Former Club Manager’s New Book Claims Morrison Died of A Heroin OD in a Toilet
Former New York Times journalist and French nightclub manager Sam Bernett has written a new book in which he claims that Doors singer Jim Morrison died of a drug overdose in a club that Bernett was managing. He claims two [...]
New ‘Ground-breaking’ Arrangement Between Atlantic Records and Sprint
According to FMQB.com, Atlantic Records and Spring will jointly release 16 million copies (distributed via P2P networks) of a song by Plies . Said copies will have a Sprint logo embeded in the song that will ‘appear on a listener’s computer screen or MP3 player when the [...]
National Association of Broadcasters Petitions FCC To Deny XM, Sirius Merger
As if the satellite broadcasters Sirius and XM didn’t have enough trouble on their play, the National Association of Broadcasters (Terrestrial Division) has jumped into the merger fray, wherein the two companies are seeking to join together simply to survive. NAB says it’s a [...]
Bob Lefsetz Swears a Lot But He Sees Clearly
On at the Leftsetz Letter, blogger Bob Lefsetz rants and raves; you nearly see the sweatspots on the posts. A lot of his opinions are just that: opinions, worth what you pay for them, but now and again, he’ll go off on corporate screw-ups vis-a-vis technology [...]
Tune-In Tuesday Touts ‘Public Radio’s International House Band’
Over at the Courier-Journal, J. L. Puckett’s usual list of new CD releases includes the plug for the new Crowded House CD Time on Earth, plus a to-buy list of others by genre. You’d think that the dizzying drop in CD sales wasn’t really happening…
There’s also [...]