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h8 u RECORD STORE DAY: An Annual Post by HIPSTERRUNOFF

1 year ago, I made a ’snarky’ post about RCRD STORE DAY. Feel like it has gained ‘more steam’ this year or something. I think that means Record Stores are dying, or something.
Here is an entire repost of an old post, followed by my updated reactions:
Have you heard of RECORD STORE DAY? [...]

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Monitoring Online Advertising on Websites 4 Alts

Yall, I was web browsing my favourite/most authentic internet website for finding new music by relevant artists, the hype machine (http://hypem.com), and I noticed that they had a progressive new marketing campaign on their site. It’s one of those things that myspace/Perez Hilton/other large websites do when the advertisement is a ’skin’ of [...]

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P0st m0re Child Predators

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Child Predator glasses will never die.
Child Predator glasses have been around forever.
Child Predator glasses can make u look like an authentic kreep, no matter how upper-middle class your family is.
Child Predator glasses help u distance ur personal brand from society’s norms.
Child Predator glasses make u look ‘a lil smart’ and ‘a lil crayzee.’
Child [...]

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Yall, what’s the future of ‘music journalism’?

Yall, I just watched this series on IFC.com about ‘the future of the music industry.’ They talked about a lot about the future, and answered a lot of important questions that keep me awake at night.
Will we ever find out what ‘indie’ means?Are blogs bad 4 music?Are bloggers dummies?Are traditional music journalists [...]

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