The Industry Formerly Known as Music
My New Favorite Commercial
LL Cool J is hard as hell.  But apparently he didn’t start off that way.  Rumor has it when he’s alone in his room sometimes he stares at the wall and in the back of his mind he hears his conscience call.
If You Don’t Like Your Job…
Lay your bucket down…on the ground. Check out Mr. Jerry Reed and Mr. Chet Atkins tearing up Mule Skinner Blues.
Jerry Reed 1937-2008
This is a sad day for me. Jerry Reed was the first musician I really connected with as a kid. I wore the Live From Exit-In album out. I mean, son, I Wore. It. Out. When I was a kid I liked him because he was funny and charismatic, and I loved him as Snowman [...]
The End of Pandora? I Hope Not
This article says free online radio, specifically Pandora, may be in trouble. I really hope this isn’t the case. I’ve found so much cool new music on Pandora recently, and it’s great to hear old favorites there too. I would think with the number of people using it they could become make some nice coin. [...]
The Peso Down Mexico Way
Earlier this week I posted a John Prine video that’s no longer available on YouTube. I feel really bad about that…let me make it up to you. Yep. That’s Steve Earle…before he was fat, or on The Wire, or a heroin addict, or a communist. And that’s Guy Clark who says, “Listen to that song!” [...]
Baby Poop That Is–The Worst Kind
A few years ago one of my friends was waiting on his wife to get ready for a Christmas party we were both attending and, undoubtedly, enjoying a few cool beverages. He passed the time by putting together a mix CD for me. I never told anybody about all the beautiful love songs he included [...]
Yahoo! Music Store Closing
You know all those songs you “bought” through Yahoo!? Turns out you were just renting. After September 30, 2008, you will not be able to transfer songs to unauthorized computers or re-license these songs after changing operating systems. Please note that your purchased tracks will generally continue to play on your existing authorized computers unless [...]
Peace Sells
Here’s a little bit of classic Megadeth for you, and something to think about this election year. This is one of the best metal songs ever, IMO. If metal isn’t your thing, at least watch enough of the beginning to get the gist and then forward the video to 2:15 for the payoff. Whattaya mean [...]
Amazon’s Friday Five Deals For This Weekend
One of the, um, “advantages” of featuring Amazon products on this site is that they email me whenever they have new promotions and good deals. In a lot of cases, that means I end up spending money I normally wouldn’t have. To quote the great Patrick Ewing–”Yeah, we make a lot of money, but we [...]
Back When There Was Some Good Music
I’m away (far away) and had to set this post to publish ahead of time. Badass, huh? Do you remember seeing this video and thinking how cool U2 was? I was watching a special on VH1 Classic about classic albums and they covered The Joshua Tree. It was a pretty cool show because they intereviewed [...]
