We can argue over the mechanical rate, and lament that whatever it is, the major labels will negotiate it downward, but one thing’s for sure, in the future acts will own their records. The traditional deal was we find you, we pay you a bunch of money, and we own everything. Is this fair? Maybe […]

Don’t go to the Website, don’t watch the trailer, stop reading this right now and get your ass to the THEATRE! The producer has been hounding me for six weeks to see this flick. I can’t say that I wasn’t interested, but I was traveling, it was complicated. Then I started to get e-mail. Like […]

For once, the game was the star.  Not the ads, not the music, but the game.  Bob Costas says sports are a metaphor for life, today’s Super Bowl evidenced this.  With all the drama, all the heartbreak and a goddamn correction factor. Have you followed the Formula One scandal?  I’ll leave the details out other […]

Do you remember the Christmas Club?  That’s where you opened an account at the bank, and deposited fifty cents, maybe even a dollar or five, each week, so you’d have enough money for Christmas presents at the end of the year.  So you wouldn’t find yourself peering into store windows BROKE! Soon we’re gonna need […]