Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Trent’s Questionnaire

This is why the major labels are fucked.  You can’t ask for help IF YOU’RE SUING YOUR CUSTOMERS! I’m writing about this as a public service.  Because, unless you’re a Nine Inch Nails fan, you’ll probably be completely unaware of it.  Not that Trent gives a shit, he’s concerned about his core.  But, my point […]

Americana Music Awards

The only reason I know they’re happening is I’m on Chet Flippo’s e-mail list.  But I wasn’t planning to tune in, even though another punter e-mailed me they were being broadcast on XM. But I’m driving home from Will Rogers Park, pushing the buttons on my radio, and after sampling the 60s, 70s and 80s, […]

Denial

I’ve been trying to understand the financial crisis. I finally sat down with the newspapers and decided to read every article.  Surprisingly, I found the answer not in the "Wall Street Journal" but the "New York Times".  The problem is denial.  The investment banks just wouldn’t admit their assets were worth less than they thought […]

Re-Metallica

Hi Bob, It’s interesting to see how my local daily newspaper, Sydsvenskan (Swedish for "the south Swedish"), gets worldwide recognition. The canceled Metallica interview was commented by the editor-in-chief and legally responsible in his weekend editorial: "I can understand the record company’s anger, but it would at the same time be odd if the reviewers […]