Archive for October, 2008
Becoming a Star
I was struck by this image from MJ’s Blog of David arriving at radio station MIx 98.5 in Boston this week. Although we all know that David is the least likely artist in history to allow success and fame to go to his head, it is nevertheless natural to expect that he will become accustomed to ...
Solo Tour Appears Confirmed
Snarky Archies is reporting today on a comment posted at FOD by two fans who attended one of the recent radio station appearances that Jeff confirmed to them a solo tour starting in early 2009, with a second leg in the summer. I’m not ready to bet the bank on it until a word from ...
Angels: The Full Track
Angels.mp3 First, the good news: In contrast to his earlier AI studio performances, David has evolved considerably in his ability to reproduce in-studio the dimensions of power and urgency he locates so naturally in live settings. If only the producers hadn’t done everything in their power to undermine this accomplishment. The production is shamefully overdone. After a ...
Widening the Circle
Watching the always impressive Frontline program on PBS this evening, about our presidential candidates (it can be seen in its entirety here), I was struck by a comment made by one of Barack Obama’s early campaign managers. As he and a friend were watching Obama’s historic address to the 2004 Democratic Convention on television, they ...
Market Positioning
The album description in the Wal-Mart catalog gives us a unique insight into the marketing strategy in place for David. It was in all likelihood not intended to be published as-is, but rather the result of a lazy or overworked Wal-Mart publishing arm that didn’t bother to re-write the distributor release from the label. Here’s ...