From Dave Cool:Subject: Guitarist Jon Gomm turns down Britain’s Got Talent: "Simon Cowell can kiss my ass" Hi Bob, A video by UK guitarist Jon Gomm recently went viral thanks to a tweet from British comedic legend Stephen Fry. Here’s the story, the video that went viral, and the tweet: "’Wow!’ Stephen Fry’s one-word tweet […]

What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where the Golden Globes are simulcast, but the Grammys are on tape delay? All the action was online last night. Twitter was aflare. If you think the Grammy ratings spiked because of the show, you probably believe CDs are ripe for a comeback. The […]

So I’m having dinner with Randy Phillips and he says he never lies. Because you can Google the truth in an instant. But too many reporters don’t Google, or believe everything they see there. You’ve got to watch this RayWJ takedown of the "Wall Street Journal" article about him: FIGHTING THE ELEPHANT – Ray William […]

Re: BitTorrent activity on Paul McCartney’s "Kisses on the Bottom," the album is being traded at a fraction of comparable titles. Van Halen’s "A Different Kind Of Truth," also released yesterday, is being traded at about 4X the volume of "Kisses," and Leonard Cohen’s "Old Ideas" is seeing more than double the audience of McCartney’s […]