Often is the time I regretted getting to know someone. In this case, it was danbearnyc, whose erudite commentary seemed found in so many friend's entries. Being already saddled with an overly large 'friends list' and having trouble keeping up with everyone as it was, I have been hesitant adding even more folk to my alphabet soup knowing that it would ( Read more... )

I started reading someone's doctoral dissertation the other day, I had downloaded it from the web. Entitled Networks of Aesthetic Production and the Urban Political Economy, I had barely begun the scratch the surface of this essay, it discusses musical and artistic creation and how it ties into economic, social and political issues, among many ( Read more... )