This is fucked up. The way I understood it, you had the option of paying 99 cents for the usual version, or $1.29 for the hi-res one. Seems simple enough.  They exist side by side.  You just choose which one you want.  But NO! So I upgrade my iTunes software, and then search for one […]

YAHOO LYRICS The Perils of Online Song Lyrics(watch the video in the center of the page for the essence) Whenever I speak at a conference, I analogize the online music sphere to the wild west.  Robbers have removed all the assets from the local bank and have ridden off into the sunset.  What to do? […]

I just got back from Burbank.  I was moving along swimmingly until I hit Westwood.  I’m reminded of why I stay home so much.  Hell, why go anywhere when the world is right here in front of me, on my 23" HD screen?  I can fire up the Web and go anywhere, INSTANTLY!  The real […]

Believe it or not, there was a time when most people didn’t think music sucked, when they paid attention, when music drove the culture.  Before the labels were owned by fat cats blaming their audience for not buying their overpriced, overproduced, overmassaged cartoon acts. Culture has changed.  Stars are no longer unreachable.  Rather they’re in […]