“Apple’s coziness with musicians, which it facilitates in part by paying a higher royalty rate per stream than Spotify, has always been crucial to its brand” From: “Why Zane Lowe and Apple Music are betting on live radio in an on-demand era” “Los Angeles Times”: https://shorturl.at/C1kEJ Makes me crazy when the mainstream media gets it […]

He did the sound at Newport when Dylan went electric. He produced Nick Drake and Richard Thompson and many more. This is the story of someone who lived his life in the music business, left his mark and survived to tell the story. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/joe-boyd/id1316200737?i=1000684220148       https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/af4b4cf9-a26a-4b2a-8caf-90dad4e94d5d/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-joe-boyd

Free link: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-man-who-was-so-mean-to-taylor-swift-music-lefsetz-5832129a?st=GQ821t&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink Normally I don’t believe in self-hype. Then again, I’ve gotten a number of requests for the link, which is behind a paywall…and when am I going to ring the bell like this again anyway! You may have already seen/read this, as it went live online on December 27th. But I wanted to […]

“Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg”: https://tinyurl.com/2dwp2duv 1 It’s on Hulu. And if you’re a dedicated Stones fan it’s a must-see. But if you’re just looking for a film to watch, and not interested in how all the pieces fit together, you can skip it. I know, I know, I’m supposed to write about […]