Author: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Led Zeppelin will finally offer their music online starting next month.   Of the music you buy, about how much of it do you download and how much do you buy on physical formats (CDs, vinyl, etc.)? Any artist not making their music available online in some method -- unless they're involved in some label dispute over royalties -- is crazy, I think, and missing out on reaching new audiences. I rarely buy CDs, et al, these days, preferring to selectively download singles that I like and ocassionally getting the full album from favorite artists or newly discovered ones who click for me (ie: Gym Class Heroes…

Spindle, Orange Logo We've just uploaded a fresh batch of content for your reading pleasure as we continue our slow but steady march towards our official launch in January 2008. Log on right now to http://www.spindlezine.com for new poems by J.T. Clark, Liz Dolan, Ainsley Drew, CL Jones, Raina Leon and Lauren L. Wheeler.Plus, a review of the critically acclaimed LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE BRONX IS BURNING, and an interview with Karin Gallet, NYC Chairperson and Communications Director for The Committee to Draft Mike Bloomberg for President 2008.And be sure to poke around the archives to discover previous work you…

India Gets a New Care Bear We trekked up to Lawrence Farms Orchards again on Saturday to have an apple-picking/pumpkin-picking/picnic party for India's 5th birthday and the unseasonably warm October weather was absolutely perfect for it! (More pictures @ Flickr.) India, who doesn't like birthday parties at all, handled things pretty well, though she had no interest in her cake and didn't warm up to the idea of opening her presents until we peeked behind the wrapping paper of one of them and she realized a Care Bear was inside! Prior to that, she had dissed a gift bag full…

Randolph & Glavine 1:09pm Guy is holding his breath, crossing his fingers, and dressed in full Mets gear. His kids, too. --I even got Salomé to put on something: my long-sleeve Mr. Mets shirt!  We are ready to rock, though separately as I'm the only one actually watching the game. 1:31pm Guy is thinking Tom Glavine is welcome to return to Atlanta next season.--Things started to fall apart almost immediately as Glavine made some good pitches but the Marlins were hitting them anyway. Never a good sign. I never really warmed up to Glavine being a Met as it was…

I've never been a fan of posting locked entries behind a "Friends and Family" filter, but I've found myself doing it a few times recently and wanted to give the handful of you who I know read but don't have a Vox account (or read through LiveJournal cross-posts) a heads-up that I've been posting a little more than it might seem lately. Not much, and nothing terribly exciting or secretive, mind you, but there is a new post today. If you want access, get yourself a Vox account and add me to your neighborhood. Be sure to identify yourself if you're using a screename…

Warren Wallace for GEICO READY TO STRIKE! I liked the Gecko for the first year or two, but can't stand him any more, and the Cavemen were fun until someone came up with the stupid idea to turn them into a TV show. As good as both campaigns were in the beginning, they're rather overexposed at this point and should really be retired, or at least taken out of heavy rotation. Warren Wallace, though, is a hoot!  Wherever they found this kid, with his deadpan delivery, precocious personality and my new favorite catchphrase, he's a winner. Not that it influences my decisions at all (not usually),…