Like many of you, lately I’ve been keeping a close watch on the American judicial system. Specifically, the case of Axl Rose vs. Irving Azoff.
Axl’s suing his former business manager for sabotaging Chinese Democracy and trying to reunite the real members of Guns N’ Roses. I know… to anyone who’s not Axl Rose, that would seem like the responsible thing for a business manager to do.
But here’s where it gets interesting: in addition to managing artists, Irving Azoff also owns TicketMaster and Live Nation, which pretty much means he owns concerts in America.
Axl’s arguing Azoff now rules a monopoly and is unfairly controlling both ends of the market. He claims Azoff can use his power over venues and North American tours to bully artists in creative and business disputes.
For the last 16 years, Axl’s been a sort of perpetual disappointment machine. There aren’t many people left who are rooting for Axl Rose anymore. But killing TicketMater may be the one thing awesome enough to redeem him.
Whatever happens, it’ll definitely be more interesting than his lawsuit against Dr. Pepper. According to Axl, they too tried to sabotage the release of Chinese Democracy. But enough about Axl…
In other news, there’s a buy-one-get-one-free special on Ball Park wieners at the Ralph’s in Koreatown. I have a place to stay for the next week. Oh, and my friend Zack told me some really funny jokes the other day.
Here’s a cool new picture of my niece. Don’t worry, she’s totally safe. Her parents ate all the Vicodin before they let her play with the empty bottles.
