Pop’s Real Top 40

I was crazy. I forgot about business. I couldn’t see the forest for the trees. Temporary insanity. I looked for substance when I should have known better. I was cheated and I didn’t even buy the thing. The marketing genius of the century did it again, and together with the power and support of Time Warner tricked a nation out of some $25 million.

She’s amazing. What a performer. What an artist. But “Sex”? What an artistic em-bare-ass-ment. Madonna, who made The Times’ list, is undeniably great, but this project is A-1 hype devoid of art.

Well, one good thing did come from the experience. I got brilliant too. Now I’ll be a marketing genius. To promote the next band we put on the road, we’ll ignore the music, dispense with the rehearsals, forget the sound and lights, and send them out instead with a 200-foot phallic blimp.

GARY WEISBERG

President

Home Run! Management Co.

Woodland Hills