Signs of the impending demise of the music business

[RGMike]

By those standards neither ELP nor REM are selllouts. 

Yay for me!

NRBQ pulled 55 points based on 5 compilation albums out of their 36 albums released, and because one of them was a Christmas EP (mostly all originals though). They haven't appeared on any reality shows or animated movies, but they were depicted in one episode of the Simpsons. Which I think earns them a minus 10 points for sheer coolness. So they aren't a sell-out either. Sez me.

indeed -

Simpsons appearance: minus 10
King of the Hill: minus 5
Sponge Bob: break-even
FamilyGuy: plus 25 

[RGMike]

Bargain hunter alert: SF's Virgin Megastore closing in April; big clearance sales in March:

http://cbs5.com/local/virgin.megastore.closure.2.944354.html

[RGMike]

Riding the 49 Mission tonite, I noticed that Ritmo Latino, the big latino record store on the corner of 20th & Mission was gone! It's now a latino T-Mobile store.  Ritmo Latino is a chain; dunno if it went under or just closed that particular store, which has been there for apx 15 years.

[Gazoo]

An example of the evil in the record industry:

http://www.toomuchjoy.com/?p=1397

Warner made a $10,000 accounting error on our statement (in their favor, naturally). When I caught this mistake, and brought it to the attention of someone with the power to correct it, he wasn’t just befuddled by my anger – he laughed at it. “$10,000 is nothing!” he chuckled.

[Gazoo]

Didja know the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame opened an annex in NYC's SoHo district last August?  Well, don't bother now: it's closing already.

They had promoted an exhibit on John Lennon's years in NYC, but when I looked into it 9-10 months ago, I found it distressingly limited in its offerings, certainly nothing to warrant its hefty price tag (I forget exactly, but over $20.)  So this doesn't surprise me one bit.  If you can't sell me on John Lennon, you aren't going to make it.

[RGMike]

As Homer Simpson would say, "it's funny because it's true..."

http://www.theonion.com/articles/report-music-industry-made-18-in-2009,17051/