Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Mika At The Palladium

We’re fucked. I was standing in the back of the Palladium, all jazzed up, when I realized something.  Almost this ENTIRE SHOW was on hard drive! Let me paint a picture.  Although we could get a spot in the parking lot no problem, the hall was pretty full.  People were lining up to pay for […]

Garth’s Idiocy

I guess they don’t have Internet down in Oklahoma. Or maybe Garth Brooks is still on dialup, or is too busy taking his kids to school to know what’s really going on. Apple destroyed the music business.  Apple must be stopped. Isn’t that like fighting in Afghanistan when Al-Qaeda is in Pakistan? Oops! But this […]

New Diamond Shreddies!

"Shreddies is supposed to be square!" It’s hip to be smart. You might think, watching the inanity parade, that everybody reveres Khloe Kardashian, that everyone’s enamored of the MTV/gossip blog no-talents. You’re wrong. Sure, it’s fun to watch these idiots act like they’ve got no parents, and no obvious future, but the average citizen is […]

Live at Palais des Congres, Paris 10-2-09

The best track on "Tumbleweed Connection" is "Come Down In Time". It’s not my favorite.  That’s "Where To Now St. Peter?"  But "Come Down In Time", following the opener, "Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun", is like walking into your dark house after a party.  It’s suddenly quiet, you’re alone with your thoughts.  Every time I […]