The major record label groups formally announce the launch of the Madison project, a prototypical plan to digitally distribute music.
Construction workers come in to our office and go about making the floors and ceiling black.
They bond silver sheet metal flames to the walls. With the red walls it looks like hell, literally. It's a funny thing. I first contacted Michael Robertson about a year ago when I started doing research for a piece on MP3 for Billboard magazine. He was more than helpful, and of course, no reporter has ever accused Michael of not being good for a sound bite.