Archive for the 'The Music' Category


The Springsteen Ticket Fracas

Too many people wanted too many tickets. Are Live Nation, Ticketmaster and Bruce Springsteen evil entities out to screw everybody? No. Let’s investigate. First and foremost, the goal is to eliminate scalping. I don’t think anybody would argue with the fact that Springsteen should get the benefit of all ticket sales, i.e. the revenue therefrom. […]

The Decline Of New Music

This story has been buzzing for months, but I point you to a recent article on the decline of new music in the United States: “It’s Official: New Music Is Shrinking In Popularity In The United States”: https://bit.ly/3uZw9gv Is new music not as good? I’d argue that case, but that is not what is happening […]

More Opening Acts

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Streetlife Serenader

Spotify playlist: https://spoti.fi/3O70Erp 1 “Songs In the Attic” is my favorite Billy Joel album. I got on the Billy Joel train with “Glass Houses,” his “new wave” album. By this time Billy was an established quantity, a man with tracks on AM and FM, but that was not the case previously, especially nationally. You see […]