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This is going to be a good weekend.
Tonight I’ll be seeing The Mars Volta at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, then Sunday I’ll be missing the first episode of the return of The Family Guy so I can see Captured! By Robots at The World Famous Milestone Club.
Unfortunately, I don’t have TiVo so this means I […]

I made a mistake yesterday and installed the new version of Rhapsody. If you use Rhapsody, I would recommend you don’t upgrade if you don’t have to. If you use Napster, you might like Rhapsody now, they’re practically the exact same program.
In addition to removing a few Rhapsody options that I rely on […]

In fight for its life against competitors like Apple’s iTunes Music Store and Napster, RealNetworks Inc. on Tuesday took the wraps off its revamped Rhapsody music download service. Rhapsody now includes the ability to download 25 songs per month for free, as well as new services called Rhapsody Unlimited and Rhapsody To Go.
[via Playlist: Real […]

As she retired from Newsday, Laurie Garrett tries to explain the problem with our media and why it must be fixed. Excerpt here, please read the rest of the memo.

The deterioration we experienced at Newsday was hardly unique. All across America news organizations have been devoured by massive corporations, and allegiance to stockholders, the […]

Please buy a new server. (or a new admin if the problem is due to a low “maximum users” setting.)

hmmm…

yep. Britney Spears is pregnant by her almost-employed husband/step-baby’s daddy.
you heard it here first 7,783th.

Coming this Fall to a TV near you!

I’ve been watching Spike TV’s The Ultimate Fighter for a couple months now and damn what a great marketing idea. The show put 16 wannabe UFC fighters in a house without radio or TV for a couple months while they competed as teams in challenges and then fought in order to send someone home […]

A few years ago, it seemed quite probable that Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston would have to face trial for his appalling collusion in the child-rape racket that his diocese had been running. The man had knowingly reassigned dangerous and sadistic criminals to positions where they would be able to exploit the defenseless. He had […]