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April 2009 Edition

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Rick@RARWRITER.com       

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RAR TUNE OF THE WEEK:

Sadly Bitter Cowboy - This week's RAR original is hot off the DAW and buried deep in "Cowboy Corn" - but it comes with a twist. Click on the artwork above to hear "Hoping That You're Lonely". You might want to have a hanky, a beer and something to break close at hand.

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Click on the MySpace Music graphic or on this RAR on MySpace link to hear selected RAR originals...

 

 

 

 

...or click on this RARWriter Music Page link to go to the RARWRITER.com Music page to hear a variety of tunes from the RAR catalog.

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FEATUREDARTISTS:

Click here to go to the Featured Artist page: 

 

MATTHEW MAGENNIS - FILMMAKER

 

SAM BROUSSARD ON REPUBLICANS

DOUG STROBEL ON ARRANGING

JACO PASTORIUS

DENNIS WANEBO / MARTIAN ACRES

JOHN PIEPLOW    

ANGIE MATTSON    

TAMRA SPIVEY

LIBBY WINTERS

 

and more!

 

Photos, streaming MP3s and more!!!

ESSAYS

Entering A New Era of Political Obfuscation

A Government For the Banks, By the Banks

Cracks in "The Rock" Obama

Design-Build with Dufus and Gomer

How Do You Know?

Would That Be Proper?

The Renewed Spirit of Meanness

Early Take On Obama Administration - Business As Usual - "I Am the Change"

Are We Bailing Out and Incenting the Right People?

The De-United States of America

Poverty In the Suburbs - Nowhere to Run!

America: Growing Stupid

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REVIEWS:

Books, albums, films and bad baseball trades.

Among the Currently Available:  RARWRITER.com resident Musicologist Doug Strobel Reviews CDs from The Shamblers, Dan McCorison and Misner & Smith. And more...Vintage Mink, Dave Rude...

Diana Olson reviews Brothers on Fire from The Vintage Mink.

Read earlier RAR reviews, including Alan Greenspan's book "The Age of Turbulence."

 

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ARTIST INDEX:

Click here to go to the Index page to find the artists profiled on the Links at RARWRITER.

 

J. Vermeer -  "The Artist In His Studio"

 

"THE LINKS AT RARWRITER" - Links to information on creative communities of the following cities, regions and countries:

At Large

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New York City

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United Kingdom

 

ARCHIVES: Selected features from past editions.

 

RARADIO: Click here to go to the new RARadio page to hear innovative acts from across the spectrum of musical genres.

 

 

 

 

POLITICAL LINKS -

points of view not necessarily endorsed by RARWRITER.com

 

DAILY KOS: STATE OF THE NATION

ATLAS SHRUGS

FACTCHECK.ORG

Top 10 Political Websites based on Internet usage (from http://www.hitwise.com/political-data-center/website-rankings.php)

1. www.huffingtonpost.com 8.58%
2. www.realclearpolitics.com 5.36%
3. www.barackobama.com 4.44%
4. politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 4.33%
5. www.politico.com 4.11%
6. www.dailykos.com 3.52%
7. elections.foxnews.com 3.23%
8. www.freerepublic.com 3.13%
9. www.johnmccain.com 2.1%
10. www.townhall.com 2.09%

FEATURED LINKS:

The Gibson guitar folks have a Lifestyle zine section on their website that is well worth checking. Click here.

 

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LINKS  

Welcome to the Links at RARWRITER.

Maybe it should say, "welcome to the new Links at RARWRITER page," because this page is newly reorganized as hyperlinks page. Click on the names below to go directly to their artist profile. For the introductory text that used to be provided on this page, click on IN THIS EDITION.

©Rick Alan Rice (RAR), April, 2009

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