Mr. First-Nighter’s Tony Awards Preview
Mr. First-Nighter is a theater professional, working with directors, producers and writers on some of Broadway’s biggest and longest running hit shows. In addition to being a Tony Award voter, he is involved in numerous current productions. Because of his day job, this is published under his nom de plume. ~~~ NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS By Mr. First-Nighter I’m a Tony voter. As such, I see eve
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Bob Lefsetz is a music industry observer, and publisher of the Lefsetz letter: ~~~ I rented a Hyundai. They pulled up this eggplant colored piece of shit, with the Coke-bottle flairs over the rear wheels, and I winced. A Hyundai? Wasn’t there anything else? This was it. We’d already waited in line for twenty minutes at Enterprise. This had just come in. Had just been cleaned. There were no o
Livekick Is The Ticket To Finding Your Favorite Concerts
Livekick, the Kayak-like concert recommendation and tickets search engine, has emerged from private beta. Founded by the entrepreneurs who started Grouper.com (which was bought by Sony in 2006), Livekick, which we originally reviewed here, helps users discover live concerts in their geographic vicinity and purchase the cheapest available tickets. Livekick’s current search engine includes more tha
The NonGuidebook Version of What to Do (and Not Do) in NYC 2009
Why a “NonGuidebook Version” of What to Do (and Not Do) in NYC ? Since so many of you have asked: This started with friends from California who were coming to visit NYC for the very first time. They are intrepid Asian and Australian travelers, and wanted what they described as the “nonGuidebook version” of what to do in NYC. So what began first as an email exchange turned into a longer list. The
Grouper Co-Founder’s New Gig: LiveKick, A Concert Ticket Search Engine
What happens when you sell the company you co-founded for an estimated $65 million and have a cushy VP gig at Sony? You set out and build your third startup of course. That’s exactly what Aviv Eyal did along with Yarden Tadmor, the former VP of Business Development at Quigo. Their new company LiveKick can be best described as the Kayak of music concert ticketing. The service helps users discover
Last.fm Relaunches with New Features
Music recommendation service Last.fm relaunched this morning with a number of new features including a Flash player in addition to the desktop client, free MP3s available from independent artists and affiliate sales of recommended concert tickets. See our previous coverage of Last.fm here. At relaunch, the company says it has 15 million unique active users per month from 200 countries, listenin
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