More Articles from Archive ~ August, 2006

Writers come in all flavors…some of us can sit down (or stand up, like Ernest Hemmingway and Virginia Woolf did) to write and the words just flow for hours and hours. Their bugaboo is more about re-writing, editing, etc.. Other writers search for a swift boot to dislodge their right-brain. So, if you’re one of [...]

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You’re going to enjoy this one! Weird Al Yankovic’s latest target: the mighty record biz itself. The lead single from his new album, Straight Outta Lynwood, throws down a tongue-in-cheek dare to his global fan base: “Don’t Download This Song.” The accompanying online push for the track, available for free download from his home page [...]

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I thought you might like to see this from Time magazine. 25 Sites We Can’t Live Without. It’s true: Craig’s List, Amazon, Google, NetFlix, The Onion, SmokingGun, Zappo (or on my list, YourMusic.com)…really, there was no lifebefore the Internet. — contributed by John Gabree. Enjoy!

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