I generally manage to tune out the content of the data I herd, but today I noticed that a couple of ER high utilizers have had ER visits with a diagnosis of Lichen. I knew they were hardy and could adapt to many climates, but yeesh, or possibly yaarghughah. _
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11:20:40 AM, Wednesday 22 October 2003

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Are pedestrians allowed to have bells? I really need a bell for my bicycle, if simply to exert peer pressure on all the people who shout "On your left!" in my ear. Bells seem much friendlier, they say, I knew there would be pedestrians here, and I acknowledge your right to use this path by having special equipment for communicating with you. But you know, they wouldn't want any extra weight on their bikes. The bells at the bike shop actually advertise their weights. _
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11:00:04 AM, Wednesday 22 October 2003

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Merge Records will be in iTunes in the not too distant future!

"who knows, maybe merge will be on [eMusic] someday. its not impossible to imagine. i'm not even aware of how things are set up at this time between labels and Emusic. i'm not even sure of the specifics of the relationship they proposed to us back in the day. just that Mac and Laura decided it wasn;t in our best interest at the time. i do know that the reason that we decided to sign on with Itunes is that they gave a very fair royalty rate. a rate at which we could compensate our bands and make it worth their, and our, while.

another factor that led us to pass on Emusic back in the day, if i remember correctly, is that they were asking for exclusivity. something that we simply were not willing to give. "

This presumably means Magnetic Fields, Ladybug Transistor, The Clean, Neutral Milk Hotel, and many of other bands I know nothing about.

I think I'm going to write emails to a couple other small record labels. _
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