Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Ellen’s Label

And Letterman’s too.  Didn’t they get the memo, that today you want to be the MANAGER? If running a record label were so damn good, would Jimmy Iovine be selling Beats headphones and trying to save sound with HP? Are these celebs truly that out of touch? America’s not that unsophisticated.  Hell, just look at […]

Lying

Blame Bill Clinton.  If the President can lie, why shouldn’t I? It’s an epidemic.  From Wall Street down to Main Street.  The truth is for losers. Like Floyd Landis. Of course Lance Armstrong is doping.  You’ve got to dope to win.  And that’s what he’ll say when he’s ultimately caught.  Actually, he’s been caught already, […]

From Jac Holzman

Bob – Honored to have been singled out by you. It was really so simple. If you took care of the music and your artists, exercised taste and common sense, the music took care of you. It was about about love of the process, of just being an indie — nimble of instinct and wit, […]

I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For

When U2 releases another album, they should not play every awards show known to man, they should not subject themselves to television interviewers, they should go straight to the public, their fans. Somewhere along the line, Bono separated himself from his audience.  Sure, it was admirable that he was trying to save Africa, but suddenly […]