Well, I think it’s best if we put this blog on hiatus, so we can focus on producing music, rather than commenting on the industry of selling music to audiences.  We’ll be back hopefully soon, with a renewed focus!

DeRamos Media (the entity that runs this blog) has started another blog called FoodBoozeTunes.  It is partly about tunes (and other pop culture), but it is mostly about food and booze.  You can also check ‘em out on Twitter:  @FoodBoozeTunes.
I’m hungry and thirsty just thinking about it.

“It’s not the size of the pencil, it’s how big you write your name,” once said the music legend, who died Sunday, at the age of 67.  Ronnie James Dio was the vocalist for several groups, such as:
Ronnie & The Red Caps

Ronnie Dio & The Prophets

Elf

Rainbow

Black Sabbath

Dio

Heaven and Hell (Dio-era Black Sabbath Reunion from 2006-2010)

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RIP: Lena Horne, 1917-2010.
SP: Billy Corgan has hired Nicole Fiorentino to be the latest Smashing Pumpkins bass player.  There seems to be a demographic pattern for many of Corgan’s replacement bandmates, but hopefully that is just a minor issue when it comes to their latest studio (and live) output.  Besides, new SP drummer Mike Byrne [...]

If you haven’t already, definitely check out the latest Seven Minute Silence album Light Will Come Next (iTunes | AmazonMP3).  It is a fantastic album, and it deserves a longer write-up on this blog.  In a nutshell, the album rocks out for a handful of tracks, mellows out with an acoustic number, rocks out again [...]

Seven Minute Silence’s album Light Will Come Next goes on sale at AmazonMP3 (and presumably also iTunes) today.  We’ll likely give this album a thorough review after a few MP3 “spins.”  From the samples at Amazon.com, the first four tracks are loud rockers, the fifth track “No One Returns” seems to be an acoustic number, [...]

Quick news:  Seven Minute Silence’s debut album Light Will Come Next will be released one week from now, on Tuesday the 6th.  We’ll definitely check it out; you should, too.
In the meanwhile, check out their debut EP from last year:  This Disaster (iTunes | AmazonMP3).

If you’re in New York, check out tonight’s moxy phinx show at Arlene’s Grocery.  The Phinx herself has apparently relocated from the City of Angels to the Big Apple.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
10:00pm – 10:45pm
Arlene’s Grocery
95 Stanton Street
New York, NY

Two quick notes for this week:
The truth regarding the JC/BC split? A recent Rolling Stone feature on Billy Corgan shed some more information on the Smashing Pumpkins’ bandleader’s mindset, but mostly created lots of concern among the Pumpkins’ fan community.  This community is unique in that it not only consists of die-hard pro-Corgan fans, but [...]