Rock & Rap Confidential

For over a decade I subscribed to Rock & Rap Confidential, the irreverent and honest music newsletter published by Dave Marsh, Lee Ballinger and Danny Alexander. Every issue of the newsletter was jammed with music news that you wouldn't get anywhere else and CD reviews that were written from an honest perspective (kind of like TMQ). Because R&RC never accepted advertising...from anyone...they didn't owe anything to anybody, and they were free to comment on the hypocrisy and greed of a music industry run amok without financial considerations.

Rock & Rap Confidential has been converted to an online publication, available both on the R&RC web site (link above and banner below) and/or via email – go to their web site and sign up! And why should you read R&RC? Although I'll miss receiving my print copies of R&RC in the mail, they're still the only publication that reviews and promotes every type of music...even the Reverend can't make that claim! They were the first to oppose Tipper Gore and the music censors back in the late-80s and they remain vigilant for those that would try and restrict creative expression in music. They regularly ask "why do we need the music industry?" and pull back the covers on the industry's shady practices and lies.

If you love music – and you probably wouldn't be on this blog if you didn't – you should really subscribe to the R&RC email. Hey, it's free, it's entertaining, it's informative and Marsh and crew piss off the RIAA on a regular basis. What more could you want?