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Two Quick Polls on Mix Tapes

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

My friend and I were talking about mix tapes the other day. We had an idea for a project, but I need to gather a little intelligence before embarking on it. If you can spare 17 seconds, please complete the following two polls.
By ‘mix tape’, I mean an audio cassette compiled at home. Mix CDs, […]

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The Dirty World of Song Lyrics Sites

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

If you’ve ever googled song lyrics, then you know what Doc Searls is talking about:
Click on the top results and you’ll find that every one has a pop-up window, plus lots of other advertising jive. Of course, you can block those in your browser; but still, pop-up windows suck. They break the Web’s social contract, […]

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Songlines, or Tracking Music’s Movement

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

We’re driving in the last foothills before the Sahara Desert starts in earnest. We were on this twisty stretch of asphalt only wide enough for one car. You had to pull onto the gravel shoulder to let the very occasional oncoming vehicle–mostly trucks and the old beige Mercedes that are the region’s taxis–pass you by.
We’d […]

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Gwen Stefani Plugs HP
The Long Tail of Music Performances at the Oscars
The Sex in the City Trailer is Surprisingly Unfunny
Two Meta-Lists of the Top Music of 2007
DearRockers.org on the Q
I Just Don’t Like Arcade Fire
A Great Cover of “Jump”

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