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Posted by John Kenyon
24 April 2010
Things I’d Rather Be Doing is written and maintained by John Kenyon, editor and director of media operations for the Corridor Business Journal and the Corridor Media Group.
As the tagline says, coverage here is mostly of music, books, movies and pop culture. The music comes mainly from the left end of the dial, while the books include a lot of crime fiction and literary fiction.
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Glad you liked it. As for Tropical Ooze, I mentioned Brookly... - Chris at Fox And Hounds...in DC!!!! on R. Stevie Moore likes to stay home, we should have let him :
I saw him myself in Baltimore and thought it was perhaps one... - John Kenyon on R. Stevie Moore likes to stay home, we should have let him :
What attitude? I approached it with curiosity. I had minimal... - Nancy Brown on R. Stevie Moore likes to stay home, we should have let him :
Actually, you probably should've stayed home with that attit... - nigel bird on Guest post: this letter to Norman Court, part 8 :
he's like a time bomb all right, about to explode snot every... - David Barber on Guest post: this letter to Norman Court, part 8 :
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