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We linked a story back in January about how the indie record store Amoeba was doing well despite general industry woes. The Chicago Tribune says indie record stores in general are doing well – how can this be?? “Business is great, fantastic,” says Marc Weinstein, co-owner of Amoeba, which also …

While FCC chairman Powell is the clear goat in the media regulation wars, misreading congress AND the public in his arrogant push to deregulation, this article by Jube Shiver in the L.A. Times says Federal Communications Commissioner Michael J. Copps is one of the heroes: Short on funds, the Democrat …

Michael K. Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, proves in this editorial in the NY Times that he just doesn’t have a clue. He is arguing about broadcast competing with cable when it is the overall consolidation of the media into the hands of a few omnipowerful corporations, and …

Eddie Stubbs – now that’s a gol dern country music name – plays classic country from the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s on the radio: Country music has its share of wild characters, but old-fashioned, clean-cut, suit-and-tie-wearing Eddie Stubbs isn’t one of them. He abstains from bad habits (“dadgummit!” is as …

Clear Channel under Department of Justice Investigation: Department of Justice antitrust chief Hewitt Pate told a House Judiciary Committee yesterday that DOJ attorneys have conducted “a number of interviews” as part of probes into Clear Channel and has “undertaken significant efforts to find additional evidence.” Pate said that the Clear …

Move over Hillary, a new bitch is in town.

Director of Midnight Cowboy, The Falcon and the Snowman dies at 77: The British-born filmmaker had a debilitating stroke in December 2000, and his condition deteriorated significantly in recent weeks. He was taken off life support at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs on Thursday and died early Friday, …

Man, has the world changed. Thank God I’m coming along at the tail end of the Baby Boomer generation (1958), which has pushed age category definitions beyond anything conceived since Methusela. “Middle age” now starts after 40, “late middle age” now extends into the 60s, “old age” isn’t even recognized, …

For a bizarre deranged blood-drinking psycho-bitch, Angelina Jolie is pretty hot.

I am opposed to Dennis Kucinich essentially across the board: he is anti-war, anti-free trade, anti-business, anti-technology, he was anti-choice until this presidential campaign began, his track record as an administrator couldn’t be much worse – as mayor he plunged Cleveland into bankruptcy. And his voice is very annoying. However, …