The great thing about buying a car these days is that there is so much (SOOO MUCH!) information about every single version of every single model. NOTHING...

I spent last week on a UK Tour:Smart tour. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: If a person like me who has been in the business for 30 years is...

The great thing about the music business and bands on the road is that pretty much everybody has a useful tip for something. One of the most important things...

(image) Preparation (lose the 'h')! It's almost that time of year again and as I start to prepare myself and my crew for another event at...

Two thousand and nine, so far, feels like the scene in a movie where the guy breathes a sigh of relief –– his monster/zombie/ex-girlfriend/whatever has...

Over this last weekend, through personal experience, conversations out in L.A. at the Remix Hotel and at Swingers restaurant with my friend Ken Lopez, and...

It's been a while since my last Tour Smart post, so, welcome back me! I actually didn't feel like I had left. What's happened since we last...

Happy Thanksgiving – to celebrate – give yourself a free t-shirt when you buy a copy of the book from our new superfast merchandise service Merch Squad...

A crazy week for sure. I cannot start dishing out information without mentioning the passing of bassist, artist and my bandmate Paul Raven. He was a charming,...

I know sometimes I can just go off on an ADD tangent – so, here is maybe some of the more important stuff that you’d look to this column to provide. But,...

Wow, great response from the Austin crew at Elysium. It was great to see such a good turn out, and thanks to John and all at the venue, and to the guys...

I came across an amazingly candid (and funny) list of annoyances from The Creepy Crawl in St Louis. I’m going to be there in a couple of weeks so I hope...

Somewhere between FUSE gallery in NYC, Hole In The Sky Black Metal Festival in Bergen Norway, (loads of nice people – guess what, they don’t JUST burn...

I’m out and about – NYC this week, NY Red Bulls on Saturday - closing party is Wednesday, then NORWAY. Come and say Hi. Thanks to the wonderful people...

Thanks for all of the great comments, quotes and support on the book. For this week’s column I am reprinting some thoughts I was asked to contribute to...

(image) Let’s stick with Hay Perro – they seem to be in the same position as many new bands so answering their questions feels like it’s good advice...

This week I’m excited. I just signed a distribution deal with IPG here in Chicago, I’m heading to NYC in early August for another gallery show, interviews,...

Thank you for all of the comments over the last couple of months. One keeps coming up that I thought I should mention. It’s this one... “Great column,...

I’ve always had a love stashed deep in my heart for Pigface--the mechanical landscape of purring sounds, the looped euphoria and aggressively smooth beats...