Talking

Part of being in this business. In fact 99% of being in this business is talking.
The rest is just the gasps between saying something else.

I sometimes wonder if anyone who works in this business ever actually listens to anything at all.

Not just music, but what other people actually say.

We are all supposed to be lover of great music or eclectic music or any music for that matter but recently there seems to have been a lot of gas expended about digital this and that and very little about music itself.

The message has been eaten by the messenger and now we await the explosion that will come when it finally gets expelled.

Take for example SONY, who have just annouced that their main focus is the pod buster.
Now I know I don't run a billion dollar business but I can tell you that Microsoft are making money and GM aren't. Why? Content thats why . Not hardware but software.

Radio is the same. No songs = no listeners - no advertisers -no money -no radio.

When will they ever learn?

Down here in Aus ther aren't even any music shows on TV worth the name - unless you include Idol - which is what most of the people on it were before and since it screened - idle.

And they wonder why kids are bored.

You can't aspire to being a movie star if you are ugly, or a house doctor if you are clueless or even a crime fighter if you get caught stealing cars. But you can be a pop star. Thats why it will never die. It is truly a meritocrasy and no matter what Clear Channel. little Jimmy packer or Rupe "the dupe" Murdoch does about it talent will win out in the end.

Ask Nostradamus if you don't believe me.

super happy funland

Have any of you ever heard of super happy fun land?

Check it out if you haven't - some weird place in Texas that our guys visit occassionally.

As we are booking tours right now I thought it might be anice thing to do to give a few of you some hints on where to look if you are trying to book a tour in the US.

try these:

Venues

Eagle Tavern - San Francisco
Spaceland - LA
Super Happy Funland - TX
Antoines - Austin
Blue Bar - Las Vegas
The Independent - San Francisco
Berts Tiki Lounge - Arizona
Key Club - Los Angeles



That should get you started.

Tell us if you get a show anywhere. Who knows someone might show up.