When I was a young filly just out of the oh-so-rocking gates of a private East Coast college and ready to jump into a music industry career, I interviewed for a publicity assistant position at Victory Records. This was to be (thankfully, you’d better believe) my only one-on-one interaction with Tony Brummel, and it’s one […]

How much money do you think Clear Channel has? I mean, really - everywhere I go and everything I listen to seems to be connected to this radio/live music behemoth. I’ve got no problems with a company working hard to establish itself and make some bucks off of consumers…I do live in America, after all. […]

Earlier this week, I spent a couple of minutes talking with my friend Jim Bianco after his show at Schubas here in Chicago. Jim is one of about ten artists who I’ve come to know through the Los Angeles coffee shop-cum-swanky-bar-and-performance lounge, the Hotel Café. First intros came at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, […]

Last weekend I drove around Chicago with a friend whose car CD player was broken. Forced to listen to terrestrial radio for perhaps the first time in a year, I was reminded constantly of why I prefer streaming stations online to those pesky airborne frequencies. Ads for nudie bars, constant station IDs, and a whole […]