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Greenspun.com
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Greenspun.com has now been down for 36 hours, meaning no ILM and ILE. My assumption is that eventually one of these outages will be permanent (maybe even this one!) or that the ‘restructuring’ of greenspun.com will finally happen and it&#[…]

MECHA-STREISAND VS. NEIL DIAMOSAUR: FITE!
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MECHA-STREISAND VS. NEIL DIAMOSAUR: FITE!
Fred Bronson, The Billboard Book of Number One Hits:
“Gary Guthrie was a particularly astute disk jockey. While spinning records for his AKY-FM show in Louisville, Kentucy, he realized that not only had[…]

Cowboy Dreams
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The Meaning of Country Music
If the top twenty on Country Music Video is any indication, concern about a pop invasion is a fuss about very little. These songs, and the images that accompany them, are comforting in their nostalgia for a world of conse[…]

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  1. Yes, he’d been “…making this since FOUR—TEEN YEARS OF AGE”. As if this culmination of exquisite ingredients could ever let…