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[musicofourheart]

The Oxford American Tennessee Music Issue

The Oxford American Tennessee Music Issue

The Oxford American Tennessee Music Issue will be available on newsstands December 2, 2013. This is the finest literary music magazine you will read and savor this year.

The 15th annual Oxford American Music issue is an appreciation of Tennessee! It comes with a double CD (50 tracks), and the magazine is filled with 176 pages of excellent writing + beautiful art.

I decided not to wait for…

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[laurieanichols]

The fresh peach pie was a hit!

The pie was a huge success! The cream cheese/sour cream filling, I think, came really, really close to the original’s texture and flavor. Mine was thick and firm, it had a nice touch of zing to compliment the sweetness and the vanilla bouquet and then you have the peaches themselves, they held their own beautifully against the creamy filling and the pie crust was nice and flaky, not sweet but a…

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[kathywaller1]

Safe, Guilt-Free Online Resources for the Addictive Writer

Safe, Guilt-Free Online Resources for the Addictive Writer

Last night I did the unthinkable. Or the un-thought-out.

I stumbled upon StumbleUpon, joined, and stumbled upon websites I would be better off not knowing about. I could click click click for hours, and did. Quotations. The Pre-Raphaelites. Cats…

One site, however, has oodles of redeeming creative value–so many oodles, in fact, that I wanted to pass the word. Once I began, I thought of other…

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[musicofourheart]

Music Journalism A-Z - Jenny Eliscu

Music Journalism A-Z – Jenny Eliscu

Jenny Eliscu

I am taking a sharp 90 degree turn with the music journalism A-Z series. Today’s music blog post is about Jenny Eliscu. I want to recognize Jenny Eliscu’s integrated music journalism/broadcasting skills which she exercises with natural aplomb.

1) She is a contributing editor and music critic at Rolling Stone Magazine. Jenny had a recurring role in the MTV reality television show I’m…

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[mindbeatz]

Counting Down 2013

It’s less than an hour left before the year 2013 comes to a close.  I don’t want it to pass without wishing everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

As I wait with the rest of the country in welcoming 2014, I find myself… and my thoughts… being all over the place.…

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[laurieanichols]

The GOP's Biggest Rebranding Failures Of 2013

The very notion that a party can conquer new demographics simply by rebranding itself shows just how shallow they are. Political affiliation is more then just a billboard sign or a logo, it is about ideology, pragmatic governance and a value system…

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[laurieanichols]

Fourteen 2014 New Year's Resolutions for Progressives -- and One for Every Year

This list of resolutions should be printed out as fliers and distributed far and wide. We, the progressives, need to show that we are the party of opportunity, possibility and progress, a distinct contrast to the republican’s negative and nihilistic…

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[laurieanichols]

Ted Cruz Insists Role In Government Shutdown Wasn't A Mistake

Senator Ted Cruz seems to be one of those who refuse any accountability when things go wrong, but are extremely happy to reap all of the glory when things go right. I don’t think that people want that character trait in a boss, a co-worker or least of all…

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