hole Dan Tana’s, which is the source of as much rock and roll lore as the Troubadour bar.  But we couldn’t get into Tana’s, so the boys went up the Boulevard to the Indian place.  And it was […]

Short Attention Spans

"As with primitive peoples who believe that eating fierce animals will make them fierce, they assume that watching quick cuts in rock videos turns your mental life into quick cuts or that reading bullet points and Twitter postings turns your thoughts into bullet points and Twitter postings." Mind Over Mass Media Every day people throw […]

Sting At Red Rocks For 75 Cents

Sting At Red Rocks For 75 Cents – phishook.com From: Dan MillenSubject:     Fw: PHISH in Hartford & Saratoga! These two shows are not doing so hot. Seeing below face offers on all my lists. Even the mighty Phish this year aint goin clean. PHISH – Coming to Hartford and Saratoga!