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<sup>book:</sup> <em>The Legal Side of Blogging: How Not to get Sued, Fired, Arrested or Killed</em>

From the outside, it might seem that musicians, photographers, and writers all pitch for the same team. Musicians make it sound good. Photographers make it look good. Writers make it feel...

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Great bloggers make great music bloggers

by Fred (follow us on Facebook) Tyler Cowen draws attention to this paragraph, from Milan Kundera's Encounter:Scarcely 1 percent of the world's population are childless, but at least 50 percent of the great literary characters exit the...

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Great bloggers make great music bloggers

by Fred (follow us on Facebook) From Tyler Cowen:In 1984, my marriage to Cindy was in serious trouble. I had started once a week therapy with a McLean Hospital based psychiatrist named Lenore Boling, and I used...

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(The interesting part of) American Idol returns, and (interestingly enough) Ann Althouse returns to American Idol.

by Fred To wit, read her thoughts on why Tyler Grady failed to pass muster, here. Rarely does AA out-think a problem, and the dispatches she files from American Idol are usually no exception, but...

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The more things change,…

Someone teleported through time from the early 1950s to 2009 would find a music business curiously similar to the landscape of 60 years ago. Few specialty record outlets. Department stores dominating the market....

Great bloggers make great music bloggers

As part of a series he calls "Outing Iran," Sullivan introduces us to Iranian singer Sussan Deyhim. And her...

Great bloggers make great music bloggers

Andrew Sullivan links to a BBC article, wherein a thirteen-year-old reviews a Walkman. (Remember those?) Money quote:My friends...

Great bloggers are great music bloggers

From Andrew Sullivan. Remember that scene in The Breakfast Club? I believe the THC had already been ingested. The...

"That’s not meant to be funny."

File this one under Great Bloggers Make Great Music Bloggers: Andrew Sullivan interviews The Pet Shop Boys. Money quote:...

Music disorientation

File under Great Bloggers Make Great Music Bloggers. From Gadling: Quick: name your top five favorite Asian bands. Can't do...

Great bloggers are great music bloggers

Exhibit B: when Ta-Nehisi Coates (yes, I typed it straight through without checking) refers to Yeah Yeah Yeahs as "White...

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