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Apocalypse, and how
Do bad times really make for great music?
By Kimberly Chun

Sensurround
Or, the sounds of catastrophic disaster.
By Johnny Ray Huston

Return from Oz
The confessions of an ex-pat wannabe fleeing the reign of George and the rains of Katrina.
By Gabriel Mindel

ApocaChic™
Fashion disaster? You couldn't be more in line with the shaky times.
By Marke B.

A music writer departs
By these albums we shall remember Mike McGuirk.
By Jay Boronski

When the levee broke
Whom does hip-hop speak for in 2005?
By Oliver Wang

Retreat!
When the world closes in, one writer finds music for chameleons and homebodies.
By Peter Nicholson

Déjà vu
DualDiscs, dualities, and a chilly year of yesterdays.
By J.H. Tompkins

Death comes to Dannyland
Deeply human ruminations and dark laughter emanate from mystery man Danny Cohen.
By Will York

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Community Internet: Broadband as a Public Utility
From Freepress.net: Hundreds of cities and towns are launching Community Internet systems that promise universal, affordable access to high-speed broadband services.
Now telecom and cable lobbyists are pushing a federal bill that would outlaw Community Internet and municipal broadband everywhere.
Stop this disastrous bill. Send a letter to Congress now.

Journalists under fire
Press freedom alerts, journalists in high risk zones, digests from the frontlines of the free press around the globe, and links to national and international organizations working for press freedom

Freedom of information
Alerts, news and commentary on sunshine, open government and first amendment issues. This week from the California First Amendment Coalition: The Jacko Exception to the First Amendment - For persons who care about public access to trials, the Michael Jackson case has been a nightmare.