In fact, if major venues are soon pre-equipped with holographic equipment, beaming a zombie John Lennon into simultaneous nationwide concerts could be much cheaper than humping a band of living jerks around the country on a tour bus. And, fuck it, this slope can be as slippery as we want to make it: will label suits still fight so hard to keep their wards from mixing booze and pills if there's easier cash in the afterlife? If the industry could murder Katy Perry tomorrow and make twice as much money off her, don't you think they'd do it in a heartbeat?
How tragic: in death, a slain rapper will become indirectly responsible for the music industry murdering countless stars.
DAVID THORPE | dthorpe@phx.com
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- Confronting the Swedish gloom of In Solitude
When I am finally able to get through to the cell phone of In Solitude's tour manager, they have emerged from a massive dust cloud, their metal-mobile finding civilization after a long spell traversing the deserts of Arizona with no idea where they are going.
- Catching up with the world of Dom
In many respects, the much-ballyhooed demise of the so-called "rock star" is a real thing.
- Active Child is preaching from the choir
Since the invention of music, dudes have been harnessing their natural singing talents for one specific purpose: to pick up babes.
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Sometimes you know it the minute you hear it, sometimes it takes a while, sometimes it never happens at all.
- The punk business plan of Cock Sparrer
If you play in, work with, or write about bands, you've doubtlessly listened to dozens of wheeler-and-dealers pitch purportedly clever plans to "make it" in the music biz.
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