PAPERLESS TICKETING From: Matt OSubject: Thom Yorke tix avail a week after release? 14 US shows, 2 in california.  A week after release there are still Thom Yorke tix available for the tiny Santa Barbara Bowl. At first I thought it was a misprint.  Turns out, you have to swipe the credit card you used […]

DA PLANE I do my best to fly American.  Yup, that loyalty program works.  If I’m Gold, which I am, I don’t have to pay for bags and…I can get upgraded…which happened just last week! But not to Toronto.  The front of the plane was booked.  I had to sit in the back. Not too […]

People are buying "Soldier Of Love" because they’re planning on playing it. This is not Susan Boyle hysteria, a media-fed frenzy where people want to belong to a cult, to something, to feel human, to belong. It’s not even a holiday gift item.  Sure, "Soldier Of Love"’s release coincided with Valentine’s Day, but its sales […]

That’s "Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives" to the uninitiated. Food porn.  That’s what the Food Network is.  And it’s SO successful Scripps is dialing up another outlet, the Cooking Channel Another Cable Helping for Food Lovers You see the public just can’t get enough. Yes, that used to be a famous Depeche Mode song, from an […]