I just lost two days of my life to Slacker Radio. Actually, the story starts earlier, with I Heart Radio. No, it starts before that with that labyrinth app, that Gwen Lewi showed me. I think it was Gwen.  I was over at her papa’s house, Jim Lewi, agent extraordinaire at the Agency Group, and […]

Sunday afternoon (or evening, depending on your time zone), America will experience its one remaining tribal rite, the Super Bowl. The Oscars are toast, the Grammys a laugh, and "American Idol" so 2007.  Used to be you went to the movies so you’d have something to talk about at parties.  Then, collectively, everybody agreed the […]

They weren’t kidding when Warner Brothers said they couldn’t release audiophile CDs to the general public.  The level is ASTOUNDINGLY low.  I’ve got plenty of power, but I’ve never cranked my computer speakers that loud.  And I’ve got great computer speakers (AUX).  But I wasn’t wowed. I wanted to write and tell you how fucking […]

Can Fox News Survive? I’m not talking about Rachel Maddow and I’m not talking about Obama.  I’m speaking of the dreaded Internet, which has eviscerated the music business to the point where even Interscope is laying off staffers. CNN.com rules online news.  And that’s a significant sphere.  By 3:30 on Tuesday, CNN.com had served 21.3 […]