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Forbes reports that broadcasters are displeased with Arbitron’s falling response rate as people filter out unsolicited calls and telemarketers. Arbitron still relies on a diary system, filled out by hand by members of the public, who are paid $2 a week for the pleasure. And they wonder why the response …

The finals have begun. How did I know? My son and I were down in the basement working out like manly men, and between sets I was hopping over to the computer to see what was up. We were having a pretty big traffic day yesterday and the counter was …

You know, you can’t go to a concert in Norway anymore without a helmet: A flying sheep’s head hit a concertgoer and fractured his skull at a concert of metal band Mayhem. The band, part of Norway’s death metal music scene, was carving up a dead sheep as part of …

Dealing with rude people can be extremely stressful, especially when unprovoked. Often there is a reason for the offender’s outburst, but without explanation, it can leave the offendee – well, offended. Almost all jobs require a certain level of customer service, whether it be internal or external customers. At my …

Aussie art-poppers carry on their second life . . .

There has been mucho discussion of late regarding protest music or the lack thereof regarding war with Iraq. Nothing along those lines has really struck a chord here in the US, perhaps because the majority of Americans (and growing according to NY Times report today) support military action to disarm …

This is an interesting little tale about freedom of speech. Charlie Daniels sent out “An Open Letter To The Hollywood Bunch”: An Open Letter To The Hollywood Bunch Ok let’s just say for a moment you bunch of pampered, overpaid, unrealistic children had your way and the U.S.A. didn’t go …

In an act that may speak of innovation, flexibility, desperation, or disgust with the cost of marketing via radio (or all of the above), a major label is going to introduce songs on a video game rather than through radio for the first time: The goal is to lure young, …

Blondes – it’s always the blondes, but what is it about them? Chris Cotner just put up a post about smoking hot BLONDE softballer Jennie Finch replacing super hot BLONDE Anna Kournikova as the Hottest Female Athlete. Coincidentally, the NY Times ran a story about blonde power over the weekend: …

Yoko Ono is 70 – wow. This time around the carousel of fame, the club crowd has embraced her idiosyncratic caterwauling: A few weeks after her 70th birthday, Yoko Ono took the microphone in a throbbing downtown disco over the weekend, doing that warble thing that inevitably unravels into orgasmic …