Simply Salsa
That's the title of a fantastic CD we heard last night in a tapas bar in Manhattan. I just bought the boxed set for $15.98 off Amazon. Four CDs in the set. One CD set for me and two for presents. Great deal. And when you buy it through my link above, it supports my costs for my blog (woohoo, maybe I get 45 cents!)...although my server and other costs (not to mention my time!) will soon be offset somewhat by Open Source (formerly Pajamas Media), which I'm joining. When somebody from the alt weekly world wrote me to snark:
Oh, girl! You’re the new goddess to the lovelorn neo-cons! :-)
I corrected her fast:
You're funny. Star New Times columnist Jill Stewart is their editorial director, and Hillary Johnson, another editorial director, was the (AAN award-winning) editor of the Ventura County Reporter. I believe leading neo-con Marc Cooper is also involved. It means taking ads from them and making money from my blog (and they pay very well), which means I can maybe eventually give my assistant a bigger raise than I just gave her...evil neo connie that I am!
I included no emoticons in my message.
Thanks for the info/idea for a Christmas present for my son.
He loves salsa dancing.
Paul at November 18, 2005 2:36 PM
Well, isn't Crid a lovelorn neo-con?
Keep us apprised of whether or not there is actual income from the OSM thing. To me it seems like a trainwreck in the making.
LYT at November 18, 2005 5:33 PM
They pay up front, I believe. Can't go wrong with up front!
Amy Alkon at November 18, 2005 7:05 PM
> a lovelorn neo-con?
Hey! You don't KNOW that about me! Stop pretending like you do!
They say New York salsa starts on the one. Those people are animals, according to my niece.
Crid at November 18, 2005 9:33 PM
Also, upon reflection, how dare you! HOW DARE YOU!
You're right about the Pajama/open source thing, though. The charm of blogs is that idiosyncratic,
independant voices get a broadly-distributed voice. Media collectives --profitable or not-- are the enemy.
Crid at November 18, 2005 10:50 PM
Some of my best friends are animals. Others have hair in the tonal family of Janitor-In-A-Drum. You know who you are...Luke. (LYTrules.com for a look)
Amy Alkon at November 19, 2005 2:59 AM
Some of my best friends are animals. Others have hair in the tonal family of Janitor-In-A-Drum.
Not kidding here...I have NO idea what the sentence above means.
They pay up front, I believe.
Meaning they haven't paid yet. When they do, let us know how good or bad it is.
You don't KNOW that about me!
That's why I asked it as a question, bro.
LYT at November 19, 2005 3:16 AM
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