If this were the future of music retailing, Wal-Mart would get out of the CD business because CDBaby eviscerated its revenue. Please, please, please, let us state now and for all time, the hardest thing to do in the music sphere is find good talent.  Just about all bands suck.  Ask the major labels, what’s […]

Ever see a western?  With the posse in pursuit of the bad guys?  What does the brainiac ALWAYS say?  LET’S CUT THEM OFF AT THE PASS! Maybe record execs didn’t watch enough TV, maybe they aren’t aware of this most basic concept.  You don’t succeed by convincing people to play nice, to come back to […]

I just found out there’s a Bruce Hornsby boxed set.  Oh, you might not care, but that’s exactly the point. Been reading Lee Gomes in the "Wall Street Journal"?  Refuting "The Long Tail"?  He had some interesting statistics last week It May Be a Long Time Before the Long Tail Is Wagging the Web  but […]

Gnarls Barkley sold nearly 60,000 CDs last week. It’s not because people love the act, think it’s here to stay, believe that Gnarls Barkley is the next Beatles, but because they love the SINGLE! "Crazy" is one of the best tracks of the year.  But there’s nothing else on "St. Elsewhere" close in quality or […]