Google Music? Facebook Search and Ads?

Billboard and Hypebot both had articles this week speculating who Google may be calling to lead their music initiative. Surprisingly, my name was on the lists and I had more than a few inquiries hit my mailbox asking how I felt about it.
Rest assured, I can happily report I’m not leaving Topspin [...]

@lefsetz vs. @iancr: Mixing sincerity and marketing on Twitter

I like Bob Lefsetz and while I don’t always agree with him I think the music industry is lucky to have such a prolific and unfiltered voice of dissent. I originally discovered Bob via the Rhino podcast many years ago. The podcast included “The Lefsetz Letter”, a portion of the show where an [...]

SXSW Tweet Game

I’m going to start every day with a pocket full of $2 bills.
Find me at SXSW (I might be wearing a “Topspin: It Fucking Works” t-shirt), say hi, mention this post, and one of the $2 bills is yours.
Now not only do you not have an excuse not to say hi, you have one TO [...]

The Best In Men’s Clothing

Hello from LAX…
Last night we helped bring the reissue of Beastie Boys classic Paul’s Boutique to BeastieBoys.com. Lossless remastered digital, vinyl, CD, 8 foot long poster, interactive album art, limited edition t-shirt — pretty awesome package for a seminal record.
Prod4Ever made the cool site, including the place where you can upload your own Paul’s [...]

iPhone 3G For Sale

Anyone wanna buy a three week old iPhone 3G, 16GB? You don’t even have to stick with AT&T for two years to get a cheap price. Make me an offer.
But I need to get another phone first. What should I get? Requirements:

I want to be able to send email. Easily. [...]