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  • The Last 5 Years (2002 Off-Broadway Cast)

    • 10 out of 10
    • Jason Robert Brown
    • The soundtrack to this moving off-broadway musical is heart moving. The lyrics follow a couple in a relationship for five years, one point of view going forward in time, and the other tracing time fr
  • Perverse

    • 8 out of 10
    • Jesus Jones
    • When you think of Jesus Jones, chances are you can't remember them at all, or you vaguely remember "Right Here, Right Now" because it has been use

  • The Life Pursuit

    • 8 out of 10
    • Belle & Sebastian
    • The Life Pursuit is a sort of Reeses Peanut Butter Cup. You get Belle & Sebastian's peanut butter (its wistful, often irresistible pop) dipped in a 'Have A Nice Day!' and glam 70s chocol

  • One Word Extinguisher

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    • Prefuse 73
    • It's an album about a breakup, done with beats instead of mopey lyrics. But the beats are raw, and the emotions are there, even if there aren't many words on top of it. While possibly not Scott Herren
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, with Feeling

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    • Various Artists
    • Most musical episodes of TV shows frankly stink. They are usually little more than ill-conceived vehicles intended to let the stars show off what musical talent they have. Once More, With Feeling,

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Independent Podcasts Holding Own Against Commercial Releases

Frank Barnako, writing for MarketWatch, on Friday reported that "by my count, 47 of the most subscribed or downloaded podcasts were produced by independents." He noted that while the iTunes Music Store's weekly podcast promoting new music and Al Franken's Air America radio show were number one and number two, Scott Shepard's "Inside Mac Radio" held the third slot. Near the bottom of the top 100 were such podcasts as "NY Yankee Pod" and "HawaiiUp."

Mr. Barnako also reported that "podcasts are beginning to generate support for advertisers." For example Citrix Online, which paid to have its GoToMeeting Web conferencing service promoted on one podcast, wants to expand its efforts after seeing good results. He quotes Bill Flitter of Pheedo Inc., a company that helps advertisers find new marketing opportunities such as blogs and podcasts, as saying: "You can really reach targeted audiences through this kind of micro-content."

The downside, of course, lies with the unpredictability of bloggers and podcast producers, who may not always write or say what an advertiser wants, but Mr. Flitter said that "advertisers are now coming to us and want to know how to buy space and time in blogs and RSS [feeds] and podcasts."

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