Who’s the biggest act in England?\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe the entire continent?<\/p>\n
The Red Hot Chili Peppers.<\/p>\n
Huh?<\/p>\n
Yes, in the U.K., Flea and the boys are gods.<\/p>\n
But they don’t mean much in the U.S.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, they’re a solid act.\u00c2\u00a0 But every date doesn’t go clean, they’re don’t sell as many records as Mimi, not even close.<\/p>\n
You see the RHCP followed the money.\u00c2\u00a0 They had a beachhead overseas, and they went for it.<\/p>\n
Great for the bank account.\u00c2\u00a0 How is it for the ego?\u00c2\u00a0 Do you want to walk around your hometown a secondary character, or as GOD!<\/p>\n
Robbie Williams don’t mean shit in the U.S.\u00c2\u00a0 He’s putting all his effort into his hometown.\u00c2\u00a0 Overseas.<\/p>\n
In one fell swoop, Howard Stern marginalized himself.\u00c2\u00a0 Made himself irrelevant.\u00c2\u00a0 By going for the money.<\/p>\n
Oh, there was that b.s. about the FCC.\u00c2\u00a0 How they were hamstringing him.\u00c2\u00a0 To believe this is to be frustrated that you can’t take a dump on the table at a charity dinner.\u00c2\u00a0 There are rules.\u00c2\u00a0 You play within the rules.\u00c2\u00a0 Really, was most of Howard’s act SO out there that it couldn’t be done under the aegis of the FCC?<\/p>\n
No.<\/p>\n
Sirius ain’t the web.\u00c2\u00a0 Freely-available to everyone.\u00c2\u00a0 Sirius is a private club, which you can join if you want to pony up the cash, but if you’re not a member, you’re left COMPLETELY OUT OF!<\/p>\n
Howard Stern is like the Red Hot Chili Peppers.\u00c2\u00a0 He went for the money.\u00c2\u00a0 Hey, you’re entitled.\u00c2\u00a0 The point is, what does it do to your career, your INFLUENCE!<\/p>\n
Howard is gonna fade.\u00c2\u00a0 Just like the Red Hot Chili Peppers in America.\u00c2\u00a0 He’s just not in front of enough eyeballs.<\/p>\n
When the Peppers’ last studio album came out did they tour America?\u00c2\u00a0 No, they immediately started playing OVERSEAS!\u00c2\u00a0 Shows where their interests lie.<\/p>\n
Make no mistake, Howard is PHENOMENAL for Sirius.\u00c2\u00a0 He single-handedly rescued a dying company.\u00c2\u00a0 But, it’s SIRIUS’ image that has been burnished, not Howard’s.<\/p>\n
Sirius has three million subscribers.\u00c2\u00a0 And over 100 channels.\u00c2\u00a0 How many people do you think are actually going to hear Howard each day?<\/p>\n
I mean do you want an arena act, a STADIUM act, or a theatre act?<\/p>\n
Imagine if U2 charged $100 an album (and there was no burning or P2P!)\u00c2\u00a0 And concert tickets cost $1,500 apiece.\u00c2\u00a0 Would they be selling out arenas worldwide?\u00c2\u00a0 Adjust the numbers, you could scale them so U2 could make as much dough.\u00c2\u00a0 But they’d be LIMITING THEIR AUDIENCE!\u00c2\u00a0 They’d no longer be a PEOPLE’S band.\u00c2\u00a0 Rather something more akin to Wayne Newton in Vegas.\u00c2\u00a0 A guilty pleasure of a coterie.<\/p>\n
It’s time for a funeral for Howard.\u00c2\u00a0 He’s as done as Jack Paar after leaving "The Tonight Show".\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, not quite as done as Shelley Long leaving "Cheers", but still, he went from being a wreck on the freeway to a fender-bender on a back street.<\/p>\n
Let this be a lesson.\u00c2\u00a0 If you go for the quick money, there’s a cost.\u00c2\u00a0 If you go for the big money, there’s a cost.<\/p>\n
If you want longevity, you must think of your fans first.<\/p>\n
Howard Stern didn’t think of his fans who weren’t about to plunk down in excess of $100 a year to hear him.\u00c2\u00a0 He abandoned these people.\u00c2\u00a0 He DISSED them.\u00c2\u00a0 Do you think they’re still believers?\u00c2\u00a0 Howard’s now like a summer camp girlfriend, fading in the rearview mirror.<\/p>\n
It’s about growing your audience.\u00c2\u00a0 The larger the number of people who are following you, that dig your act, the longer your career, the more influence you’ll have.<\/p>\n
Then again, if you’re only interested in money, do what’s expedient.<\/p>\n
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