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		<title>Officially Moving</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings all and Happy New Year.  As of today, I am officially moving to www.thecontrapuntist.com.   As I mentioned in November, I have been working hard to teach myself all sorts of web development stuff &#8211; and there was a lot to absorb.  Frankly, I don&#8217;t think you ever stop absorbing web stuff&#8230;  I will probably [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=contrapuntist.wordpress.com&blog=3592734&post=337&subd=contrapuntist&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Death Watch: The Editorial Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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Yesterday, I shared Rolling Stone&#8217;s Top Albums of 2008 on Twitter, and this was my Tweet: &#8220;so Rolling Stone has their top Albums of 2008 up. This is why editorial reviews are a thing of the past. http://twurl.nl/p04sx5.&#8221;  A Tweetmate suggested I write a blog post and expand on my comment.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=contrapuntist.wordpress.com&blog=3592734&post=332&subd=contrapuntist&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Youtube goes Symphonic</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a marketer, I always hear social media gurus chatting about how businesses should be used for business&#8230;blah blah blah.  If social media is social, then an even larger question is: how it social media help to progress society?  Yesterday, I was happily surprised that YouTube is kicked up a notch by supporting the arts, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=contrapuntist.wordpress.com&blog=3592734&post=327&subd=contrapuntist&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wishing You a Happy Thanksgiving Holiday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I only have a few minutes, especially since in my family, I am the chef of the household.  But, I just had to a take a few moments to say Thanks! There is no doubt this year has been a roller coaster ride, but there have also been great things happen.  Most of all, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=contrapuntist.wordpress.com&blog=3592734&post=324&subd=contrapuntist&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Big Change: Moving Soon and The Groove Network</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t been around for the past week, but I have a good reason.  I have taken the plunge and decided to move away from WordPress.com.  Contrapuntist.com was taken by some stupid cybersquatter, so contrapuntist will become TheContrapuntist.com.  This also means, I have a hell of a lot to do, so writing might be touchy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=contrapuntist.wordpress.com&blog=3592734&post=319&subd=contrapuntist&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is There A Decent CD Store Left?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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A couple days ago I took a trip to Borders to followup on a promotion they emailed me.  However, when I arrived and started to scope the &#8220;music&#8221; section, if you can really call it that anymore, I was baffled by how much the management had let the section go.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=contrapuntist.wordpress.com&blog=3592734&post=316&subd=contrapuntist&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Guns N&#8217; Roses &#8220;Chinese Democracy&#8221; Worth The Wait?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia 
I can&#8217;t help but wonder if anyone waiting for Guns N&#8217; Roses to make a &#8220;come back&#8221; thinks it was worth it. I was driving home from work earlier this week when I heard &#8220;Paradise City&#8221; played on the radio.  Isn&#8217;t that a great song?  I was reminded the upcoming album, Chinese [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=contrapuntist.wordpress.com&blog=3592734&post=162&subd=contrapuntist&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brief Reflections About The Election</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Tonight marks a moment in history that heals the deep emotional scars that have plagued this nation for centuries.  Tonight is perhaps the greatest achievement of the US.  Not to lesson other great moments of this great nation of ours, but tonight carries a uniqueness about it.  The passion was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=contrapuntist.wordpress.com&blog=3592734&post=303&subd=contrapuntist&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Music From The Inca Trail</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is very rare to hear the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform an entire concert of Latin American inspired works.  A more typical concert from an orchestra as renowned as the CSO is usually comprised of traditional repertoire from Mozart, Beethoven or Brahms with perhaps a little something &#8220;different&#8221; or contemporary to mix things up a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=contrapuntist.wordpress.com&blog=3592734&post=291&subd=contrapuntist&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who Owns Responsibility In An Ownership Society?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FYI: I wrote the following in a meager attempt to try get something published on The Huffington Post Off The Bus section.  They weren&#8217;t interested in publishing it, but I spent too much time to just let it sit around going nowhere.  So here it is&#8230;
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