rock business

it proves that Morrissey needs money, though unlike Kurt Vile I doubt it is for diapers. It also makes the question of selling out even more nebulous than ever.

Music Beta will actually be a combination between retail sales and music storage

the majors are like the mafia

45% of musicians are not insured, and among the 55% who are actually insured, only 5% have insurance because of the music job

It is like ITunes for the price of an album a month

If you love music, this is a golden age. If you are a musician maybe not so much

14 year old Lexi St George, hired for her name and her legs which are not quite there by the way. Lexi looks really barely legal.

a magical dream where all you have to do is think of something and it is yours

Bye Bye Jive

“Living In America”? No more.

After selling 1.1M copies its first week, Lady Gaga's Born This Way dropped 84% in week two to 174,000. Look at the numbers this way. Amazon accounted for 600,000 copies

sales reached $300 million last year, and are projected to hit $400 million this year.

bUY bORN nOW

I can’t wait to see Perry’s team in damage control after this one

Adele got people more into the habit of buying albums… maybe.

Streaming on NPR will only take you so far