Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Chris Isaak In The Snow

That was one of the most surreal concert experiences EVER! We’re in Colorado, for Spring Back To Vail.  Don’t give me any recession shit.  It’s cheaper to be here than in L.A.  Maybe because Vail Resorts figured out it was better to sell everybody lift tickets cheaper than to sell a few ducats at high […]

Saving Pirate Boyle

So let me get this straight.  The Pirate Bay shuts down and suddenly all its users go legit, stop trading and start buying the wares of the entertainment companies.  What did Roger Daltrey sing in the Who’s "Naked Eye"?  IT DON’T REALLY HAPPEN THAT WAY AT ALL? I sympathize with the rights holders.  Their wares […]

Dylan On Buffett

You live long enough and you no longer worry about perception.  You know life is brief, that yours will soon be over and that the world is a game, where the winners lose and the losers frequently win.  Money can’t buy you love and fame doesn’t make you happy.  But a trusted companion and a […]

France

Gayle Fine at Q Prime gave me permission to tweet on Passover. So I had to send one about the ISP vote in France.  It didn’t pass.  My buddies John Kennedy and Paul McGuinness have egg on their faces.  I can understand Kennedy fighting the tide, that’s his job, he’s paid by record companies, but […]