I got on a Neil Diamond kick. Reading about his fantastic live business my synapses fired, I needed to hear him RIGHT NOW! Turns out I only had "Cherry, Cherry" in my iTunes library.  I distinctly remember downloading all his hits, where WERE they?  Must have been when I rebuilt my hard drive three times […]

Sometime in the nineties, around when Mariah Carey ascended in the marketplace, the criterion for quality became sales.  And not only does thatsuck, it’s inaccurate. Not that it’s the music business’ fault.  It started with the movie business. Grosses were always known by the insiders, they were published in the trades.  But then, the weekend’s […]

Who knew a little ditty about standing on the corner in a small Arizona town would lead to this. The Eagles are California’s Beatles.  And maybe the whole country’s.  They’re not flashy like Michael Jackson or the Stones, they’re not trying to impress you, rather they’re PLAYING FOR YOU! Going to the gig today is […]

There must be something in the water in Canada. It’s the new ENGLAND!  Excuse me. Pardon for the break. I had to get up to close the window. So the See You Next Tuesday living next door doesn’t freak out when I turn this up to 11! This is what we’re looking for. Something we […]