Archive for 2009
Greg Sandow-Thinking about the Future of Classical Music
Here’s part 1 of my chat with Greg Sandow, composer, music critic for the Wall Street Journal, teacher and blogger at Arts Journal: Share and Enjoy:
Video Chat with Greg Sandow Coming Up
Composer, music critic, teacher and all around classical music deep thinker Greg Sandow and I chatted via Skype, and we’ll have the first of two parts of our chat about the future of Classical Music here later today… Stay tuned! Share and Enjoy:
“More than a Blonde Wig and a Soldier’s Outfit…”
Take a listen to Washington Post classical music critic Anne Midgette talk about why classical music and opera box office numbers have been on a gradual slide on clip number 5 on this page. She talks about how opera in particular has the opportunity to capture the attention of new audience, but that too often [...]
Comcast to the Rescue of TM-Live Nation?
According to a Bloomberg story today, Comcast is getting involved in the Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger. Very quietly, Comcast has been expanding its lines of business well beyond the core cable business, with acquisitions in the last few years like Fandango, Daily Candy and others. The company also owns the tickest the Philadelphia 76ers, the Philadelphia [...]
The Album is Dead. Long Live the Album
The album is dead. I agree with many observers who say that the future of a collection of songs packaged up as a single commercial product pressed onto plastic or even encoded into mp3s with the expectations of significant sales is a thing of the past. I’m not celebrating. I like albums. I like the [...]
NASCAR is Smarter Than You
Let’s face it. The people who read this site (and for that matter, my own company Goldstar) is pretty Blue State-y. So when I write the word NASCAR, not only do eyes glaze over, but the Big City Superiority Complex kicks in pretty hard. It must be easy, some must think, to please the teeming [...]
All Cake, No File, All Good
This post started in my mind as simply an appreciation for an event being produced by the Actor’s Gang in Los Angeles, called “All Cake, No File.” It’s a combination of a cooking show and a tribute to Johnny Cash, which is pretty cool for reasons that if you really understand the live entertainment business [...]
Either Hilariously Great or Incredibly Dumb. Possibly Both.
This is only tangentially related to our topic, but rock band Weezer is offering a Weezer-branded Snuggie with the purchase of their new CD/mp3/recording. To be more accurate, if you buy the Snuggie, you get the recording. Here’s the infomercial: Things I love about this: -The way the members of Weezer are now part of [...]
Don’t Confuse Me With the Facts
Seth Godin urges you to use facts as part of your decision-making when available. It sounds simple, right? But it’s vastly complicated by the fact that every fiber of your being is built to ignore facts when you’ve got a “feeling” about something. And his point is also that there’s more good data than ever. [...]
The Vapid Pyramid of Valueless Advertising
Many of you have heard of Techcrunch, the definitive blog of the Silicon-Valley zeitgeist, but some of you haven’t, so by all means check it out. Anyway, there’s a really important debate/discussion/brouhaha happening at Techcrunch right now that you need to know about, and you should start by reading this post, called Scamville. I’ll try [...]
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