Random bits: --In a sales presentation today, I was blown away when an audio publisher proceeded to call up a fanvid (!) on Youtube to promote a forthcoming book by an African hip hop star. Sadly, the reception to it was a little lackluster as the collective age in the room was probably...ahem...a tad "mature" to be appreciating fanvids or hip hop music. I thought that was pretty awesome though. --LJ has seemed more dead than usual the past week (and I'm not talking about the stupid new undead... read more