A Great Day for Canada:

Canada legalizes gay marriage. Alright! (via A Whole Lotta Nothing).

iTunes + Podcasts = ?

Hey has anyone played around with the new version of iTunes yet? Big deal with it is that it supports podcast downloads and adds them right to iTunes. I'm more than happy with PlayPod but since they are a piece of software and not a database of audio, they are at the mercy of however the podcast provider chhoses to label their podcasts. So you can spend several frustratng searching around for that episode of On The Media you just downloaded because, this week, they elected to tag the show "New York Public Radio" or "OTM Rocks!" or "Bob Garfield has big ears" instead of "On The Media."

My guess is Apple would clean all this labelling chaos up but I couldn't say for sure. Anyone tried it out?

Blogs I'm Following for the Research on my Second Book:

Yes, there will be a second book. Or at least a proposal for one that I'm working on now. Some blogs I'm following for my research:

The Artful Manager: On the business of arts and culture. Written by Andrew Taylor who teaches in an MBA program in Arts Administration.

Butts in the Seats: A little more casual by a theatre manager. All about how to get audiences in the theater in a competitive cultural time.

Adaptistration: Another Arts Journal weblog, this one on the future of orchestra management.

There's even a title. But I can't tell ya quite yet. Stay tuned...

A Little More Book Talk:

My brother called me early this morning to let me know that Bookmark Now was featured (reg. rqd) on the back page of the LA Times Book Review. And they liked it. Really liked it.

"Huzzah, Kevin Smokler! You have articulated in your introduction to this illuminating essay collection what many of us have long suspected: that we are not a nation of slack-jawed TV fiends and joystick illiterates, nor are we in danger of becoming one anytime soon.

If you're a writer, Bookmark is pure inspirational power juice. If you're a reader (we know you're out there), it provides lots of heartening evidence that literature isn't dead, and that novelists can be just as entertaining as Dave Chappelle. "

Wow.

Two Quotes:

I was cleaning out my office today and found these on a scrap of paper. I have no idea why I wrote them down.

"The soul takes flight to a world that is invisible; but there arriving, she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise." -Plato

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words And never stops at all." --Emily Dickenson

The Candy Cometh!

When I lived in Austin, I listened to KOOP religiously, a dedication born because of Ear Candy, a radio show of "indie pop and cute music." The hosts, whom I have never seen photographed, sounded hot.

In toying with Radio Time last night, I found out that Ear Candy still exists. I had Audio Hijack record it for me and am listening right now. Good times.

Recovering from a 'Crash':

Wherein we talk about the movie 'Crash', being home from tour and howling.


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Technorati Tags:

Do you add Technorati tags to your blog posts? If so, have you found pain-free method I could steal?

One Sentence Movie Reviews: "Batman Begins"

Batman Begins (2005): "Is it foolish to expect more than comic book depth from a film based the world's best known comic book?"

Where da book at?

Reminder: I'm posting most of the book related news over at bookmarknow.net.

We did crack a Bestseller list list last week. Neat eh?