Discussions about literature
TO MARK ITS 25th anniversary, Spin magazine posted the 125 best albums of the past 25 years. Even though it’s merely the opinion of the magazine’s editors and contributors, the reaction has been caustic in some cases, chiefly because the magazine named “Achtung Baby” by Dublin’s U2 as the top album. Of course, the...
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A GREAT BATTLE is waging between Amazon.com, arguably the world’s most powerful book retailer, and the major publishing houses in the United States. And it revolves around ebooks and their prices. Although ebooks are experiencing exponential growth, they still represent a tiny minority of books sold in the US. But this war is not...
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Tags: Amazon, Apple, iPad, Kindle, MacMillan
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• It has been 13 months since I had a liver transplant that saved my life. As a result, I am interested in articles, websites or anything else that features transplant information or stories. One of the items that grabbed my attention was Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ public discussion of his liver transplant. The...
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Tags: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Killer, Adios Lounge, Alex Chilton, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Dusty Springfield, Eric Spitznagel, Exile on Main Street, James Brown, Jimmy Fallon, Keith Richards, Killed by Death Records, Lance Davis, Linda Ronstadt, liver transplant, Lone Justice, Los Angeles Times, Maria McKee, Mick Jagger, New York Times, Paul Westerberg, Redd Kross, Rolling Stones, Seth Grahame-Smith, So Well Remembered, Steve Jobs, T.A.M.I Show, The Replacements, Vanity Fair maagazine
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