Making It |
What is making it?Used to be a big fat contract with the major label and ubiquity. Is that still the paradigm?Really, unless you are pretty and make pop music, or mainstream hip-hop, what c...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:03:00 GMT |
Bob on Posh Spice |
If the Arctic Monkeys and James Morrison can't get any traction in the USofA, why must we be subjected to lowest common denominator Posh Spice?We just don't get those English acts where style trumps t...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:37:00 GMT |
The Prince Flap |
This is HYSTERICAL! Is the pint-sized rocker truly going to get the last laugh?Oh, you remember, when he changed his name, and painted "Slave" on his cheek. The big bad record co...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:53:00 GMT |
McCartney At Amoeba |
It was positively MINDBLOWING!If you weren't at least ten or eleven back in '64 you've got no idea, you've got no concept of BEATLEMANIA!And that's what was in evidence this evening at possibly the wo...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:44:00 GMT |
Million Sellers |
As soon as I got home from hearing Little Big Town on the satellite, I fired up SoundScan to see how many albums they'd sold. Noticing they'd crossed the million copy threshold with "The Ro...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:40:00 GMT |
Obvious Rule |
ANYTHING UNSOLICITED IS SPAM!When was the last time you were THRILLED to get junk mail? Took ten minutes out of your day to slowly go through all the crap that clutters your mailbox. &...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:44:00 GMT |
Seymour on Regina |
Dear Bob,I'm in Tokyo, and my assistant has just read me your wonderful commentary on Regina. Women are most often more determined than men, and prepared to do a lot more heavy lifting. I'v...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:18:00 GMT |
Management |
Christina Aguilera needed a protector, someone who would allow her to follow her own vision, she signed with Irving Azoff.Phish was a band up from the streets, er, frat house floor, they ended up bein...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:59:00 GMT |
what happened |
Our country has so little to rally around, so little to unite us, so little we can debate. We've stopped going to the movies, listening to mainstream music. Now we belong by watc...
Posted by on Thu, 31 May 2007 03:55:00 GMT |
Reasons Not To Sign With The Major Labels 23/05/07 |
1. They tell you what to do.Are you following this Kelly Clarkson flap? She made an album from the heart, that she wrote. What did the label do? They shelved it for mo...
Posted by on Wed, 23 May 2007 01:19:00 GMT |
