My Favorite Links for 03/25/08

7 Undeniable Reasons Why Some People Fail Where Others Succeed Unholy Stern/Winfrey Union Wins Justice Dept. Approval [Digital Daily] Ryan Seacrest, Inc.

My Favorite Links for 03/19/08

AMERICAN IDOL: Top 11 How to Have a Conversation, or Tell Me About Me Forget the Movie, Go To A Concert Good comment: Pipenta, on artists and drugs Idol Banter: Guitars Gently Weep ‘Idol’ Tracker: Archuleta de Triumph Protect Yourself…

SXSW in the Wall Street Journal

Jim Fusilli offers a great write-up of his experience last week in Austin, where Daniel Auerbach from the Black Keys tells him that SXSW “has morphed into something else.” Twenty-one years after the first festival, it’s now an overstuffed parade…

Joe’s Tweets for 2008-03-18

I just saw an ad for the C&C Mattress Factory and wondered if their products are gonna make me sweat. # @andymatic That is awesome news! Did you guys grab one of those neat, new townhomes over by the CalTrain…

RETRO: Booking Agents and Music Managers

I’ve been wanting to write some new articles about booking concerts. It seems like we’re in another cycle where folks ask me questions like, “now that we have Twitter and Facebook, it should be totally easy to find a booking…

Joe’s Tweets for 2008-03-17

Looking for some dashboard widgets to make Twitter posting faster. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Neon Armadillo: Redefining Live Country Music

Many of my friends and colleagues have gravitated into the country music space over the past few years. It makes sense, given that Nashville is probably the last stronghold of the traditional music business model that relies on teams of…