Steaks and Snowtires
As a music industry vet, I am ambivalent about what we euphemistically call “independent promotion.” Before I entered the business, “payola” meant bribery. After a few years in it, the money my companies paid to indies (read: “middlemen”) and the gifts we gave to DJs were simply the cost of doing business. And here’s the […]
Anybody Thinking What I’m Thinking?
“Don’t piss on my head and tell me it’s raining!” Conservatives are already sweating Bush about Gonzales being too “liberal” a replacement for Sandra Day O’Connor, the Supreme Court justice who gave her notice last week. Why not instead nominate someone beloved by all Americans? I predict a smooth confirmation process. HBO’s “Entourage” won’t be […]
Viking Lie Kings
This one goes out to Ronnie Brown, just to let you know after jawing about Jews, I’m back on the job. Wherever real Black men are crying out for help in the white man’s search for nonexistent Black men, I’ll be there. Reported this yesterday as part of my work at Columbia: VIKING LIE KINGSBy […]
What’s Good – 27 June
Amsterdam Avenue, Washington Heights. Times have changed since “Baby Got Back.” I rest my case. Joe Schoss posted a really thoughtful response to Blacks & Jews, Parts One & Two. He pegs a few things that I never even thought of, including: It occurs to me that one of the main sticking points between the […]
Music Dorks Rule
I didn’t know how much of a dork I was until I realized that Jeff Chang was, duh, passing this set of questions onto me. Total volume of music files on my computer: According to iTunes, I’ve got 24.24 GB of music, 4117 songs. This pales in comparison to the Great Library of Chang, But […]