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		<title>Lady Gaga &#8211; Brilliant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which road leads to Lady Gaga?
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Road A) Wierd Al Yankovic, Ali G/Borat/Bruno
Road B) Boy George, David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Madonna
Road C) All of the Above
Road D) None, She&#8217;s Totally Original!
I&#8217;m tempted to say mostly Choice A via Choice B, but of course, since it&#8217;s Lady Gaga, it&#8217;s with a twist. And of course, this is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erichludwig.wordpress.com&blog=1453099&post=111&subd=erichludwig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ramata Diakite &#8211; Remembrances</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news has been spreading around the globe, and several news articles have come out over the past few days. Compiled here courtesy of my news feed:
Ousmane Sanou, le mari de Ramata Diakité : «Elle est décédée des &#8230;
Bamako Hebdo (maliweb.net) &#8211; Bamako,Mali
C&#8217;est en avril dernier que Ramata Diakité s&#8217;est remariée avec ce Burkinabé, inspecteur [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erichludwig.wordpress.com&blog=1453099&post=95&subd=erichludwig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ramata Diakite Has Passed to the Ancestors</title>
		<link>http://erichludwig.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/ramata-diakite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received the crushing news on Saturday morning that Ramata Diakite had passed on Friday night (October 30, 2009) at the age of 35. I&#8217;ll be updating this post as I get further information &#8211; my thoughts are kind of scattered, and I&#8217;m trying to sort out the best way to get news out and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erichludwig.wordpress.com&blog=1453099&post=79&subd=erichludwig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inspired Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspiring words, passed to me by my Uncle, whom I had the good fortune of acquiring as a friend and Uncle through my marriage.
The Fringe Benefits of Failure,  and the Importance of Imagination
Harvard University Commencement  Address
J.K. Rowling
Copyright June 2008
As prepared for delivery
President Faust, members of  the Harvard Corporation and the Board of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erichludwig.wordpress.com&blog=1453099&post=72&subd=erichludwig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Availability, Lizard Brains, Reclaiming Focus, and other random thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three things have invaded my consciousness sphere over the past few days.
1. This quote [removed from context, but I'll bring the context back around]: &#8220;Hyper-accessibility via blogs, smart phones and social media sites, coupled with chronic under availability (often caused by blogs, smart phones and social media sites)&#8221;
2. Seth Godin&#8217;s talk on &#8220;Quieting the Lizard [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erichludwig.wordpress.com&blog=1453099&post=65&subd=erichludwig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>eMusic adds Sony (back) catalog</title>
		<link>http://erichludwig.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/emusic-adds-sony-back-catalog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little while ago this morning, I tweeted the following:
&#8220;@soungalo: emusic adding major label (sony) content. nytimes: http://bit.ly/nHhMQ in emusic&#8217;s word: http://bit.ly/bslZC my opinions/thoughts l8r&#8221;
so now those opinions/thoughts (in macro blog format):
(but first the disclaimer) I work for MediaUnbound, and we have provided the recommendation/personalization for eMusic since November of 2008 (see the 17 dots [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erichludwig.wordpress.com&blog=1453099&post=56&subd=erichludwig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Other Coaches</title>
		<link>http://erichludwig.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/other-coaches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend who I&#8217;ve done some work with recently hipped me to Jodi Kaplan, who also provides coaching services to artists. Her work (here and here) looks really interesting, and hopefully I&#8217;ll get a chance to chat with her, think I could learn a lot from what she&#8217;s doing.
Every other person I see doing this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erichludwig.wordpress.com&blog=1453099&post=54&subd=erichludwig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shirky Posts</title>
		<link>http://erichludwig.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/shirky-posts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just got hipped to Clay Shirky, courtesy of a twitter friend @activecultures (aka Bill Bragin). Reading some of his posts on his blog, and enjoying them very much. Some posts to read, along with my fave points he makes:
* &#8220;The Music Business and the Big Flip&#8221; &#8211; One of my favorite lines is this: &#8220;Most [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erichludwig.wordpress.com&blog=1453099&post=51&subd=erichludwig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pirates</title>
		<link>http://erichludwig.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/pirates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just watched this video. Great stuff.  Very interesting questions, and they get at the core question for me &#8211; if there are cheaper and more efficient models of distribution that artists can get value from, shouldn&#8217;t we all be looking to learn from these models and adopt them? Shouldn&#8217;t we be looking for ways to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erichludwig.wordpress.com&blog=1453099&post=49&subd=erichludwig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ghetto Ruff wizes up</title>
		<link>http://erichludwig.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/ghetto-ruff-wizes-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After many years, Ghetto Ruff has wized up. Many years ago, I signed them up to a digital distribution deal on Calabash Music. For many years Calabash was the only place outside of South Africa anyone could &#8220;legally&#8221; get their GREAT music. Now, only a short time after their music has &#8220;disappeared&#8221; from Calabash (Mondomix [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erichludwig.wordpress.com&blog=1453099&post=45&subd=erichludwig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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