Jason Gross

Best Music Scribing Awards 2008

By Jason Gross

The sloppy arrogance and search for ideas in the music scribing world. Gross presents the seventh annual edition of his picks for the year's best music writing sans PopMatters. [9 January 2009]

Super Scribing

By Jason Gross

Gold medal: the best writing of the year.

Superior Scribing

By Jason Gross

Silver medal: excellent pieces of writing.

Quality Scribing

By Jason Gross

Bronze medal: great story ideas, well executed. [8 January 2009]

Other Arts

By Jason Gross

Fine writing outside of music but still bearing on music.

Bottom of the Barrel

By Jason Gross

Confiscate their laptops: the worst writing of the year.

Prisoners Are the Best Audience: The Challenge of ‘At Folsom Prison’

By Jason Gross

Johnny Cash's At Folsom Prison wasn't a pivotal live album or country album or Cash album -- it was a piece of history unto itself, flaws and all. [19 November 2008]

Surviving the Net Crunch: A Practical Guide for Print Publications in a Digital World

By Jason Gross

Forget about easy answers, and don't think that the latest hip tech craze will save: PopMatters' Jason Gross offers advice for how long-running print publications can adapt to this brave new Net-driven world. [25 July 2008]

Super Scribing

By Jason Gross

Gold medal: the best writing of the year. [15 January 2008]

Superior Scribing

By Jason Gross

Silver medal: excellent pieces of writing.

Quality Scribing

By Jason Gross

Bronze medal: great story ideas, well executed. [14 January 2008]

Bottom of the Barrel

By Jason Gross

Confiscate their laptops: the worst writing of the year.

Other Arts

By Jason Gross

Fine writing outside of music but still bearing on music.

Best Music Scribing Awards 2007

By Jason Gross

Cultural wars, hard news dies hard and a female voice of a generation, Gross presents the sixth annual edition of his picks for the year's best music writing sans PopMatters.

CBGB’s and New York: “Thank You & To Hell With Nostalgia”

By Jason Gross

Leaving little but ashes in New York, the CBGB 'phoenix' may rise, again, like it or not... in the desert. [22 November 2006]

Dancing in the Face of Adversity: The New Orleans JazzFest After Katrina

By Jason Gross

Our reporter covers the first week of JazzFest and partying to those great NOLA tunes within a national disaster zone. [5 May 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Big Champagne sees a brave new world that ain’t all doom and gloom [28 October 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Will Facebook Conquer All Or Be Yesterday’s News? [12 October 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Try Trakin instead of Lefsetz [18 September 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Kanye was right to bumrush Taylor Swift? [15 September 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Suicide Right on Stage [13 August 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Why Music Magazines Are Really Dying [29 July 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Free is just another word for nothing left to pay artists? [12 July 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Why we need bad reviews [6 July 2009]

Crazed by the Music: What we can learn from the Jackson coverage [30 June 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Chris Weingarten explains the horrible mess of music journalism today [18 June 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Kiss your online info goodbye? [11 June 2009]

Crazed by the Music: What’s the money sweet spot for music fans? [4 June 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Is ‘value-added’ a solution/savior for publications? [23 May 2009]

Crazed by the Music: How you can help save Paste magazine [14 May 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Indie goes to big TV news but will it bloom there? [12 May 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Twitter’s power & limits Pt 2- think pieces (rap and race) [5 May 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Twitter’s power & limits- live tweeting at concerts [3 May 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Susan Boyle and Anvil: Are They Real Underdogs? [2 May 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Twitter Phonies: Who Are You Really Following? [28 April 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Idolator cuts down & back, ‘goes solo’ [27 April 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Freelancers’ Blues: A Day in the Life [19 April 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Will iTunes shoot itself in the foot over variable pricing? [15 April 2009]

Crazed by the Music: More about what newspapers aren’t learning from the music biz [9 April 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Streaming music on the ropes? [5 April 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Do Depeche Mode, Sonic Youth & Josh Freese have the secret to album sales? [3 April 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Leaks & release dates- does one kill the other? [1 April 2009]

Crazed by the Music: What does Blender’s demise mean for the music biz? [29 March 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Where’s the snarky music writing and do we really need it? [24 March 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Time’s mash up mag = the future? [19 March 2009]

Crazed by the Music: When artists become scalpers, with Ticketmaster’s help [10 March 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Music ‘n’ images ‘n’ sex- how they’ve evolved together [6 March 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Music & newspapers—what they can’t learn from each other [2 March 2009]

Crazed by the Music: SXSW bands—your sites still suck! (and what you should do about it) [28 February 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Hitsville had the right questions for Ticketmaster/Live Nation [24 February 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Touch & Go story is touch and go for Net writers [18 February 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Top touring $$ makers, but for how long? [12 February 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Ticketmaster + Live Nation = consumers’ nightmare [10 February 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Grammy Awards: Where Were the YouTube Moments? [9 February 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Ticketmaster apologies to Bruce but what about everyone else? [6 February 2009]

Crazed by the Music: The New Music Kingpins of the Post-Napster World—Part III- The Google (sic) [4 February 2009]

Crazed by the Music: The New Music Kingpins of the Post-Napster World—Part II, Guitar Hero [26 January 2009]

Crazed by the Music: FCC’s Kevin Martin- a failure [21 January 2009]

Crazed by the Music: The New Music Kingpins [19 January 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Entertainment companies can’t break their DRM addiction [13 January 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Why is Obama hitching up with the RIAA’s favorite suits? [8 January 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Apple changes its iTune- good for consumers and labels? [6 January 2009]

Crazed by the Music: What we lose when critics get canned [5 January 2009]

Crazed by the Music: Kevin Martin slithers out of the FCC

Crazed by the Music: Happy ‘09 for music writers? [31 December 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Warner Bros. vs. YouTube- how to make enemies and alienate your audience [24 December 2008]

Crazed by the Music: More top 10 list follies- less is less [22 December 2008]

Crazed by the Music: RIAA drops mass lawsuits- why it’s not time to celebrate [20 December 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Why do we need holiday music? [16 December 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Limewire’s new business model [10 December 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Ashmatic Kitty lets Pitchfork set their prices- so who wins? [8 December 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Good and better ideas online- coming together [4 December 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Tis the season for more year end lists- (un)gentle reminders [25 November 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Guns N’ Roses & Dr. Pepper: Not so great together [23 November 2008]

Crazed by the Music: The Fragmented Self Online [20 November 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Advice for music/cultural writers in a crappy economy [17 November 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Music for money- the recent history of ads and pop music [15 November 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Ticketmaster- fan-friendly ways to not rip you off [14 November 2008]

Crazed by the Music: What do we lose when everything’s available? [11 November 2008]

Crazed by the Music: When is a club not just a club? [9 November 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Obama’s art agenda and your input [7 November 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Cultural questions for the next prez [4 November 2008]

Crazed by the Music: DMCA and the art of blog takedowns [3 November 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Ramones families split on the election [2 November 2008]

Crazed by the Music: What can audiences add to concerts? [29 October 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Is MTV’s name brand enough to lure YouTube viewers? [28 October 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Punishing rap with classical.. and degrading both [22 October 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Radiohead bragging rights- what does it all mean? [21 October 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Should clubs sell video subscriptions? [20 October 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Dying on satellite radio, deadly music/politics mix & killing yr ears with iPods [19 October 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Less money, less electronic toys… [18 October 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Downturn hurting mags too [11 October 2008]

Crazed by the Music: How hard times will affect the music biz [8 October 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Featured Artists’ Coalition & Weird Al- taking control [7 October 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Stanley backs Obama, Gawker chokes & Music Think Tank [6 October 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Will Apple really shut down iTunes? [2 October 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Welcome back No Depression

Crazed by the Music: RIP Creative Loafing? [1 October 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Muxtape’s sad story [25 September 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Alex Ross is a genius- it’s official! [23 September 2008]

Crazed by the Music: What is the future of drumming? [22 September 2008]

Crazed by the Music: The Anti-Apple Constorium & Facebook’s music (non) challenge [15 September 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Why legit digi music services fail (and how they can survive) [11 September 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Apple strong-armed by NBC- are labels next to make them say uncle? [10 September 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Who are the great YouTube directors? [6 September 2008]

Crazed by the Music: RIAA lawsuits—“If the goal is to reduce file sharing, it’s a failure” [5 September 2008]

Crazed by the Music: “I wrote a blog entry- where’s my goddamn Pulitzer?” [2 September 2008]

Crazed by the Music: The 200/20 plan for touring bands… [27 August 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Start digging more critics’ graves- Part 1 [24 August 2008]

Crazed by the Music: RIP Pandora? The music industry keeps killing itself [18 August 2008]

Crazed by the Music: The Secret of Twitter: Small is Beautiful [16 August 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Who’s bigger, Madonna, the Beatles or Jesus? [14 August 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Festival survival guide [13 August 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Montgomery County Bulletin’s Big Ripoff [11 August 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Musician’s guide to turning down song requests [10 August 2008]

Crazed by the Music: No Depression returns! [6 August 2008]

Crazed by the Music: End of the jazz wars?

Crazed by the Music: Newsflash: Illegal downloading is here to stay [5 August 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Pay model for papers and bye-bye Usenet [3 August 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Bloggers of the world- get paid! (maybe) [29 July 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Welcome to the Post-Brow culture [28 July 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Digital Survival Guide Redux [25 July 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Black Kids and Pitchfork: Screw-up or hubris? [22 July 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Houston’s indie blues [17 July 2008]

Crazed by the Music: RIP cabaret laws in Gotham? [15 July 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Classical music crits support their own so where’s the other org’s? [13 July 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Viacom vs. YouTube/Google vs. You [8 July 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Washington Post actually hires a critic! [7 July 2008]

Crazed by the Music: NYC rents driving out more record stores [6 July 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Two good causes- R&B Foundation and RED [1 July 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Help save Arthur magazine [27 June 2008]

Crazed by the Music: When is a zine not a zine- a PSF dilemma [24 June 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Technological sabbath- realistic in our wired world? [23 June 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Why Walmart won’t save local papers but Craigslist and Google may [22 June 2008]

Crazed by the Music: AP vs. bloggers- who’s got the moral high ground? [18 June 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Another tech reality check- Facebook not an underdog and Metallica wises up a little [17 June 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Branding experiments- the good, the bad and the fuggly [16 June 2008]

Crazed by the Music: DeRogatis vs. Kelly [13 June 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Welcome Blurt Magazine [11 June 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Tech reality check- iPhone hoopla and Microsoft vs. newspapers [10 June 2008]

Crazed by the Music: The Filter- latest/greatest way to hook up with music? [9 June 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Time Warner Cable tries metering Net use- how will it effect the entertainment biz? [7 June 2008]

Crazed by the Music: R. Kelly vs. DeRogatis- scapegoat for the defense? [4 June 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Should CD boosters and web hatas take heart in one survey? [2 June 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Hilary Rosen’s Return [22 May 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Brownstein and the L.A. TImes skim the facts on the Dead [18 May 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Apple finally getting flexible with prices? [16 May 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Killing off music clubs & dropping ad sales for Idol, Facebook [14 May 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Opinons vs. selling songs and a scribe’s farewell to the classical world [12 May 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Zune- DRM friendly, consumer unfriendly… so does Neil Young have the answer? [9 May 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Blurt emerges out of Harp’s ashes [6 May 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Nine Inch Nails- another month, another free album [5 May 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Where’s DIY classic recreations? [3 May 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Starbucks retreats & Paste/RS up the ad ante [28 April 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Did Dylan deserve the Pulitzer? [24 April 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Does Lisa Robinson have the right idea about promos? [22 April 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Alicia Keys vs. Blender: Who’s the liar? [20 April 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Comcast gets nasty, MySpace screws indies [18 April 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Pay per view blogs [16 April 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Buzznet gets hungrier and the whack iPod tax [14 April 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Why download for free? Not because your credit history sucks [12 April 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Crawdaddy returns too [9 April 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Broadside Magazine returns [8 April 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Music, Politics and Censorship in Lukashenko’s Belarus [7 April 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Thinking big with experts [6 April 2008]

Crazed by the Music: PSF April Fools- Carducci and Coley [2 April 2008]

Crazed by the Music: RIP Resonance magazine [1 April 2008]

Crazed by the Music: The BuzzNet cyborg will assimilate your blog [31 March 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Downloading surcharge: The right answer for consumers? [30 March 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Tupac and the L.A. Times: Will the truth come out? [27 March 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Big labels don’t want music in the libraries [26 March 2008]

Crazed by the Music: One big happy satellite radio monopoly [25 March 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Nine Inch Nails’ experiment: A bigger bang than Radiohead? [23 March 2008]

Crazed by the Music: RIP Net Radio? [21 March 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Reviewers no more? The disappearing advance copy [20 March 2008]

Crazed by the Music: SXSW- what does a band want from a multi-stage fest? [18 March 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Official Harp statement about the end of the magazine [17 March 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Harp’s demise [15 March 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Zorn and Britney: The strange dance between artist and press [10 March 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Walmart blackmailing labels over price? [4 March 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Wiki album- an idea whose time has come? [2 March 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Labels not sharing their RIAA settlement money with artists [28 February 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Clapton in North Korea would be good for who? [27 February 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Maxim vs. The Black Crowes- isolated incident? [26 February 2008]

Crazed by the Music: The fine art of the interview and why some artists are stuck in culthood [20 February 2008]

Crazed by the Music: RIP No Depression [19 February 2008]

Crazed by the Music: GOP is against music theft, unless it’s them doing it…

Crazed by the Music: Your band’s webpage sucks!  (and what to do about it) [15 February 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Blogs beat MySpace and fans become producers [13 February 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Grammy 08 Round-up [11 February 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Grammys 08- what’s to watch? [10 February 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Rock critics on Late Night TV [9 February 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Timbaland and the innovation of the phone album [8 February 2008]

Crazed by the Music: New publishing ideas… [7 February 2008]

Crazed by the Music: DIY without RIAA [30 January 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Mark Cuban buries the album too soon and MPAA overstates its case [24 January 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Blender’s editorial blunder? [18 January 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Record industry coming to an end (again) [16 January 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Of awards, praise and scribing [14 January 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Did Radiohead succeed and Trent/Saul fail? [11 January 2008]

Crazed by the Music: RIP streaming music? [10 January 2008]

Crazed by the Music: Musical tasers and a 699,000 sales loser [9 January 2008]

Crazed by the Music: RIP DRM and high/low culture? [7 January 2008]

Crazed by the Music: RIAA innocent?  In no sense… [4 January 2008]

Crazed by the Music: RIAA sez you can’t rip music & lawyers warn of labels’ 360 contracts [31 December 2007]

Crazed by the Music: New Year’s resolutions and best music writing of 07 [26 December 2007]

Crazed by the Music: My real list of favorite music of ‘07 [22 December 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Push back the FCC’s gift to big media [20 December 2007]

Crazed by the Music: David Byrne and Thom Yorke explain why albums are still important [19 December 2007]

Crazed by the Music: FCC baddies win this round in media consolidation [18 December 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Stop the FCC’s media consolidation plans! [17 December 2007]

Crazed by the Music: RIAA wants you jailed for ripping CD’s [16 December 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Indies bite back and RIP Ike Turner [15 December 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Robots for Souljah vs. Bill Clinton [12 December 2007]

Crazed by the Music: The Decline and Fall of Reviewing (again) [11 December 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Paste’s pay-what-you-want experiment pays off [10 December 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Dan Deacon and the perils of ad spaces and RIP Stockhausen [8 December 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Of liquor licenses and musicians [6 December 2007]

Crazed by the Music: More right and wrong ways to fix the music biz [5 December 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Zune surge?  Don’t believe the hype [4 December 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Perfect Sound Forever- December 07 edition [2 December 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Tis the season for year end lists [30 November 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Smoking ads- time to quit? [29 November 2007]

Crazed by the Music: The Creem Wars continue [28 November 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Amy Winehouse: In need of help? [27 November 2007]

Crazed by the Music: David Brooks almost gets it; Jermaine Dupri doesn’t [20 November 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Quiet time- time to turn off the music? [19 November 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Another music model and the power of music [15 November 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Radiohead’s rainbow turns into a publishing model [14 November 2007]

Crazed by the Music: What do artists owe their fans? [10 November 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Was Radiohead’s download experiment a failure? [8 November 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Eagles beat Britney, meaning what…? [7 November 2007]

Crazed by the Music: EMI blames artists for its failures [6 November 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Govt study sez downloaders buy music too [5 November 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Christgau not gone [4 November 2007]

Crazed by the Music: How does a music scribe make their mark? [31 October 2007]

Crazed by the Music: The Net quandary- is the online world doomed? [26 October 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Talking loud and saying nothing about art? [25 October 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Technobrega and piracy [24 October 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Help preserve Moog’s legacy [22 October 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Indie rock’s white burden? [20 October 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Bling and blood [17 October 2007]

Crazed by the Music: How healthy is the NYC club scene? [13 October 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Fear of Facebook and technology [11 October 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Fiona Apple and the horrors of OCD [8 October 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Concerts and the cool quotient [4 October 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Radiohead throws down the gauntlet [1 October 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Robert Plant: Too old to rock and roll? [30 September 2007]

Crazed by the Music: RIAA’s lawsuits going the way of the dinosaur? [29 September 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Steve Earle and Nick Lowe: Hoping not to sing their songs [28 September 2007]

Crazed by the Music: CMJ scamming bands? [27 September 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Meg White- what’s news and what’s tabloid trash? [26 September 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Amazon downloads open for business [25 September 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Vision Festival- matching grants [23 September 2007]

Crazed by the Music: antiMusic ain’t for sale [20 September 2007]

Crazed by the Music: The State Department keeps America safe from music scholars [19 September 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Trent Raznor wants you to steal his CD [18 September 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Band of Horses and the sponsorship dilemma [17 September 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Soul Patrol’s music panels [13 September 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Britney’s bumbling: Is the hate overplayed? [11 September 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Apple sauce [10 September 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Read a book campaign- helpful or disgraceful? [9 September 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Master P- from gangsta to role model [8 September 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Why DRM won’t work and why music education does [6 September 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Toby Keith comes clean (maybe) [5 September 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Apple’s new challenges [4 September 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Are these the best of musical times? [27 August 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Why we need blogs

Crazed by the Music: Another bogus piracy study [24 August 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Invasion of the supposed iPod killers [22 August 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Detailing the music industry’s decline [21 August 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Will Watermarks replace DRM and will that be a good thing? [20 August 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Why does Sir Elton want to kill the Net? [12 August 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Is AT&T pro-censorship? [9 August 2007]

Crazed by the Music: XXL magazine [8 August 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Jack White and the 4th Estate [6 August 2007]

Crazed by the Music: August/Sept issue of Perfect Sound Forever [1 August 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Help save Bobby Robinson’s home- August 3rd, NYC [31 July 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Another good killed column- MTV’s Things that suck [30 July 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Is print media scared of freebies? [29 July 2007]

Crazed by the Music: A model for beginning bands [25 July 2007]

Crazed by the Music: A survival model for composers [24 July 2007]

Crazed by the Music: A funding model for jazz and other music [23 July 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Writers really ARE frustrated musicians! (not) [20 July 2007]

Crazed by the Music: It’s your song now- new income for musicians? [18 July 2007]

Crazed by the Music: More radio hijinx- web radio piracy and indie contracts

Crazed by the Music: Oldies still rule the charts [17 July 2007]

Crazed by the Music: New postal rates mean fewer print zines [16 July 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Music as public and private spectacle [15 July 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Do scribes matter in the pop realm? [14 July 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Less music on the web thanks to major labels? [12 July 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Guilty pleasures: Helen Reddy vs. Capt. Beefheart

Crazed by the Music: Why classical might not matter to many [11 July 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Avril vs. the Rubinoos- does she know more than she’s letting on? [9 July 2007]

Crazed by the Music: More licensing hijinx [8 July 2007]

Crazed by the Music: A post-label world?  Sonic Youth and Prince look for alternatives [6 July 2007]

Crazed by the Music: iPhone vs. Working Assets- is Apple just a bunch of telecomm whores? [5 July 2007]

Crazed by the Music: iPhone- believe SOME of the hype… [27 June 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Imus redux-redux & MySpace class wars [26 June 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Take Action- Support Low Power Radio [22 June 2007]

Crazed by the Music: RIP Punk Planet [18 June 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Betty Davis and the black rock freak show [17 June 2007]

Crazed by the Music: RIP advance release dates? [14 June 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Omerta and the idea of “don’t snitch” [13 June 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Sopranos follow-up [12 June 2007]

Crazed by the Music: ‘The Sopranos’: Did the audience get whacked? [11 June 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Lefsetz- don’t know much about country (or rap) [9 June 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Macca’s coffee hangover [6 June 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Transgenders don’t get no respect [4 June 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Sgt Pepper’s: It was 40 years ago… [2 June 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Perfect Sound Forever- June/July 07 edition [31 May 2007]

Crazed by the Music: CBS eats Last FM but will it get indigestion? [30 May 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Rap Sessions: Does Hip-Hop Hate Women? [27 May 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Jazzcorner and Bluegum [21 May 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Hip-hop lilith fair & in search of Yankee playwrights [16 May 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Used CD crackdowns will NOT save the music industry [9 May 2007]

Crazed by the Music: P2P [7 May 2007]

Crazed by the Music: SoundExchange and RIAA [30 April 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Russell Simmons and the dirty words [26 April 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Save print music zines [23 April 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Ornette finally gets props [19 April 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Imus and the scapegoats [16 April 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Punk professor online [5 April 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Is the Apple/EMI DRM-free world a paradise? [4 April 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Arthur Magazine resurrected? [3 April 2007]

Crazed by the Music: RIP Lower Eastside Clubs (and NYC clubs?) [29 March 2007]

Crazed by the Music: DMCA architect admits mistakes- when will the rest of the industry? [25 March 2007]

Crazed by the Music: RIAA’s self-inflicted woes [23 March 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Ultragrrrl redux redux [22 March 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Should rock critics be musicians? Part XXXVII [21 March 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Ultragrrrl Redux [19 March 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Blues resource & hip-hop history [13 March 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Good news for indie radio and bad news for webcasters [9 March 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Tell Congress to fund the arts [5 March 2007]

Crazed by the Music: YouTube and the new video rules [3 March 2007]

Crazed by the Music: RIP Arthur Magazine [24 February 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Rap’s manhood issue & Country’s Grammy snub [22 February 2007]

Crazed by the Music: TV On the Radio Vs. The Village Voice- truly racist? [18 February 2007]

Crazed by the Music: The Godfather of Soul [15 February 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Pazz and Jop in a Post-Dean era [14 February 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Good Grammys [13 February 2007]

Crazed by the Music: DRM: Is Apple or are the record labels right? [11 February 2007]

Crazed by the Music: RIAA’s fuzzy CD math [8 February 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Steve Job’s DRM dance [7 February 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Why won’t the album die? [6 February 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Navel-gazing as journo trend? [4 February 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Best Music Journalism of ‘06 [31 January 2007]

Crazed by the Music: RIAA vs. Mixtapes [30 January 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Will pay-for-click save online journalism? [28 January 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Payola reviews- no surprise [25 January 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Major’s newest revenue stream- lawsuits [24 January 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Question Mark’s tragedy [18 January 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Remember Dr. King [15 January 2007]

Crazed by the Music: iPhone- the ultimate ‘07 gizmo? [11 January 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Rolling Stone and MTV show part of the scribe reality [10 January 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Where’s arts coverage and late year hip-hop releases? [8 January 2007]

Crazed by the Music: Idolator Poll Results and the Voice’s revenge [5 January 2007]

Crazed by the Music: 06 gone already [26 December 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Invasion of the year-end top 10 lists [23 December 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Time’s person of the year isn’t “you” [21 December 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Don’t bury journalists just yet [19 December 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Where’s the classical celebs? [13 December 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Adage to FCC: Drop your head [12 December 2006]

Crazed by the Music: RIAA to artists: Drop dead [10 December 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Criticizing the critics- the art of revenge [7 December 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Warner CEO’s kids have a get-out-of-jail-free card from RIAA [6 December 2006]

Crazed by the Music: More stalwart voices line up against the FCC’s puritanical crusade [1 December 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Which poll is the real music scribes’ poll? [30 November 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Heard the news?: The embarrassment of hearing loss [29 November 2006]

Crazed by the Music: All-time greatest records: Who’s got the right answer? [27 November 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Borat and the great art/life divide: The Frankenstein factor [26 November 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Teach your children… the crit basics [22 November 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Hearing loss: More good news for audiologists [21 November 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Another/better Ellen Willis tribute [16 November 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Microsoft zunes out? [14 November 2006]

Crazed by the Music: More Congress tips about music [12 November 2006]

Crazed by the Music: RIP Ellen W & Teddy [10 November 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Dem tips for Congress- a music agenda [9 November 2006]

Crazed by the Music: YouTube and MySpace clear the decks for copyright [5 November 2006]

Crazed by the Music: NBC and CW fearfully smooching Dubya’s feet? [30 October 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Web tracking- why their mistakes could kill off publications [27 October 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Sanity creeps into the FCC [26 October 2006]

Crazed by the Music: The power of prizes [24 October 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Xgau on NPR [20 October 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Sumner smacks up the FCC bee-atches [18 October 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Newspapers’ survival and the case against Digital Rights [17 October 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Indie Band Life-O-Meter [15 October 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Cultural diplomacy serves who? [10 October 2006]

Crazed by the Music: John Lennon- who’s a racist? [3 October 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Opening acts- the shame and the glory [1 October 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Snowjobs- FCC and Microsoft’s Zune [17 September 2006]

Crazed by the Music: More Reflecting on 9-11- why we need “stupid” pop culture [15 September 2006]

Crazed by the Music: EMI Beats the Beachles [13 September 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Reflecting on Sept 11th- dare we entertain ourselves? [12 September 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Gang of Four’s supposed politics [8 September 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Paul Nelson memorial today [7 September 2006]

Crazed by the Music: A Voice without Christgau [5 September 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Katrina- almost time to forget again [30 August 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Pay for review ethics? [27 August 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Warning- reading this could give you an STD [23 August 2006]

Crazed by the Music: RIAA’s latest new low [16 August 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Dada and the continued search for shock value [15 August 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Newsflash: being musically out of touch gets you a byline! [12 August 2006]

Crazed by the Music: The 6-foot sweet spot for home media [10 August 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Why Apple is still winning the MP3 player wars- Part XXXVI [8 August 2006]

Crazed by the Music: RIP Arthur Lee [4 August 2006]

Crazed by the Music: The Godz reunite to reissue… and sue [3 August 2006]

Crazed by the Music: MTV: Culturally Dead? [1 August 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Jessica Simpson: Digital Music Hero? [27 July 2006]

Crazed by the Music: XM vs. RIAA: Another Useless Battle [23 July 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Freak Folk: A Genre By Any Other Name [19 July 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Syd Barrett, silence and fan contracts [12 July 2006]

Crazed by the Music: RIP Paul Nelson [6 July 2006]

Crazed by the Music: The online squeeze for highbrow scribes [3 July 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Hadji Girl: Politically Incorrect Music for a War [29 June 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Payola for EMI’s biggest acts? [26 June 2006]

Crazed by the Music: FCC and Oprah: Acting in Whose Best Interest? [22 June 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Weird Al Yankovic- online vs. CD royalties [19 June 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Ticketmaster makes the concert experience easy… for millionaires [12 June 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Hilary Rosen sees the light on RIAA lawsuits [11 June 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Stop SIRA- paying for your music again and again and again [7 June 2006]

Crazed by the Music: The FCC and all of their fetishes [6 June 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Online buzz cuts out the indie middlemen? [2 June 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Starbucks doused by home invasion of music [31 May 2006]

Crazed by the Music: My iPod, my life, my my… [24 May 2006]

Crazed by the Music: RIAA’s masters screws artists as badly as plaintiffs [23 May 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Indies suck, just ask any contrarian [22 May 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Blogs & Podcast- who are they really reaching? [18 May 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Rockist vs. popist- who cares? [16 May 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Stephin Merritt- who’s a racist?; DJ Star- who’s a criminal? [14 May 2006]

Crazed by the Music: America speaks… what language? [12 May 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Moses supposes wrong on CD Baby [11 May 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Fall Out Boy Vs. Family Values? [10 May 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Warners’ movie model- pave the way for music [9 May 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Music Mag Anniversaries: The Stone and the Fork [5 May 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Labels’ pants on fire in Napster case [4 May 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Musicians fight back against the hands that (kind of) feeds them [2 May 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Fight for your right for a free net [26 April 2006]

Crazed by the Music: To comp or not to comp for shows [25 April 2006]

Crazed by the Music: FCC uses Bullsh-t pulpit [24 April 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Who do you trust?  Greedy rock stars & a nosy government [23 April 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Chuck Eddy - I heart smoochin’ contrarians [19 April 2006]

Crazed by the Music: No noise please- we’re classical [18 April 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Banned in Beijing [17 April 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Censorship- it’s still the American way! [14 April 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Payola as a shortened playlist excuse & suing the biggest consumers [12 April 2006]

Crazed by the Music: 2 bad rulings- No gotham dancing and a divided Net [10 April 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Print media and museums ossify in the face of new media [9 April 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Two outrages- the RIAA and Vegas police [6 April 2006]

Crazed by the Music: It’s Hard Out Here for an NYC Club [5 April 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Anglophobes unite- the American consulate bilks the Brits [31 March 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Wanted: awareness campaigns on suicide and hearing loss [30 March 2006]

Crazed by the Music: End of the Free Internet? Pay to play rules [28 March 2006]

Crazed by the Music: France vs. Apple- the tech music battle engages [23 March 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Inspirational Music Quote [22 March 2006]

Crazed by the Music: SXSW hangover- yet another report? [20 March 2006]

Crazed by the Music: SXSW blog panel [17 March 2006]

Crazed by the Music: SXSW survival guide [14 March 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Isaac Hayes gets religiously sensitive [13 March 2006]

Crazed by the Music: The Oscars- proudly out of touch [12 March 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Payola probes- investigate the so-called investigators [11 March 2006]

Crazed by the Music: American Idol and the classroom [10 March 2006]

Crazed by the Music: RIP Ali Farka Toure- a tribute from Corey Harris [9 March 2006]

Crazed by the Music: RIAA & Hawthorne Heights- taking the (really) low road [8 March 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Rolling Stones = China’s dupes? [5 March 2006]

Crazed by the Music: I-Pod competitors- nothing ventured, nothing gained [4 March 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Nick Sylvester and the Village Voice- who’s to blame? [3 March 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Spin and the FCC- It’s a Kids’, Kids’ Kids’ world… [2 March 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Senator Rockefeller’s sleazy porn crusade [1 March 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Unconventional wisdom: Sex Pistols and Yahoo Music [28 February 2006]

Crazed by the Music: What’s a proper arts education? [20 February 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Death to the RIAA [17 February 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Copyright Criminals Remix [16 February 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Sly Stone’s “re-appearance” [12 February 2006]

Crazed by the Music: RIP Web 5.0? [11 February 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Last word on Grammys ‘06 [10 February 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Radio Congloms & Busta need to clean up their acts [9 February 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Grammy ‘06 notes [8 February 2006]

Crazed by the Music: RIP Fair use? [6 February 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Stones’ superbowl self-bleep [5 February 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Location, location, location of music venues [3 February 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Pazz & Jop Version 2006 [2 February 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Celebrating Amadeus outside of the ivory tower [30 January 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Nettwerk pisses on RIAA lawsuits [28 January 2006]

Crazed by the Music: The pleasures of reissuing- Delta 5 and friends [27 January 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Deaf Forever- I-Pods & your (lack of) hearing [26 January 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Detroit eats its own- destroying Motown artifacts [25 January 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Wait, let’s check with the RIAA before we listen to that album… [23 January 2006]

Crazed by the Music: RIP Wilson Pickett [19 January 2006]

Crazed by the Music: RIP Alex Snouffer (Magic Band) [18 January 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Why hit machines will sink (not save) the music biz

Crazed by the Music: Can cartoons save classical music? [17 January 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Write around the world- a proposal for international music journalism [9 January 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Best music scribing of 2005 [6 January 2006]

Crazed by the Music: Being culturally sensitive in Africa [5 January 2006]

Crazed by the Music: New Year’s Resolutions and 2 great guitarists [3 January 2006]

Crazed by the Music: The State of music scribing ‘05 [25 December 2005]

Crazed by the Music: Slappy holidaze [23 December 2005]

Crazed by the Music: No music please, we’re New Yorkers [22 December 2005]

Crazed by the Music: How good is it to open for the Stones? [19 December 2005]

Crazed by the Music: Best music scribing of 2005 [15 December 2005]

Crazed by the Music: Diamonds are Forever- Bling is Murder [13 December 2005]

Crazed by the Music: Richard Pryor- a tribute [11 December 2005]

Crazed by the Music: Homes for New Orleans musicians [8 December 2005]

Crazed by the Music: MC5 court settlement another side [4 December 2005]

Crazed by the Music: MC5 news- court settlement [29 November 2005]

Crazed by the Music: Sony’s sins continue [16 November 2005]

Crazed by the Music: Sony’s Rootkit- the stench lingers [15 November 2005]

Crazed by the Music: NYC Music commission- help the local scene [11 November 2005]

Crazed by the Music: 50 Cent’s piece too hot for ads?

Crazed by the Music: Vilifying or supporting the arts- U.S. vs. Norway [10 November 2005]

Crazed by the Music: Record fair- craving the physical object in a digital age [8 November 2005]

Crazed by the Music: Cultural isolationism- who’s on the right side? [7 November 2005]

Crazed by the Music: Killer Kane [6 November 2005]

Crazed by the Music: RIP Mana “China” Nishiura (Shonen Knife, DMBQ) [5 November 2005]

Crazed by the Music: Minor Threat tackled by NFL [4 November 2005]