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Thanks for stopping by…

I’ve never watched American Idol. I am an oddity, I know. But you and I share political persuasions! I enjoyed poking around your blog! Thank you.

Going through that looking glass or down the Rabbit Hole with the White Rabbit and Grace Slick…. I have spent many, many wonderful hours there. I am glad that we have found each other as well.

I dropped by to see your About Page since you dropped by my site. I knew that anyone who posted Bushisms had to be a kindred spirit. I read Mudflats too. It gave me such great background on Sarah Palin during the campaign. I swear that for two months, I wrote about nothing but politics. I was bitten by the bug. I even worked on the Obama campaign, and boy did it feel good when Virginia went to the Democrats for the first time since LBJ. I was crying my eyes out. Actually, I cried a lot during the campaign. I was hard not to because we haven’t had such an articulate, inspiring candidate in a long, long time.

I’m not a big American Idol person, so I can’t chat with you about that, sorry. But I’ll be glad to jump on board the outgoing man who would be president and his sidekick, Dr. No. anytime.

The blogging world is actually pretty fascinating. I think that I have over 12,000 hits now, and some people with whom I correspond regularly. I do try to find new people to read and correspond with as it makes the whole experience much more than a belly-button introspection, especially when you are talking to people from all over the world. I’ve already added you to my blogroll.

Good luck with your adventures in blogland. It can be a bit like going through the looking glass at times.

Hmmm… Cold Play…. I’ll have to give them a listen. Thanks for the reply.

Admittedly more of a Snow Patrol and Cold Play fan, but as far as politics go, we seem to be kindred spirits.

Keep up the good work. I look forward to more.

You make a good point about Hicks’ distribution, and the problem faced with going through an indie distributor. The indie distributors just don’t have the market power to hit stores like Best Buy. Interesting to note, however, Guns ‘n Roses over 10 year in the making Chinese Democracy is finally being released – through an exclusive distribution deal with Best Buy. I haven’t looked far enough into the deal to see what it does with regard to electronic downloads, but I would also venture to guess that there is a stipulation that will allow it to go to iTunes…it’s just impossible to make it without it. Another interesting story to note is the recent market data that was released about Radiohead’s In Rainbows. They made it available first as an electronic download based on donation – you only paid what you thought it was worth. It was then made available at the usual price in brick and mortar stores. They reports have come back in – the album sold 1.25 million online and 1.75 million in hard copy sales. Extremely interesting when you consider that Radiohead’s previous released (one of which was a grammy winner) sold in the hundereds of thousands. Although it should be noted – they got a fair amount of free press for releasing an album on a “pay as you wish” system, which probably didn’t hurt sales. The last time they sold with those kinds of numbers was in the mid 90s. Radiohead is now on ATO – a label founded by Dave Matthews, that has some amazing artists. I’d highly recommend checking them out – http://www.atorecords.com/. So far, it seems like they have a business model that is working better than the majors in the new climate – and they are certainly being more respectful to the people whose art they’re peddling.

I’ll check out some of Taylor’s stuff and get back to you on what I think. For now, the pillow roars, and I must listen.