The vinyl resurgence continued at a furious pace in 2021. By mid-year, vinyl sales were up 94 percent from the year before. The week ending December 2 (which included Black Friday) marked the second-largest week of vinyl sales since MRC Data began tracking sales in 1991. …
I blubbered like one of those teens in concert footage of the Beatles at Shea Stadium as I watched them perform on the rooftop in Part 3 of Get Back, Peter Jackson’s documentary about the Beatles that premiered on Disney+ over Thanksgiving weekend. Why? Part of me wants to say…
Black Friday as we know it is dying. A more humane and interesting shopping experience is emerging instead. For years, Black Friday has brought out the worst in people. Shoppers have been herded like cattle in the dead of night for the sole purpose of buying discounted products such as…
This is what agility looks like: Netflix launched Squid Game globally on September 17. By October 4, Netflix was selling official Squid Game merchandise on Netflix.shop, Netflix’s e-commerce site. By October 11, Netflix and Walmart had launched a Netflix Hub on Walmart.com, where shoppers could find merch based on Netflix…
Adele demonstrates the power of mystique. Merriam-Webster defines mystique as “an air or attitude of mystery and reverence developing around something or someone.” Adele creates that air of mystery by holding back. She avoids TikTok. She has tweeted only seven times in 2021, and her tweets consist of bland announcements…
I swore I would never write one of those “Lessons I Learned from the Rolling Stones” blog posts.
And yet, here I am doing just that.
Why?
Well, a few nights ago, I came upon a YouTube video of them performing “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” onstage September 30 in Charlotte, North…
In 1985, I crossed paths with Danny Sugerman, co-author of the controversial biography of Jim Morrison, No One Here Gets Out Alive. By the mid-1980s, a global Doors revival was in full swing, and No One Here Gets Out Alive, released in 1980, had a lot to do with that…
The NFL should have given the entire Super Bowl stage to Kendrick Lamar.
The NFL announced on September 30 an all-star line-up for the Super Bowl LVI halftime show, which happens February 13 in Los Angeles. Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Kendrick Lamar will represent three decades of hip-hop…
Warner Music Group (WMG) and Twitch recently announced a first-of-its-kind relationship to launch recording artist channels and create a standalone music space featuring premium music-centric programming on Twitch. The deal demonstrates that the legacy music labels such as WMG are as important as ever. …
