Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


I Want You Back Again

The Valiants played "She’s Not There" at Ilene Kramer’s bat mitzvah party.  Held at Hillandale Country Club on a gray February day, I actually danced a few times.  I’d recovered from being snubbed by Nancy Moss at Bert’s party the month before.  But what I remember most is sitting at that round table, listening to […]

Ticketmaster Responds

From: Larry Solters Maybe TM should get some credit for "trying" to be totally transparent. But we always take the heat. My guess is that nobody in the industry or the public knows that the following is posted on every event page: "Our event provider clients decide at their sole discretion which of their tickets […]

The CMA Awards

What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where the CMAs are better than the VMAs? One in which the big winner is an MTV castoff, considered to be too old and too unhip for the mainstream. No, I’m not talking about Taylor Swift, I’m talking about Hootie!  Yup, Darius Rucker! He […]

Louis Messina Strikes Back

My head is spinning. First Greg Wells, now Louis Messina? Used to be you denied, denied, denied.  Now you just admit your behavior and throw it back at the accuser, saying you’re innocent and really, it’s the accuser’s fault! Greg Wells admits parts of Mika’s show are on hard drive.  Now, Louis Messina says Taylor […]