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Mailbag

From: Tim Palmer Subject: Sandy Roberton Bob, I’m completely devastated to report that my manager of almost 40 years, the legendary Sandy Roberton has died. I first met him while I was engineering for a German producer/client of Sandy’s called Zeus B. Held in London. We were working on the Dead or Alive album. Sandy […]

Mailbag

From: Steve Stewart Subject: Re: Too Much Springsteen / Ticketmaster Boycott Date: July 26, 2022 at 8:05:14 PM PDT I have a quick Ticketmaster story for you, Bob – Back in the mid-90s, when I was managing Stone Temple Pilots, I was in close touch with Kelly Curtis, who was managing Pearl Jam. Kelly’s tour […]

The Playlist Fallacy

You may or may not be aware of the CMA announcement yesterday. The bottom line, streaming works fine. Needless to say, the songwriters, the indies, are up in arms. So, what is the CMA? It’s the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority. You remember, they held hearings. And now they say there’s not going to be […]

DragonFly Cobalt

https://bit.ly/3PkyJWf This thing is ASTOUNDING! I mean it’s tinier than a pack of gum, MUCH smaller, yet it packs an AMAZING PUNCH! You see I wanted a DAC so I could listen to hi-res music on my Mac. I’ve got an external DAC/Amplifier, the ALO International, that’s about the size of a pack of cigarettes, […]