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on July 9, 2009 -
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Dinner? Or Dessert?

I like to eat. (Shut up, I am fat, I get that.) But I do not eat the typical fast food chains that we see every day. I do think that fast food chains, like Burger King and McDonald’s do a great job with branding and advertising, but I am not a HUGE fan of [...]

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Artist Interview: 1-on-1 with Galactic

I am hanging out today with a band that brings a mixture of feeling, instruments, and beats to the stage. These guys mix a funk soul with a touch of hip-hop attitude and an incredible sense of how to write a song. You are immediately on your feet dancing when any one of the songs [...]

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on July 7, 2009 -
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Artist Interview: 1-on-1 with 7 Days Away

I am sitting here with a band that has made an immediate impact on the national sales front and on the big screen with a track on the Punisher soundtrack. From a small Indiana town this hard rock band has made their image stick with a solid professional sound and industry standard lyrics. Writing songs [...]

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on July 6, 2009 -
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Are You Hiring?

Today I was browsing for my daily dose of news and I came across an article that was titled “10 Boilerplate Phrases That Kill Resumes.” So I was immediately interested as I feel that my resume is pretty solid. I consider my resume (and do not look at the ones that you might find online [...]

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on July 6, 2009 -
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Add Another One to the List

Yesterday another trophy was added to his mantel. Tiger set atop the leaderboard as the 2009 AT&T National came to a close. Tiger, the host of the event, has now won this title twice. He might have won it last year too, but was out due to a knee energy that took him off the [...]

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on July 5, 2009 -
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Artist Interview: 1-on-1 with 3Union

When I first heard about this band I was immediately excited. Passed to me from my boss with the hopes of helping them expand their social media presence I wanted to provide them with all that I could in all facets of the music industry. After sitting with the two that head up the business [...]

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on July 3, 2009 -
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Indiana Casket Company to Bury Michael

With all the celebrities that seem to be dropping like flies this month (or last month for that matter, we are into the summer month of July) I am getting sick of hearing everyone talk about them. Sure, I understand that they deserve some time in the lime light and they need to be remembered, [...]

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on July 1, 2009 -
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1-on-1 with LEGO Artist Nathan Sawaya

I recently posted an article (look below you) on Nathan Sawaya, a LEGO artist from New York. He build things out of blocks that end up coming out as true master pieces. Having contacted him about doing a life size Tiger Woods sculpture (which was way out of my price range) I also confided in [...]

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