We’re in New York for the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation Teacher Awards at Carnegie Hall.  They’re not until Friday, but we flew in early so we could have dinner with Malcolm Gladwell, the rest of our time being totally booked.  He told a great story analogizing the world to David and Goliath, but that’s his […]

With the death of the CD, the Fayetteville, Arkansas company has decided to deliver what the public truly wants, tickets. Aware of their failed online music strategy, said tickets will only be available in stores, delivering what Wal-Mart truly wants, foot traffic. Shows will be offered on an act by act basis, everything will not […]

Heard anybody talk about "Black Ice" recently?  How about "Long Road Out Of Eden"? Those albums were made for the paycheck, not the music.  Upon delivery, the parties involved got a huge sum from Wal-Mart, a guaranteed payment for a certain number of albums that the retailer gave up the right to return. This is […]

You’ve got to stop making albums. In today’s "New York Times", there’s a story about the gaming industry, wherein it is stated that the usual suspects, the PlayStation3, Xbox360 and even the vaunted Wii, are getting blindsided by the iPhone/iPod Touch.  Games for this new mobile platform are cheap, if not free, and there’s no […]