From Nashville to the swamp. Both XM and Sirius have their mainstream country channels, and their swamp stations. XM’s is entitled X Country. I thought the X stood for extreme, out there, DANGEROUS! But it turns out that’s not true. The X stands for CROSS Country. How disappointing. Still, the station can be riveting. You’ve […]

This show ended HOURS ago, but I’m just firing it up now. Actually, I caught a bit of the last half hour, as I was icing my knees after hiking. Kellie Pickler! I knew that song! Shit, I watch the Grammys and I’m clueless, yet every number on the CMAs is familiar. I can’t fast […]

Chris Rock: Music kind of sucks. Nobody’s into being a musician. Everybody’s getting their mogul on. You’ve been so infiltrated by this corporate mentality that all the time you’d spend getting great songs together, you’re busy doing nine other things that have nothing to do with art. You know how shitty Stevie Wonder’s songs would […]

I’m sick and tired of the constant debate about Radiohead’s business model. It WASN’T a business model. It was a one time stunt that is not the future of the music business and will only be replicated by fools. Want to make some money? Sell t-shirts. Charge for gigs. Create a fan club (that actually […]