Sunday, February 28, 2010

"YouTube - I Just Can't Live (Without My Daily Snailpaper)"

This is great fun! More of the background here.
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  1. DANIELBLOOMMarch 1, 2010 at 5:01 AM

    thanks for posting this link, how did you hear about the song and links? i am slowly promoting the song online via email and blogs, but it's a slowwwww process, so curious how and where u found the news. did i email you directly? dish: danbloom AT gmail DOT com, thanks. getting lots of good feedback from the principals in the song, ...

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  2. DANIELBLOOMMarch 1, 2010 at 5:12 AM

    Terry,

    Editor & Publisher predicts that my newly-minted term "snailpapers" will probably not catch on, but offers a note saying our little ditty about print newspapers (long may they live!) is worth a listen -- or two! YouTube hits are now 320 and climbing. Shooting for 25,000 hits by end of year. Stay tuned. Do not turn this page! har.

    Sing Out For Print!
    (or, alternative title: Singing for his supper...)

    http://www.fitzandjen.com/2010/02/sing-out-for-print.html



    Danny Bloom offers this little ditty, an ode to the printed newspaper. He calls them “snailpapers,” a neologism we’re betting, um, well, won’t really catch on, but a nice try. Anyway, it’s a clever song that shows Bloom knows his newspaper personalities. Sample lyric:


    In Chicago, there’s Steinberg, Neil with a hat,
    He’s a serious writer who never falls flat,
    Snailpapers help the Windy City un-wind.
    My kind of town, it’s a newspaper -- mi

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