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Archives for June 2008

The Daily Loper – June 30, 2008

June 30, 2008 by Lopy

Moving to Rockferry Edition

Todays links of interest:

  • Obama fights back against questions on patriotism
    As stupid as insisting that something as meaningless as a flag pin lapel is an indicator of how much someone loves their country (the map is not the territory), what Wesley Clark said is as equally stupid. Noone is truly "qualified" to be POTUS; it’s really way more about the ideals and intelligence you bring to the Oval Office. Or at least it should be.
  • Hollywood on edge as actors contract set to expire
    Have checked with Hollywood and it believes this headline might be overstating things a bit.
  • Rhapsody takes on iTunes
    This is what we’ve been looking for: more places to legally purchase DRM-free digital music at decent prices.
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Saving Newspapers The Practical Way

June 29, 2008 by Kassia Krozser

When I was a mere pre-blogger, one of my life’s fantasies was to become a journalist. I still remember my first published article, written when I was a high school freshman. I did a story on teenage mothers who were finishing school while caring for their babies. They were doing this in what was my former elementary school, previously closed due to budget cuts.

I still remember how weird that felt, talking to girls my age who were learning algebra and how to raise babies in the place I learned to read.

Time went on and I became co-editor of my school paper, together with one my best friends. Around then, I realized that, to be honest, I was more of an opinion columnist than journalist. Sometimes facts get in the way of the story. This might be why I also write fiction. But I’ve always loved newspapers, more for what they represent than what they are.
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Filed Under: Mediacratic, Publishing Tagged With: Newspapers

The Daily Loper – June 29, 2008

June 28, 2008 by Lopy

Everybody Wants You To Be Just Like Them Edition

Todays links of interest:

  • Barack Obama Reveals His iPod Playlist
    Barack Obama is aware of Bob Dylan. Of Maggie’s Farm, he says " "It speaks to me as I listen to some of the political rhetoric".

Filed Under: The Daily Loper

The Daily Loper – June 27, 2008

June 27, 2008 by Lopy

Gotta Find a New Place Where the Kids are Hip Edition

Todays links of interest:

  • Hey, You’re in a Facebook Ad. Do Not Want?!?
    Another small tip for protecting your Facebook privacy. Best way is to visit your privacy page on a regular basis and see what recent invasion they’ve cooked up.
  • Mars suitable for growing asparagus
    Wow. Imagine how stinky your pee would be if you ate a whole bunch of Martian asparagus!
  • Tom Waits gets key to El Paso
    Almost as cool as when Supertramp got the key to Fresno.
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Filed Under: Hot Topics

The Daily Loper – June 26, 2008

June 26, 2008 by Lopy

Girls Could Not Resist His Stare Edition

Todays links of interest:

  • Before Kissing a Girl, Katy Perry Sang for God
    What we’ve long suspected: religion is a root cause of lesbianism. A point for religion!
  • Schwarzenegger says feeding oil addiction no answer
    Then he hopped into his Hummer and drove away.
  • Anheuser formally rejects offer from Belgian brewer
    We don’t need no damn foreigners to tell us how to brew our crappy beer!
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Why Kanye West is Such An Asshole

June 26, 2008 by Jim Connelly

Quick! What’s the question that is on everyone’s lips right now? You’d think it would be “Who is going to win the 2008 Presidential Election?” or “Are gas prices ever going to go down?” or “Should I buy one of them cheaper iPhones?” or even “What’s up with the Jonas Brothers?”

Nope, the question that is one everyone’s lips right now — again — is “Why is Kanye West such an asshole?”

I think that I have the answer, and it might be not what you think.

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Filed Under: Music, Unexpected Results Tagged With: Barry Bonds, Bob Dylan, Bonnaroo, Frank Sinatra, Kanye West, Mike Myers

The Daily Loper – June 25, 2008

June 25, 2008 by Lopy

Fresno State’s 1st NCAA Men’s Championship in Any Sport Ever Edition

Todays links of interest:

  • My Year Of Flops, The Bonus Tracks Case File # 112: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
    In which we learn the original name of Chuck Berry’s only U.S. #1 pop single.
  • McCain Pollsters Trash Public Surveys
    Let’s take a survey to see if anybody believes that they’d be trashing the surveys if the results were the exact opposite.
  • What’s your take on the latest Don Imus imbroglio?
    They let Imus back on the air?
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Filed Under: The Daily Loper

The Daily Loper – June 24, 2008

June 24, 2008 by Lopy

Have You Seen Junior’s Grades? Edition

Todays links of interest:

  • Cable Operator Backs Off Plan to Monitor Internet Use
    Score one for the consumer. For now. Remember, the #1 rule about Privacy on the Web is that there isn’t any.
  • Shaq’s Anti Kobe Rap Video
    This is one of those things that is so wrong on every single level that it comes all the way around to being right. Especially since Shaq kinda has a point. Besides, what’s Kobe gonna do about it? Send Pau Gasol after him?
  • Piper: ‘I may have ruined my career’
    We have two words for the former (and future?) Rose Tyler: Angelina Jolie.
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Is Playing Music on the Radio A Form of Piracy?

June 24, 2008 by Jim Connelly

Does playing someone’s music on the radio hurt them or help them? And is it a “form of piracy”?

I’m a lifelong radio listener. Not like I once was, of course, but I still listen, especially during my morning commute. A couple of weeks ago I happened to hear “The Step and The Walk” by The Duke Spirit on Indie 103.1, and fell instantly in love with it. So, is that a good thing or bad thing for The Duke Spirit?

A logical person would say that it’s a good thing for the artist. Right? I’d never heard of them, and now I have.

Of course, as we’ve seen many times before, the Recording Industry is not made up of logical persons. As a matter of fact, not only do they see no benefit in their artists being played on the radio, they want compensation.

Otherwise, “it’s a form of piracy,” and any argument that playing music is a form of promotion is a “red herring.”

Those aren’t my words, but rather the words of a spokesperson for a recording industry umbrella group with the hilarious name of musicFIRST.

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Filed Under: Mediacratic, Medialoper, Music, Piracy, Podcasts, Radio Tagged With: Indie 103.1, musicFirst, NAB, Piracy, the Duke Spirit

The Daily Loper – June 23, 2008

June 23, 2008 by Lopy

Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, and Tits Edition

Todays links of interest:

  • How DuroSport Is Winning $300 Million From John McCain
    Yeahhhh, good luck with that. We’re sure that this will be as successful as all of their other products.
  • Feds charge 22-year-old Pentagon contractor with procurement fraud
    Seriously? A 22-year-old Defense contractor? Sounds like something out of a movie: "Dude, Where’s My Missles?"
  • Fandango Buys Disney?s Movies.com
    Probably one of the reasons that Disney’s content is moving to Veoh?
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Filed Under: The Daily Loper

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