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OK, so I woke up this morning to the news of the federal government's $700 billion bank bailout. My mind began to race. So I know that Americans are facing the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression but I can't help but to wonder if this could have all been prevented. Maybe if we had taken care of each other instead of sticking people with mortgages they couldn't afford, depended on our own resources for oil, and maybe... just maybe monitored the financial health of our banks this would not be happening.

I am no financial anaylst by any means. All I can offer is my opinion. But something just seems fishy to me. My question is: if they can find $700 billion to bail out a bank why can't they find money feed the homeless, better care of our veterans, or fund the horrible public school system in this country?

For more information on the Wamu bail out check out this article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080926/ap_on_bi_ge/washington_mutual_future

Peace and Blessings!

ETM

Posted by Erin T. McMillon

So I just got my hands on a press release about this year’s upcoming Exotic Erotic Ball. Apparently they have linked up with a group called SonicBids to offer Indie Bands the chance to perform at this year’s event.

This could end up being a big deal for the chosen band as last year’s winners shared the same bill with West Coast icon Snoop Dogg.

Named “The World’s #1 Wildest and Sexiest Party” by E! Entertainment TV, the festival will be held in October 24 and 25, 2008 at Treasure Island, San Francisco.

So if rocking elaborately attired, adult themed crowds is your thing make sure you submit your Electronic Press Kit to www.sonicbids.com/exoticerotic on or before September 5, 2008.

You can also check out the details on the festival itself at www.xoticeroticball.com.

Posted by Erin T. McMillon

I was supposed to be working but decided my brain needed a break. Like most people, I bought up my Internet explorer and began ... exploring. I came across an interesting article discussing the role "bootlegging" plays in the music industry.

For years I have been saying that artists, especially hip-hop artists, are being cheated because Soundcan and other sales trackers don’t take the illegal sales into consideration.

Now, I don't know where you live but where I am from people don't buy CDs from any store. They go to see the CD man to get their "Exclusive!" and bomb dropped laced CDs.

Going to see the CD man has become a covert operation. You know where he usually hangs out but it seems that every time you are jonesing for a does of new music he is no where to be found. So you sit in the parking lot of the shopping center waiting for him to pull up and pop his trunk full of goodies.

You hop out of your car and run down on him like he's the last drug dealer alive and you are going through withdraw.

Wiping the sweat from your brow, you finally settle on the new "Gangsta Grillz" and the new "Mummy" movie.

Satisfied, you retreat back to your vehicle and head for home.

OK, so I added a bit of drama for hilarity's sake, but you know what I mean.

What the industry needs to realize is that people are not going to go the stores to buy CDs.

The smart thing to do would be to embrace it.

Don't believe me?

Think about this: Imagine how much MORE money they would make if they teamed up with your local CD man.

And we all know they like money so what else needs to be said?