Trayvon Martin will not go gently into that good night, and the poor kid’s ghost can and will haunt us, it seems, until justice is done. His shooter, the neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder, so the wheels of the legal system, ho... Read more...
The premise of modern-day music marketing is that the consumer actually knows what he or she wants, and oftentimes has already voted. And that goes for signing, investing, and branding artists as well. But what if the pendulum has swung too far on that thought, and killed the art of shaping trend... Read more...
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24/04/2012,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in By The Numbers,
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Best Buy's annual revenue growth has hit a wall, and Amazon's is on a tear. It's about to blow past Best Buy for the first time ever, notes Dan Frommer who made this chart for Read Write Web. Read more...
Forty-four days after unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin was shot in Sanford, Fla., all sides await a decision on whether there will be charges for neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who fired the fatal shot. The case was expected to be taken up as early as Tuesday by a grand jur... Read more...
Black, low-income youths struggling the most, with employment rate at historic depths Anjelica Pickett, 17, has been searching for a job for about a year. Despite making as many as five applications in a day during that time, Pickett, now a freshman at Truman College, said she's scored only one ... Read more...
Astronomers have detected the first Earth-sized planets, which are orbiting a star similar to our own Sun. In the distant past they may have been able to support life and one of them may have had conditions similar to our own planet - a so-called Earth-twin - according to the research team. They... Read more...
“Hey, C.J. I heard what happened last night. Are you okay?” I am still a little agitated but I am good, Rose. “Did you tell ya mom?” Why the hell would I do that? This isn’t her concern. Do you have any cigarettes? “You do... Read more...
As someone who spends lots of time thinking about the future of music as an app phenomenon, it might surprise you that I do a lot of my listening on vinyl records. I'm not alone - reports abound of vinyl's surging sales numbers over the past five or so years. Though they make up a tiny per... Read more...
Purpose is the mother of all relationships and our past decisions are certainly their father. The choices we make determine our future experiences and our thoughts are the sexual intercourse of the mind. Every idea is like a sperm cell and the one that is carried into action is the immaculate co... Read more...