Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


TV Placement

If I get one more e-mail from an act telling me that their worthless music was featured in some lame TV show I’m gonna puke. I don’t give a flying fuck that some hipster music supervisor with no budget featured a few seconds of your lame track.  And neither does the public. In an era […]

Online Monopolies

While Steve Jobs has been pontificating in NoCal, I’ve been reading the newspapers.  I was struck by an article in the "Wall Street Journal", saying that the Justice Department appears to be gearing up to sue Google. Do you use Google? As Dave Matthews would say, I use it everyday.  There’s just nothing as good.  […]

The VMAs

So can we all agree that MTV ruined music?  Changed it from something you hear into something you see?  From aural to visual?  From life force to entertainment? You know how you know MTV is done?  THE PAINT IS NO LONGER DRIPPING OFF THE LOGO!  The original team fought for that, it was their cheekiness, […]

Nine Inch Nails At The Forum

You get me closer to God I saw them bust a bootlegger. One of the problems with feeling safe is that you’re not.  Unless, maybe, you never leave  your house. After swerving around a black Nissan with steam pouring from under its hood, I ascended the freeway ramp leading to Randy’s Donuts, Manchester Boulevard and […]