Last week I spoke at something called CIC, which stands for "Concert Industry Consortium", Pollstar’s annual gathering of the concert geeks. And what a gathering it is, this ain’t no usual conference, EVERYBODY in the touring industry shows up. And hanging in the lobby after I was done, I was bullshitting with Lewi, Strasburg and […]

I heard Daughtry on Sirius today. There are many things wrong with Sirius.  First and foremost, the reception problem.  Secondly, the insane jive element.  With all the cliches of radio.  All the stuff Lee Abrams has excised from XM.  But I’ve come to find out that Sirius sounds better than XM.  And that Sirius plays […]

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 […]

In that eerie twilight after the sun sets, just before total darkness descends, I heard this string flourish come out of the speakers that I hadn’t heard in decades but was as familiar as my foot.  It was part of me.  Kind of like running into an old friend from summer camp, who you spent […]