Assuming this is true, and Drudge’s accuracy rating is not 100%, don’t get your knickers in a twist, this is solely about MONEY! With SpiralFrog, YouTube, et al, it’s been demonstrated that Doug Morris just wants a better deal, preferably a piece of the action (can you say ZUNE?) The only question is whether Steve […]

This is HYSTERICAL! Is the pint-sized rocker truly going to get the last laugh? Oh, you remember, when he changed his name, and painted "Slave" on his cheek. The big bad record company wasn’t allowing him to do what he wanted, which was to release more MUSIC! For those who’ve forgotten, that was Warner Brothers, […]

John Batdorf and James Lee Stanley, performing their acoustic rearrangements of Stones songs, some solo stuff and recounting a bunch of rock history, like how Batdorf was signed to Ahmet’s Atlantic but then asked to be switched to Geffen’s Asylum for the second album and ultimately ended up on Clive’s Arista, which is the last […]

It was positively MINDBLOWING! If you weren’t at least ten or eleven back in ’64 you’ve got no idea, you’ve got no concept of BEATLEMANIA! And that’s what was in evidence this evening at possibly the world’s most famous record store. I mean I’m standing with Felice and Peter Paterno and you can hear WHISPERS! […]