Saw this posted on the radio industry website All Access and had to share it – the article includes a quote from former Eagles guitarist Don Felder… Via Huffington Post (original source) If you’re one of the 16 million people who bought THE EAGLES’ album “Hotel California,” you’ve heard the song, “Life In the Fast […]
Category: The Music Biz
NIN interview hot off the presses
Nine Inch Nails are currently on tour in Australia, and NIN mainman Trent Reznor gave a rare in-person interview yesterday (2/22) to Triple J Radio. Reznor discusses the upcoming planned hiatus for NIN, the tour with Jane’s Addiction, and a wealth of other subjects. The interview runs 16 minutes and includes some cool memories of […]
Trent Reznor got mad, and now he’s getting even
Thanks to Burgo for the Twitter heads up on this: UPDATED 1/12/08 (see below): Remember the plans that Trent Reznor had for a 3-D concert film documenting the recent Nine Inch Nails Lights in the Sky tour? As you’ll recall, the project fell through, allegedly due to Reznor’s former label Interscope declining to fund the […]
Documentary, Documentary – Cheech and Chong + Radio Daze on PBS
I had the day off on Monday – something that I really didn’t brag about in advance, because I value my safety….can’t have any of my fellow friends or co-workers after me to kick my ass, ya know? But yes, it was the glorious 5 day weekend that is coming to a very sad conclusion […]
A new reason to hope that ex-Zeppelin members find new hobbies + the new GNR album
Greetings kids! I know I’ve been a tad silent in the past couple of days, and I’ve got a good explanation for that. Assuming that I start getting mail again someday (long story,) I decided to go ahead and finish up Andy Taylor’s Duran Duran book, so that I can start to power through some […]
Lefsetz on AC/DC + the new AC/DC video
AC/DC says that you can only buy their albums as a complete package, not track by track. Lefsetz says that’s crap. My blood started to boil when I read the quotes. Because these rich motherf*ckers, who happen to have made some great music, are living in the nineties and ONLY care about money. There’s this […]
Good Listening: New album from David Byrne/Brian Eno now available + The Replacements and Golden Smog
A few weeks ago, in one of the more brilliant PR moves of the year, former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne quietly launched a new website www.everythingthathappens.com to announce his new solo tour, and a forthcoming album collaboration with Brian Eno. Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, the new album from Byrne and Eno, is […]
Lefsetz on Kid Rock’s Rock and Roll Jesus and Itunes – plus a response from Kid Rock
Bob Lefsetz writes: Is Kid Rock selling a hundred thousand CDs a week because his album is not available on iTunes? Last year, Jay-Z famously refused to sell his new album at iTunes because he thought it would break up the flow, that it needed to be heard as a whole. Despite being available digitally […]
Help wanted for liner notes geeks like me….
Thanks to Smithereens frontman Pat DiNizio for posting the following New York Times article about the disappearance of liner notes on his website. Before we get to that, I’ve got a bit of commentary… I’ve become very digital in the past couple of years, after many years of maintaining an anti-Ipod stance, being all about […]
I think I figured out why the record industry is in trouble
I was in a record store last night (Gem City Records in Dayton, OH) and was looking at their massive (yay!) vinyl section when I saw the following item: Disturbed – Indestructible 180 gram half-speed mastered double vinyl release, etched vinyl on the fourth side. (Purchase from Amazon) Okay fine, probably a wise move to […]