INDIE EAR GLOSSARY (Just For You!)

By Jim Shearer on 11/06/2008

The Indie Ear Blog (yes, the very one that you're reading right now) has been chugging along for the last nine months or so. In that time we've posted blogs on various different topics, under various different headings.

Today, I realized that I've never taken the time to explain what each category actually means. So for your convenience, I've created a Glossary for you. This will help you better understand each cateogory represented in the Indie Ear Blog (I care about you, that's why I did it!):

(above: Don't be intimidated by the big book.)

By the way, for your navigational needs, all the categories are always present on the right side of this web-page.

INDIE EAR GLOSSARY

BEN & JIM
Young pop-punk-emo fan, Ben, trades wits on several topics with indie-minded music enthusiast, Jim. Think of it as an odd-couple pairing like the movie Rush Hour--except more music and less Jackie Chan.

BLOG BIOS
Bios of people who blog on this blog.

FREE SONGS
Links to--get ready for this--FREE music!

GUILTY PLEASURE
Pleasures that are guilty.

HOGE POGE
Sort of a mixed bag of nuts. Blog postings that don't fit into any other category usually end up here.

HOW TO SAVE THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
Like he does in his expo-mart seminars, William Schintziss explains how the music industry can be fixed.

INDIE EAR MADNESS '08
An NCAA-style tournament with bands (instead of college basketball teams) competing for the National Championship.

INDIE ROCK OLYMPIC SKETCHES
Drawings of your favorite indie artists as Olympic athletes

IS IT ME? OR...
A randomly asked rhetorical question.

IT'S LIKE THAT
An op-ed piece, much like the kind you'd find on the last page of a magazine.

LIKE IT? LOVE IT? HATE IT?
Sometimes things are so good or so bad, you can't figure out which they are. Those type of things usually end up in this category.

LISTS
Pretty self-explanatory.

LIVE
A blow-by-blow recap of live concert events.

LOST TREASURES
A category looking back at forgotten musical gems.

ME LIKEY
Things that I like.

NEWS
News, duh.

SOON
Things that haven't happened yet, but are happening soon.

SUMMER FESTIVAL '08 UPDATE
Recaps and bulletins about the latest U.S. summer festivals.

SUPER TUESDAY
New album releases.

SXSW 2008
A recap of South By Southwest in Austin, TX.

TALK
Interviews.

THE WEEK THAT WAS (AND STILL IS)
An occasional music recap of the week which is posted on Fridays--hence the "AND STILL IS."

VIDEO BLOG
Blog postings featuring some type of online video.