What kind of crazy, f*cked up world do we live in where Morgan Wallen outstreams Ed Sheeran? One in which Latin and country eclipse the traditionally narrow hip-hop/pop music perceived to be dominant in America. “‘To a large degree, the charts you mention are engineered by whoever has the biggest financial resources anyway; it massively […]

“Mary Turner, pioneering KMET disc jockey who ruled L.A. rock radio, dies at 76”: https://lat.ms/42ybm2b She e-mailed me a few times, very nicely in fact, which can be a rarity amongst those who have been there and done that. And I never met her, but I know her. Every L.A. rock fan does, those who […]

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Spotify: https://spoti.fi/41tMcR3 YouTube: https://bit.ly/42wWwce I subscribe to this newsletter from Ashley Carman at Bloomberg. It’s entitled “Soundbite,” but mostly it’s about podcasting, which has been in flux recently. Seems that everybody with a big name who’s been given a podcast is having an extremely hard time gaining traction. Turns out being a star is not […]