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	<title type="text">PopMatters: Crazed by the Music</title>
	<subtitle type="text">Exploitation and Theft | By Jason Gross</subtitle>
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	<updated>2008-09-05T13:51:26Z</updated>
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<title type="html">Who are the great YouTube directors?</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.63018</id>
		<published>2008-09-07T00:58:49Z</published>
		<updated>2008-09-07T00:58:49Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		I was wondering just that when I was watching this wonderful video of Herbert von Karajan conducting Beethoven's famous Fifth Symphony from 1966.  It's not just Karajan's intensity much less the...		]]></content>
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	<entry>
<title type="html">RIAA lawsuits -- "If the goal is to reduce file sharing, it's a failure"</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.62969</id>
		<published>2008-09-05T18:44:27Z</published>
		<updated>2008-09-05T18:44:27Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
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		Not surprisingly, no one at the RIAA wanted to get interviewed for a Wired story that shows what a miserable failure their download lawsuit program has been so far.  Basically, the labels have poured...		]]></content>
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	<entry>
<title type="html">"I wrote a blog entry- where's my goddamn Pulitzer?"</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.60922</id>
		<published>2008-09-02T19:16:22Z</published>
		<updated>2008-09-02T19:16:22Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
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		To follow-up on my post last month about the shrinking ranks of publication/newspapers writers....

One of the most trotted-out arguments about the decline and fall of the professional critic is that...		]]></content>
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<title type="html">The 200/20 plan for touring bands...</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.62566</id>
		<published>2008-08-27T18:24:46Z</published>
		<updated>2008-08-27T18:24:46Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Good luck finding a bigger soul fan than Bob Davis who runs the sterling Soul Patrol site where he posts updated info daily as well as numerous broadcasts there as well. Davis was recently in Chicago...		]]></content>
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	<entry>
<title type="html">Start digging more critics' graves- Part 1</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.62505</id>
		<published>2008-08-25T03:27:49Z</published>
		<updated>2008-08-25T03:27:49Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Been brewing on this for a few months so please excuse the fact that the article references below are a little old, inspired by yet another wave of 'death of journalism articles.'

It's not only this...		]]></content>
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<title type="html">RIP Pandora? The music industry keeps killing itself</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.62180</id>
		<published>2008-08-18T11:57:48Z</published>
		<updated>2008-08-18T11:57:48Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		September 3, 2002 is an important date for the music industry. That was the day that Napster was effectively shut down by the courts after punishing lawsuits by the major labels. It's also the day...		]]></content>
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<title type="html">The Secret of Twitter: Small is Beautiful</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.62087</id>
		<published>2008-08-16T17:03:18Z</published>
		<updated>2008-08-16T17:03:18Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Here's what you'll find at my Twitter site as my latest entry: "OK, so the secret here at Twitter, what makes it cool, is bite-sized news scoops plus mini-blogging for otherwise-lazy celebs (great,...		]]></content>
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<title type="html">Who's bigger, Madonna, the Beatles or Jesus?</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.62086</id>
		<published>2008-08-14T11:19:03Z</published>
		<updated>2008-08-14T11:19:03Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Perfect Sound Forever writer Tony Sclafani is someone I've enjoyed working with -- he's done a number of good stories for my zine. I'm also glad to see him making a name for himself at MSNBC as a...		]]></content>
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	<entry>
<title type="html">Festival survival guide</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.61955</id>
		<published>2008-08-13T17:46:19Z</published>
		<updated>2008-08-13T17:46:19Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		I have to hand it to All Points West for not only having a puzzling name for an East coast music festival but for also running it pretty well.  Sure, they had the usual overpriced, unhealthy foods...		]]></content>
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<title type="html">Montgomery County Bulletin's Big Ripoff</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.61988</id>
		<published>2008-08-11T15:22:08Z</published>
		<updated>2008-08-11T15:22:08Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Once upon a time, there was a small Texas paper called Montgomery County Bulletin.  It was run and published by a guy named Mike Ladyman who did everything from delivering it to apparently taking out...		]]></content>
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<title type="html">Musician's guide to turning down song requests</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.61950</id>
		<published>2008-08-10T15:48:09Z</published>
		<updated>2008-08-10T15:48:09Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		One of the many reasons that I'm glad that I'm not a professional musician is the fun job of having to field requests at shows.  I've seen some performers fend it off with good humor (Neil Young once...		]]></content>
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	<entry>
<title type="html">No Depression returns!</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.61834</id>
		<published>2008-08-07T01:54:13Z</published>
		<updated>2008-08-07T01:54:13Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
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		So says the press release.... and yep I contributed before and I'd be proud to do so again.  They were a great, much-needed publication and we still need 'em.

"Plans for a major overhaul of...		]]></content>
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	<entry>
<title type="html">End of the jazz wars?</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.61820</id>
		<published>2008-08-06T20:11:16Z</published>
		<updated>2008-08-06T20:11:16Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Maybe, as this New Music Box article says in a hopeful manner.  I don't know if the traditionalists are still sanguine about the post-bop crowd and vice versa just yet (I don't see the Vision...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Newsflash: Illegal downloading is here to stay</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.61779</id>
		<published>2008-08-06T01:29:20Z</published>
		<updated>2008-08-06T01:29:20Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		It's sure to be one of the most blogged-about stories this season but it's worth repeating. Finally, what everyone (except the major labels and their RIAA lawyers) have known and admitted is now in a...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Pay model for papers and bye-bye Usenet</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.61688</id>
		<published>2008-08-04T02:42:31Z</published>
		<updated>2008-08-04T02:42:31Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Two noteworthy articles about using a pay-model for the Net.  First is this article from the Maui Time Weekly (reprinted in Alt Weekly) about how to solve the problems of the newspapers by pulling...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Bloggers of the world- get paid! (maybe)</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.61543</id>
		<published>2008-07-29T15:08:20Z</published>
		<updated>2008-07-29T15:08:20Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		So says Gawker though they're not ones to talk... Their target is the Huffington Post, which despite their slings/arrows, happens to post some quality material.  The point is that since HP is such a...		]]></content>
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	<entry>
<title type="html">Welcome to the Post-Brow culture</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.61480</id>
		<published>2008-07-29T03:25:55Z</published>
		<updated>2008-07-29T03:25:55Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Despite all the blood-letting, the L.A. Times is still one of the most vital publishing institutions around.  Lately, they've been running a series of fascinating articles about the meshing of...		]]></content>
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	<entry>
<title type="html">Digital Survival Guide Redux</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.61382</id>
		<published>2008-07-25T13:44:03Z</published>
		<updated>2008-07-25T13:44:03Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Pardon the brief hype but PopMatters was nice enough to publish my digital survival guide for publications article today.  I hope that some pubs out there find something useful in there to help them...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Black Kids and Pitchfork: Screw-up or hubris?</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.61240</id>
		<published>2008-07-22T16:51:50Z</published>
		<updated>2008-07-22T16:51:50Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		If you go to Pitchfork for their review of the new record by Black Kids, you'll see a SORRY message with two long-faced doggies. Cute but you have to wonder if they're not tooting their own horn a...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Houston's indie blues</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.61064</id>
		<published>2008-07-17T14:19:51Z</published>
		<updated>2008-07-17T14:19:51Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		The sad, depressing story of a city of four million people minus an indie scene from the Houston Press.  An insane incident of police over-reacting in '06 to a club show didn't help but John Nova...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">RIP cabaret laws in Gotham?</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.60996</id>
		<published>2008-07-16T02:54:01Z</published>
		<updated>2008-07-16T02:54:01Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Not so fast but it looks like the Mayor is at least considering it. Thanks to these decades-old laws that were dusted off by Giuliani, club life in New York took a severe blow and has had trouble...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Classical music crits support their own so where's the other org's?</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.60729</id>
		<published>2008-07-13T19:40:29Z</published>
		<updated>2008-07-13T19:40:29Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		It's nice to see classical writers support their own in the face of constant downsizing at newspapers across America: the The Music Critics Association of North America did in this posting at Poynter...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Viacom vs. YouTube/Google vs. You</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.60635</id>
		<published>2008-07-08T17:05:44Z</published>
		<updated>2008-07-08T17:05:44Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Google's headaches about YouTube keep mounting including the fact that they can't figure out how to sell ads there.  Now they're being forced by Viacom to hand over user information (that's including...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Washington Post actually hires a critic!</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F60633%2Fwashington-post-actually-hires-a-critic%2F&amp;seed_title=Washington+Post+actually+hires+a+critic%21" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.60633</id>
		<published>2008-07-07T15:58:23Z</published>
		<updated>2008-07-07T15:58:23Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		As this Musical America article notes, the Washington Post is going against the grain and actually HIRING a music critic, while many places (including the Post itself) is laying off or buying out...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">NYC rents driving out more record stores</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F60561%2Fnyc-rents-driving-out-more-record-stores%2F&amp;seed_title=NYC+rents+driving+out+more+record+stores" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.60561</id>
		<published>2008-07-06T12:07:44Z</published>
		<updated>2008-07-06T12:07:44Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		It's not just iTunes or Amazon that are driving music stores out of Manhattan, it's also the housing market which looks to squeeze astronomical amounts of money from every business there so that only...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Two good causes- R&amp;B Foundation and RED</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F60382%2Ftwo-good-causes-rb-foundation-and-red%2F&amp;seed_title=Two+good+causes-+R%26B+Foundation+and+RED" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.60382</id>
		<published>2008-07-01T20:53:42Z</published>
		<updated>2008-07-01T20:53:42Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Just wanted to give the nod to two good organizations related to music.  The first is the Rhythm and Blues Foundation, which is headed up by a number of R&B artists (including Jerry Butler, Gamble &...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Help save Arthur magazine</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F60264%2Fhelp-save-arthur-magazine%2F&amp;seed_title=Help+save+Arthur+magazine" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.60264</id>
		<published>2008-06-27T12:51:50Z</published>
		<updated>2008-06-27T12:51:50Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		After resurrecting itself earlier this year, Arthur Magazine needs your help to stay afloat.  Here's the communique:

Arthur Magazine needs $20,000 by July 1 or it will die.
No donation is too...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">When is a zine not a zine- a PSF dilemma</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F59396%2Fwhen-is-a-zine-not-a-zine-a-psf-dilemma%2F&amp;seed_title=When+is+a+zine+not+a+zine-+a+PSF+dilemma" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.59396</id>
		<published>2008-06-24T14:55:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-06-24T14:55:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		From a Perfect Sound Forever reader: "ARE YOU GUYS SERIOUS WITH THE NEW ISSUE JUST READING A 96' DELTA 5 INTERVIEW AND I SEE SOME WEIRD STUFF FLOATING AROUND ON YOUR FRONTPAGE HOPE ITS A JOKE ALWAYS...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Technological sabbath- realistic in our wired world?</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F59507%2Ftechnological-sabbath-realistic-in-our-wired-world%2F&amp;seed_title=Technological+sabbath-+realistic+in+our+wired+world%3F" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.59507</id>
		<published>2008-06-23T16:07:01Z</published>
		<updated>2008-06-23T16:07:01Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		As a tech-head, I can't resist the blissful imagination of articles like this one from PBS where they consider the idea of a Technological Sabbath for all of us to take.  For anyone else who is wired...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Why Walmart won't save local papers but Craigslist and Google may</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F59427%2Fwhy-walmart-wont-save-local-papers%2F&amp;seed_title=Why+Walmart+won%27t+save+local+papers+but+Craigslist+and+Google+may" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.59427</id>
		<published>2008-06-22T14:25:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-06-22T14:25:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		I know I'm a few weeks behind with some of my postings but that's what happens when you have so many items you want to discuss in a blog and so li'l time...Anyway, I want newspapers to save...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">AP vs. bloggers- who's got the moral high ground?</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F59938%2Fap-vs-bloggers-whos-got-the-moral-high-ground%2F&amp;seed_title=AP+vs.+bloggers-+who%27s+got+the+moral+high+ground%3F" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.59938</id>
		<published>2008-06-18T14:40:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-06-18T14:40:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		So first Associated Press tells a liberal site that they can't quote some 2 dozen words from a release and then they back off on it and say that they're rethinking their policy.  

Not surprisingly,...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Another tech reality check- Facebook not an underdog and Metallica wises up a little</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F59857%2Fanother-tech-reality-check-facebook-not-an-underdog-and-metallica-wises-up%2F&amp;seed_title=Another+tech+reality+check-+Facebook+not+an+underdog+and+Metallica+wises+up+a+little" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.59857</id>
		<published>2008-06-17T15:07:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-06-17T15:07:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Looks like Rupert Murdoch's got a little to sweat about besides maybe not having the GOP stay in power next year.  According to Tech Crunch, Facebook is now catching up to MySpace in terms of the...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Branding experiments- the good, the bad and the fuggly</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F59855%2Fbranding-experiments-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fuggly%2F&amp;seed_title=Branding+experiments-+the+good%2C+the+bad+and+the+fuggly" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.59855</id>
		<published>2008-06-16T14:44:01Z</published>
		<updated>2008-06-16T14:44:01Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Laugh all you want to Universal and Rolling Stone for making weird moves in the world of marketing but they might have the last laugh in the end.  Starting with RS, this Women's Wear Daily article...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">DeRogatis vs. Kelly</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F59743%2Fderogatis-vs-kelly-rks-free-but-the-former-had-reason-to-stay-mum%2F&amp;seed_title=DeRogatis+vs.+Kelly" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.59743</id>
		<published>2008-06-13T20:11:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-06-13T20:11:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		RK's free but the former had reason to stay mum		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Welcome Blurt Magazine</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F59657%2Fwelcome-blurt-magazine%2F&amp;seed_title=Welcome+Blurt+Magazine" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.59657</id>
		<published>2008-06-11T22:40:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-06-11T22:40:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		I don't often cross-post but I'll make an exception with Blurt Magazine here.  See my Ye Wei blog for details about the magazine launch.  Yep, I write for 'em and yes, I'd be a fan anyway even if I...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Tech reality check- iPhone hoopla and Microsoft vs. newspapers</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F59625%2Ftech-reality-check-iphone-hoopla-and-microsoft-vs-newspapers%2F&amp;seed_title=Tech+reality+check-+iPhone+hoopla+and+Microsoft+vs.+newspapers" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.59625</id>
		<published>2008-06-10T23:50:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-06-10T23:50:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Two fine articles clear away some stinkin' thinking about recent technology.  First up is this CNet article that goes against all of the sweaty love and worship of Apple's launch of the iPhone,...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">The Filter- latest/greatest way to hook up with music?</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F59479%2Fthe-filter-latest-greatest-way-to-hook-up-with-music%2F&amp;seed_title=The+Filter-+latest%2Fgreatest+way+to+hook+up+with+music%3F" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.59479</id>
		<published>2008-06-09T20:15:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-06-09T20:15:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Eh, not quite... I just got the e-mail saying that I have the privilege to test out the beta version of the Filter.  After a few serious browser crashes on Firefox and Safari that made me shut down...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Time Warner Cable tries metering Net use- how will it effect the entertainment biz?</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F59397%2Ftime-warner-cable-tries-metering-internet-use%2F&amp;seed_title=Time+Warner+Cable+tries+metering+Net+use-+how+will+it+effect+the+entertainment+biz%3F" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.59397</id>
		<published>2008-06-07T12:18:01Z</published>
		<updated>2008-06-07T12:18:01Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Where he once sounded like a crank, U2 manager Paul McGuinness now sounds prescient when he rails against Internet Service Provides (ISPs) and their adverse effect on the music business.  He has his...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">R. Kelly vs. DeRogatis- scapegoat for the defense?</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F59398%2Fr-kelly-vs-derogatis-scapegoat-for-the-defense%2F&amp;seed_title=R.+Kelly+vs.+DeRogatis-+scapegoat+for+the+defense%3F" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.59398</id>
		<published>2008-06-04T15:19:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-06-04T15:19:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		With the occasional bits of news that get out about the trial of R. Kelly, one pertinent detail about it is how the defense is trying squeeze Chicago Sun-Times music columnist Jim DeRogatis into...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Should CD boosters and web hatas take heart in one survey?</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F58993%2Fshould-cd-boosters-take-heart-in-one-survey%2F&amp;seed_title=Should+CD+boosters+and+web+hatas+take+heart+in+one+survey%3F" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.58993</id>
		<published>2008-06-03T01:47:01Z</published>
		<updated>2008-06-03T01:47:01Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Like many ol' fashioned music nuts, I take heart in survey that says that CD buying is still a popular hobby.  The problem though is that this is one survey, as opposed to all the other ones that...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Hilary Rosen's Return</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F58888%2Fhilary-rosens-return-get-the-shovels-ready%2F&amp;seed_title=Hilary+Rosen%27s+Return" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.58888</id>
		<published>2008-05-23T04:18:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-05-23T04:18:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		<i>Get the shovels ready</i>		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Brownstein and the L.A. TImes skim the facts on the Dead</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F58644%2Fbrownstein-and-the-la-times-skim-the-facts-on-the-dead%2F&amp;seed_title=Brownstein+and+the+L.A.+TImes+skim+the+facts+on+the+Dead" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.58644</id>
		<published>2008-05-18T22:22:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-05-18T22:22:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		It pains me to chide an artist/writer that I admire and a publication that I feel the same way about but both Carrie Brownstein and the L.A. Times owe the Grateful Dead an apology.  Brownstein wrote...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Apple finally getting flexible with prices?</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F58603%2Fapple-finally-getting-flexible-with-prices%2F&amp;seed_title=Apple+finally+getting+flexible+with+prices%3F" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.58603</id>
		<published>2008-05-16T13:29:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-05-16T13:29:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		When Apple actually considers breaking out of it's 99 cent box for selling all of its items, that's news.  No doubt that this has something to do with the fact that the entertainment companies that...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Killing off music clubs &amp; dropping ad sales for Idol, Facebook</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F58642%2Fkilling-off-music-clubs-dropping-ad-sales-for-idol-facebook%2F&amp;seed_title=Killing+off+music+clubs+%26+dropping+ad+sales+for+Idol%2C+Facebook" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.58642</id>
		<published>2008-05-14T21:03:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-05-14T21:03:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Though both actions have been temporarily stalled, in New York and Chicago, various govt bureaucracies are trying to shut down music spaces, yet again.  For NYC, the notable Union Hall in Brooklyn...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Opinons vs. selling songs and a scribe's farewell to the classical world</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F58285%2Fopinons-vs-selling-songs-and-a-scribes-farewell-to-the-classical-world%2F&amp;seed_title=Opinons+vs.+selling+songs+and+a+scribe%27s+farewell+to+the+classical+world" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.58285</id>
		<published>2008-05-12T20:06:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-05-12T20:06:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		The NY Times had an interesting article recently about <I>Gramophone</I> magazine (a venerable classical publication) adding links to record labels along side reviews and opportunities to download...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Zune- DRM friendly, consumer unfriendly... so does Neil Young have the answer?</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&amp;feed=Crazed+by+the+Music&amp;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F58444%2Fzune-drm-friendly-consumer-unfriendly%2F&amp;seed_title=Zune-+DRM+friendly%2C+consumer+unfriendly...+so+does+Neil+Young+have+the+answer%3F" />
		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.58444</id>
		<published>2008-05-09T15:10:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-05-09T15:10:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		OK, so what have the entertainment companies learned from trying to educate and fight and figure out consumers in the digital age?  Apparently nothing, which is why they're working with Microsoft to...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Blurt emerges out of Harp's ashes</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.58325</id>
		<published>2008-05-06T23:16:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-05-06T23:16:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
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		From the people who brought you Harp, this press release:

BLURT is coming. Scott Crawford, founder of HARP, along with Managing Editor Fred Mills and Senior Editor Randy Harward, will unveil BLURT...		]]></content>
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	<entry>
<title type="html">Nine Inch Nails- another month, another free album</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.58303</id>
		<published>2008-05-06T03:38:01Z</published>
		<updated>2008-05-06T03:38:01Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
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		With barely any warning, Trent Raznor's done it again.  <i>The Slip</i> is yet another online album available from Nine Inch Nails and this one is for free- no options for payment or anything.  No...		]]></content>
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	<entry>
<title type="html">Where's DIY classic recreations?</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.58203</id>
		<published>2008-05-04T02:44:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-05-04T02:44:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
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		Watching the adorable indie cult film <i>Son of Rambow</i> and remembering the also-recent <i>Be Kind Rewind</i>, I was struck by this adorable idea of film nuts recreating their favorite movies, be...		]]></content>
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	<entry>
<title type="html">Starbucks retreats &amp; Paste/RS up the ad ante</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.57915</id>
		<published>2008-04-29T03:25:01Z</published>
		<updated>2008-04-29T03:25:01Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
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		Once seen as a contender to take on the majors, Starbucks is now retreating from the music biz.  So much for synergy and branding but don't believe that this is the end of big name brands outside the...		]]></content>
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	<entry>
<title type="html">Did Dylan deserve the Pulitzer?</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.57665</id>
		<published>2008-04-24T13:09:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-04-24T13:09:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
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		As much as I love the bard of Hibbing, I did sympathize a bit with Jon Friedman's Marketwatch column about Dylan's Pulitzer Prize.  He's a Dylan fan too (hell, it sounds like he almost has as many...		]]></content>
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	<entry>
<title type="html">Does Lisa Robinson have the right idea about promos?</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.57664</id>
		<published>2008-04-22T13:50:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-04-22T13:50:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
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		I'd been mulling over this Idolator story about Vanity Fair editor Lisa Robinson and her publicists' memo about 'no more promos' (even if the memo itself isn't recent).  I've seen reactions range...		]]></content>
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	<entry>
<title type="html">Alicia Keys vs. Blender: Who's the liar?</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.57549</id>
		<published>2008-04-20T21:35:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-04-20T21:35:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
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		In an old game of 'she said' and 'they said,' Alicia Keys is peeved about a Blender article where she claims that she didn't say what they claim that she did say (about Tupac and Biggie being killed...		]]></content>
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	<entry>
<title type="html">Comcast gets nasty, MySpace screws indies</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.57517</id>
		<published>2008-04-18T18:39:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-04-18T18:39:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Maybe you shouldn't be amazed that the 2nd biggest Net provider in the U.S. ain't necessarily nice people.  Even forgetting their crappy service record, Comcast is also fighting and biting about the...		]]></content>
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	<entry>
<title type="html">Pay per view blogs</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.57477</id>
		<published>2008-04-16T14:12:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-04-16T14:12:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
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		<i>The ultimate solution?</i>		]]></content>
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	<entry>
<title type="html">Buzznet gets hungrier and the whack iPod tax</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.57375</id>
		<published>2008-04-15T01:44:01Z</published>
		<updated>2008-04-15T01:44:01Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Buzznet's diet of blogs that it's consumed now includes Idolator.  Rest assured that BNet's appetite isn't going away- they're still hungry and they still want more.  They're becoming the News Corp...		]]></content>
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	<entry>
<title type="html">Why download for free? Not because your credit history sucks</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.57273</id>
		<published>2008-04-12T14:26:01Z</published>
		<updated>2008-04-12T14:26:01Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		It's easy to pick on Chuck Klosterman.  He has a romantic story, going from earnest Midwesterner to high-flying scribe, which most writers would be jealous of, plus he's been anointed as a "voice of...		]]></content>
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	<entry>
<title type="html">Crawdaddy returns too</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.57190</id>
		<published>2008-04-09T22:26:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-04-09T22:26:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		As Ed Ward noted in a previous comment, another 60's music mag staple has also returned.  Crawdaddy magazine is back, under the auspices of the Wolfgang's Vault website (which offers many classic...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Broadside Magazine returns</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.57059</id>
		<published>2008-04-08T10:43:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-04-08T10:43:00Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
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		Can it be that this bastion of folk music from the sixties is being reborn on the web?  It's great timing considering that No Depression and Harp have recently disappeared.  Broadside is back now...		]]></content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
<title type="html">Music, Politics and Censorship in Lukashenko&amp;#8217;s Belarus</title>
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		<id>tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/crazed-by-the-music/10.57046</id>
		<published>2008-04-07T06:20:01Z</published>
		<updated>2008-04-07T06:20:01Z</updated >
		<author>
			<name>Jason Gross</name>
		</author>
				<content type="html"><![CDATA[
		Just wanted to point out this interesting article in Norient magazine, which happens to have a number of other good pieces that are worth your...		]]></content>
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