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More Memory Almost Full

This record is positively AWFUL! I’m surprised there aren’t SUICIDES at Starbucks. That baristas haven’t offed themselves rather than endure this piece of crap all day long. Anybody who says this album is good has no ears. Maybe literally. Certainly was never exposed to Paul’s previous solo work. Have you revisited "McCartney"? Famous for "Maybe […]

Million Sellers

As soon as I got home from hearing Little Big Town on the satellite, I fired up SoundScan to see how many albums they’d sold. Noticing they’d crossed the million copy threshold with "The Road To Here", I looked to see what other acts in the Top 100 had hit achieved milestone. Here is my […]

Selling Little Big Town

They were playing Little Big Town on both Sirius and XM. Sirius plays directly through my Alpine head unit. And installed right beneath that is my XM Commander, plugged into the Alpine’s Aux outlet for full-range sound. So, while I’m listening on Sirius, I can see what’s playing on XM simultaneously. And switch if I […]

Critical Mistakes

Verizon/iPhone The "Wall Street Journal" revealed that Steve Jobs approached Verizon. Wouldn’t you? Verizon Wireless is the kingpin, Cingular’s merger with AT&T might have given that entity a few more subscribers, but that merger was necessitated by the need to compete with the Verizon/Vodafone juggernaut. Verizon uses better technology, CDMA, and has fewer deadspots, partially […]