You can’t get a good ticket.  Not unless you’re an insider or you’re willing to pay a ton of dough on the aftermarket.  To what degree is this hurting the music industry? There’s a fascinating analysis on ESPN’s site that claims that the luxury box, high-priced ticket stadiums in the NFL have eviscerated home field […]

My inbox is filling up with this inane story. What blows my mind is that the "New York Times" can write this tripe with no analysis and Websites like Rollingstone.com can repeat it.  This wouldn’t have happened when Jeff Leeds was on the beat.  But he’s gone.  Cut off your nose to spite your face.  […]

1. Who Is The Leader Of The Tribe? What got fucked up in the nineties was that the label became the tribe leader, the label made the decisions. The leader of the tribe is the act. Everything flows from the act. As Jim Guerinot told me, it’s the act’s name on the marquee. If an […]

Youngsters might think that Jimi Hendrix was the beneficiary of a huge hit.  But although "Are You Experienced" exploded in 1968, "Purple Haze" was never heard on AM radio.  Nor "Foxey Lady". Hendrix was anathema to Top Forty radio.  His sound was too different, he was ignored. Focusing on Joel Whitburn books, one might think […]