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		<title>Dave Grohl on how to write a hit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#8220;Most white people dance to the lyrics..&#8221; HA! Still, some good tips here from Mr. Grohl.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christopherave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6164557&amp;post=1564&amp;subd=christopherave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2010 in review</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here&#8217;s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter&#8482; reads Wow. Crunchy numbers The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 130,000 times in 2010. If it were an exhibit at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christopherave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6164557&amp;post=1561&amp;subd=christopherave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Meaning of Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 11:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher  Ave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I can&#8217;t say it any better than Linus! Merry Christmas!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christopherave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6164557&amp;post=1555&amp;subd=christopherave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Have a very Elvis Costello Christmas!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 21:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher  Ave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elvis himself posted this on YouTube, so I assume he&#8217;s totally cool with it. Enjoy!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christopherave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6164557&amp;post=1558&amp;subd=christopherave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Jefferson&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a link to a song I just finished up last night. It&#8217;s called &#8220;Jefferson,&#8221; and it&#8217;s about the tiny East Texas town that my mother&#8217;s family have lived in for several generations. Mom lives there still, in the post-Civil-War house on the hill that I grew up knowing as my Pa-Pa and Boots&#8217; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christopherave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6164557&amp;post=1549&amp;subd=christopherave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mourning John</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher  Ave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirty years ago tomorrow morning, my Mom gently knocked on my bedroom door. &#8220;I have some terrible news,&#8221; she said. Like everyone else, I was stunned at John Lennon&#8217;s murder &#8212; stunned, then devastated. I wore my black &#8220;All You Need Is Love&#8221; t-shirt to school that day. And as events unfolded, I watched with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christopherave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6164557&amp;post=1544&amp;subd=christopherave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rudolph (You Don&#8217;t Have To Put On The Red Light)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher  Ave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More holiday fun. Enjoy!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christopherave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6164557&amp;post=1541&amp;subd=christopherave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hallelujah Chorus flash mob</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher  Ave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now THIS flash mob gets me into the Christmas season! Awesome display of the power of unexpected &#8212; and beautiful &#8212; music.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christopherave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6164557&amp;post=1536&amp;subd=christopherave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Photo slideshows drive page-views</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher  Ave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a fascinating article in Columbia Journalism Review about how photo slideshows drive traffic to news websites. Not mentioned in the article is the key role that appropriate music can play in a successful slideshow. When a slideshow can be &#8220;auto-played,&#8221; making the changes congruent with the rhythm of the music is an important [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christopherave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6164557&amp;post=1533&amp;subd=christopherave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Confirmed: Beatles on iTunes today!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher  Ave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s true - the Beatles are now on iTunes. Of course, those of us with the entire catalog on CD &#8211; whether it&#8217;s the original pressings or the wonderful remastered versions &#8211; may never need to purchase them yet again. But there&#8217;s something significant in the Beatles union with iTunes. Nearly 40 years after their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christopherave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6164557&amp;post=1524&amp;subd=christopherave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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