The Happiest Place on Earth There's plenty of things I do NOT like about California, but I'm just so pleased to consider myself a Californian right now, as the first full day of offical gay marriages take place on the anniversary of Disneyland opening in 1955. Suck it, conservatives :)

Rupert Murdoch is an asshole At this weekend's National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis, O'Reilly sent his stalker reporter Porter Berry to ambush legendary journalist Bill Moyers. But Berry got far more than he bargained for. Moyers stood his ground with the Fox News crew and challenged O'Reilly to stop smearing people under the guise of journalism Thank O'Reilly for Making the Case for Media Reform

R.I.P. Albert Hofmann

Albert Hofmann 1906-2008

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Tell the Senate to Veto the FCC Senator Dorgan just introduced a bill to veto the FCC’s big handout to Big Media, but Congress must act within 60 legislative days. We must act now to push this bill through the Senate. In 2003, nearly 3 million citizens just like you demanded that the Senate overturn the FCC’s last attempt to let Big Media get even bigger. We can do it again -- but we need your help. Last December, the FCC approved new rules that could unleash a flood of media consolidation across America. The new rules will mean less diverse voices, local news and investigative journalism. Congress has the power to throw out these rules -- and if hundreds of thousands of people demand it, they'll have to listen

Did you know??? Even if you are unable to log into the virtual world of Second Life, you can listen to my performances there, just like an internet radio station, from 7-9pm PST every Tuesday and Thursday as well as 1-2pm every Friday. All you have to do is hold down Ctrl-U in either Windows Media Player or iTunes and enter the URL of the stream, http://38.96.148.18:9292. It's much more fun to create an avatar and interact with me and the audience, and less confusing to listen since you'd be able to see what people in the room are saying/typing to me! However, you can still talk to me in Yahoo Messenger, just IM "kylebronsdon" :) If you have an account at the photo sharing site, Flickr, you are also welcome to join the Meatspace group on Flickr and view snapshots of the events we have. Hope to see you in-world very soon!

Take Action: Stop Big Media The FCC approved new rules that will unleash a flood of media consolidation across America. The new rules will further consolidate local media markets -- taking away independent voices in cities already woefully short on local news and investigative journalism. Congress has the power to throw out these rules -- and if 100,000 people demand it, they'll have to listen. Sign the open letter to Congress urging them to stop the FCC and stand with the public interest.

Thank Congress to Stop Big Media FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is rushing through plans to remove longstanding media ownership limits. And he's trying to do it without public scrutiny. Sens. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Trent Lott (R-Miss.) have introduced bipartisan legislation that would hold the FCC accountable and put the public interest ahead of Big Media. Thank your senator for co-sponsoring this crucial legislation.

Call on Congress to Hold Hearings on Media Ownership Kevin Martin, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has been keeping a secret from the American people. He wants to push through plans to remove decades-old media ownership protections. And he's trying to do it without public scrutiny. The FCC has a long history of making decisions behind closed doors. It's time the public made the FCC accountable. Sign this letter and urge Congress to convene oversight hearings immediately.

This is pretty wild - http://www.lenta.ru/news/2007/08/14/secondlife/ The article is actually about a symphony performing in Second Life, but they pulled that pic of my avatar from my brotha and biz partner Tom "Quota Soon" Baumgatner's site, www.patterntology.com

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