James Hall

There's a new schism opening in rock and pop music. It's not sexy. But it lays down clear dividing lines between two distinct musical camps: to use surge pricing or not?

Surge pricing – where ticket prices peak with demand – has been the scourge of the Oasis reunion tour. Can anything be done to stop the rot?

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Today, B.A.S.S. made the announcement everyone has been waiting for: Live sonar will NOT be banned for the 2025 season. Instead, the anglers in the Bassmaster Elite Series and contenders for the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic presented by Jockey Outdoors must now follow new equipment standardization rules that put significant guardrails on what and how much technology can be used. How in the world did the worldwide authority on bass fishing come to that decision? Well, I’m about to tell you. I was on the technology committee that made the recommendation. I know, half of you reading this now think I’m an idiot (if you didn’t already) and likely will not read the justifications. Your loss, in my opinion.

“It is almost four years old now. The madly insane efforts to silence the album are somehow indications of its power,” Morrissey tells me. “Otherwise, who would bother to get so overheated about an inconspicuous recluse?”