MY LIFE - Music, my daughter, and pride...

Like father, like daughter! I’m so proud! She is The YoungerMusicGeek!

And this despite the fact that a certain daughter once asked how the hell I could have 100 Pandora stations!

ENTERTAINMENT: An Easter radio station

Can't say I like everything on this station, but it has some interesting tunes for Easter!

http://www.last.fm/listen/globaltags/easter

ON OLDERMUSICGEEK'S STUPID ENTERTAINMENT STUFF: "MUSIC: The Most Played Songs On Internet By Me From July 2009" (just click here)

CULTURE/SOCIETY: My "Tweets" From Twitter

Oh my god! I didn't know Twitter didn't keep all of our "tweets" indefinitely! So I'm posting mine here. - OlderMusicGeek

boy, my daughter was mad at me! i told the whole family how a boy bought her a sundae at dairy queen - just like in that tv commercial! 07:33 AM May 28, 2008 from web

and yesterday, i got a stern lecture from her about keeping private things private! so what i do? post it on twitter! :D 07:32 AM May 28, 2008 from web

some days it doesn't pay to get out of bed - p.o'ed daughter, crappy internet, messed computer at work, 3 blackouts before 9!, etc! 10:18 AM May 27, 2008 from web

doing quick checks on my email, myspace-http://www.myspace.com/olde... and twitter before the internet goes wonky again! 12:39 PM May 26, 2008 from web

my internet is acting funky again! still going slower than normal. urgh! it started less than 2 hours after the repairs! 01:54 PM May 25, 2008 from web

@juice_brianne (in homer voice with drool slobbering out of my mouth) mmmmm pancakes! 01:53 PM May 25, 2008 from web in reply to juice_brianne

juice_brianne my mom is making me pancakes! 10:41 AM May 25, 2008 from web

yoohoo! my internet was just fixed! can listen to streaming music while doing stuff on the internet! yeehaw! now if it just stays this way! 04:01 PM May 24, 2008 from web

my stepdad told me that my mom thought the car wasn't my type-too sporty. i said any car in my price range that runs well is my kind of car! 03:07 PM May 24, 2008 from web

it seems everyone is agreeing - my daughter's friend said, "you're right. this car is too cool for your dad!" 02:50 PM May 24, 2008 from web

@juice_brianne - how about spending it on a phone? so are you a volunteer working for free at juice - or do they actually pay you? :) 03:04 PM May 21, 2008 from web in reply to juice_brianne

juice_brianne I just won a really lovely award and am going to spend my $$$ on a camera. Best model under $250? 02:55 PM May 21, 2008 from TwitterFox

i didnt mention my daughter's favorite part of our new car-the sunroof! she used it a lot until i told her to pick a setting and leave it! 01:58 PM May 21, 2008 from web

@juice_brianne - good lord! you do live in a cave! we'll have to start calling you wilma or betty! or something like oog ahg ahg! 12:10 PM May 21, 2008 from web in reply to juice_brianne

juice_brianne @OlderMusicGeek I don't even have a landline...or Cable...or the internet (OK, I steal that...) 10:12 AM May 21, 2008 from web in reply to OlderMusicGeek

and want the car lacks in head room, it makes up in trunk space! you could stick 3, 4 bodies back there - probably 5 if you pushed hard! 10:12 AM May 21, 2008 from web

just got title registered with the county and got new plates for my new car! woot! 10:11 AM May 21, 2008 from web

@juice_brianne - drop your landline and just go cell phone! 10:10 AM May 21, 2008 from web in reply to juice_brianne

yay! got a new car! and it only comes from the last decade! :) in fact, it isn't even a decade old! 08:03 AM May 21, 2008 from web

and i can't deal with my occasion bouts of insomnia without internet! 10:13 AM May 20, 2008 from web

argh! internet dead slow this morning! got to be the connection cus the computer ran sooooo fast at my friend's -and he has meadiacom too! 09:14 AM May 20, 2008 from web

@gracewilson - if i'm on the computer, i'm usually listening to my pandora station - http://tinyurl.com/5crg39 07:58 PM May 19, 2008 from web in reply to GraceWilson

showed my daughter a movie of my younger days - wizards - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizards_(film). she said it was weird but she wasnt impressed. 07:13 AM May 19, 2008 from web

i have to admit i liked "wizards" better in my 20s in a theater at midnight with fellow fans than watching on tv in my 40s with my daughter. 07:12 AM May 19, 2008 from web

the computer is working better, but not as well as when i had it hooked up at my friend's house on the west side! urgh! curse you mediacom! 08:34 PM May 18, 2008 from web

pray to the computer gods! cross your fingers! i'm taking my computer to my friend's to be fixed! maybe i'll have reliable internet again! 08:27 AM May 18, 2008 from web

clark kent from the metropolis newspaper, daily planet, actually has a twitter account. so far, it's kind of cool! - under clarkkentplanet 05:43 PM May 16, 2008 from web

@juice_brianne - what do you know about 1992? how old were you? 6? :) clinton ran against dole that year - i think it was that year? 05:37 PM May 16, 2008 from web in reply to juice_brianne

tweens! aaaaargh! how am i going to deal with when she's a teenager?! 08:02 AM May 16, 2008 from web

i'm going to homer-strangle my daughter one day. she was only half making sense, so i ask some questions. "Forget it! I can't talk to you!" 08:01 AM May 16, 2008 from web

@bbrown777-are you the "random list of things" gal? if twitters haven't seen it, check it at http://randomlistsofthings.... 07:37 AM May 16, 2008 from web in reply to bbrown777

i don't know what happened yesterday-but i jumped from only 1 follower to 5! if it keeps up at this rate, i'll be the most popular twitter! 03:30 AM May 16, 2008 from web

@juice_brianne - thanks for following my twit - you doubled the number of followers i have! *waves at jord lewis* 02:09 PM May 15, 2008 from web in reply to juice_brianne

yay to the california court for standing up against discrimination! 02:01 PM May 15, 2008 from web

my daughter is such a tween-any mention of balls becomes a joke-and when i mentioned how i like chicken breasts, i got a big ewwwwww! 01:47 PM May 15, 2008 from web

listened to the raveonettes 1st cd "whip it on" and new cd "lust lust lust"-not as good as "pretty in black" but both are 8's or solid B's! 09:11 PM May 14, 2008 from web

to help my ex - who's going to school days and working nights - i agree to take our daughter tues-sat night! ugh! no weekends for a while! 11:33 AM May 14, 2008 from web

stuck using the library computers - and the work computer during break and lunch - to keep up on reading emails and blogs! ugh! 06:46 PM May 13, 2008 from web

ENTERTAINMENT: Internet Radio Still Needs Your Help

From SaveNetRadio - OlderMusicGeek

Congress and SoundExchange have heard loud and clear the amazing outpouring of support for Internet radio from webcasters, listeners and the thousands of artists they support. A commitment has been made to negotiate reasonable royalties, recognizing the industry’s long-term value and its still-developing revenue potential.

During negotiations SoundExchange committed temporarily not to enforce the new royalty rates so webcasters can stay online as new rates are agreed upon.

This development is due in great part to the millions of people who have let their Congressional representatives know about their support of Internet radio. Over 125 representatives have cosponsored the bill to this point.

We urge listeners to continue calling their Senators and Representative to ask them to co-sponsor the Internet Radio Equality Act. Thank you.

SAVE INTERNET RADIO!!!!!

ENTERTAINMENT: Save Internet Radio

Call your senators today!



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PLEASE SAVE INTERNET RADIO!!

ENTERTAINMENT: Future Uncertain for Internet Radio

This is a piece from Radio Paradise's home page. - OlderMusicGeek
p.s. sorry for not blogging for so long - my life's been hectic!

The US Copyright Office has released their new set of rates for the payment of royalties by Internet Radio, and they ignored all of the facts presented by webcasters (including RP) and gave the record industry exactly what they asked for: royalty rates so high that they will put RP and every other independent webcaster out of business. See Kurt Hanson's newsletter for 3/2/07 for the details on how the rates work and what they will mean to stations like RP. You can participate in the discussion about this issue in our Listener Forum.

For some time, we've suffered with a system where we pay a large chunk (10%-12%) of our income to the Big 5 record companies - while FM stations and radio conglomerates like Clear Channel pay nothing. Now they want even more. In our case, an amount equal to 125% of our income. Our only hope is to create as much public awareness and outrage about this staggeringly unfair situation as possible. Neither the record industry nor Congress are ready to listen to us at this point. But members of the media may well be, and we need to get their attention.

If you have a blog, write about it. Feel free to quote anything I've written in the Listener Forum. If you find a good blog post about the subject, Digg it or Slashdot it. If you work for a media outlet, look over the facts of the situation and see if you don't feel the same sense of outrage that we do. Write a letter to the editor of your favorite magazine or newspaper. Let everyone you can know what a loss it would be to you personally if your favorite Internet radio stations, including RP, were no longer available.

The RIAA can, at any time, agree to strike a deal with independent webcasters to allow us to pay a more realistic royalty, one based on a percentage of our income. We're hoping that if all of you make enough noise they'll be more inclined to do so. We'd also like to hope that at least one member of Congress will take a look at this situation and become willing to propose ammendments to the deeply flawed 1990s pieces of legislation that are responsible for the unfair treatment of Internet radio.

Thanks a lot for reading this, and for considering the idea of taking some action on it. We'll be posting new information and links here as they become available.