Last month I told the tale of our surprise SVOG audit which is currently costing us well over $20,000 out of the blue for no reason. Next up in this year's series on "never run a nightclub", let me tell you a story about Performing Rights Organizations! What are those? Buckle up. There are four different PROs these days, and artists and/or labels sign up exclusively with one of them to ...

Jamie Zawinski’s (of Netscape/Mozilla fame, check out Code Rush if you’re unfamiliar) humorous but enfuriating take on his club’s battle with the music “industry” shakedown.