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site that lists all of Mitsubishi’s songs, and several of the tracks have proved quite popular after getting the exposure they deserve. Now Apple iTunes has made Fisherspooner their featured artist of the week. Why? Because Fisherspooner’s hit “”Emerge”” is the song playing nearly every 20 minutes on MTV as part of their promos for VH-1, etc. MTV is even using the Dancing Kittens of Rathergood.com for the promos. I’m not even going to talk about Moby and Fatboy Slim, who sold their entire collections to commercials and television shows. Has anyone taken a moment to ponder this? How out of touch as American radio become? That “”new music”” has had to find an outlet such as commercials (long ago regarded as the “”ultimate”” sellout to a musician) just to get exposure is a sad commentary on the radio industry’s ability to identify new talent. With the corporatization of radio, and the recurring playlists no matter where you are, music over the air is growing more stale by the day. You now have to wait for the commercials to hear anything interesting, musically that is. ]]>

A shoplifter in Kansas got away with about $60 worth of CDs after releasing a swarm of bees on his attackers. He went into the restroom, released the swarm, and then came out screaming “”Bees, Bees””. Store security grabbed cans of Ra| off the shelf (smart thinking) and killed the bees. The bad guy got away. This is a great idea. But why did the guy steal only $60 of stuff? If you are going to do a crime, do a big crime. Do something worthwhile. Steal it all. What a waste of a great idea.
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It’s a hazy day outside and visibility is only a few miles, but I did notice this ship passing by the house just a few moments ago. It’s the USNS COMFORT on her way back to Baltimore where she is homeported. The vessel was in the Gulf as part of Iraqi Freedom, but now is returning to base. Many of the doctors were flown off weeks ago, but several hundred remain on board while the ship crossed the ocean. My own photos aren’t very good. A low grey profile in this haze, but with the scope I can see the Red Cross markings on the side.
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Well, things keep getting stranger. Tonight I was looking outside and saw what looked like a school of sharks (not kidding) zipping around the seawall. They were obviously bottom feeding whatever they were, and it wasn’t until about ten minutes later that I realized they were rays. Calf-nose rays, apparently, swimming around having a good old time.
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Andrew’s Wish List but I’m thinking about). Grabbed some Vietnamese on the East Side that was ok, but nothing like the stuff back in Northern Virginia (where hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese live). Working on some war blog stuff to get up later tonight.
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San Jose Mercury News has an interesting series starting today about the “”Internet Native”” children growing up in the Valley. Some k|s today have been online for nearly 10 years, and what is considered “”advanced computer skills”” for my generation is second nature to them. I often talk about this to my peers and get strange looks. I first noticed this sort of difference when I graduated college in 1987. I knew “”computers”” as the employers told me. I would be the “”computer guy”” in offices. It always struck me as strange how you could get shoved into a corner with even the least technical skills. I knew French too but I wasn’t the “”French guy”” in the office. My father could operate a calculator but he wasn’t the “”calculator guy”” in his department. Why did we need a “”computer guy”” when the skills I had were those that everyone should possess?26]]>

The Online Journalism Review just interviewed me via e-mail regarding my “”Iraq Blog”” at Iraqwar.info. They’re kind of curious what is going to happen to all the war blogs after the war, and how the cessation of fighting has affected traffic (1/10th, in case you are wondering). I’ll probably turn it into a more historic site, like the Gulfwar Debriefing but only after some of the details come out from the Pentagon that are still being analyzed at this moment.]]>

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