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Rifflet, Like Twitter For Music

I like to believe that all of us have rock star alter egos. For most of us, these inner rock beasts sleep latently, awaiting the proper heartbreak or drug cocktail to wake from slumber and cut a hit record. Rifflet.com is a place that shares my theory—a social networking site in which users can share 1-minute clips of music they've had bouncing around in their heads, just to get it out there. Others can then download these tracks, respond to them or even incorporate them into songs of their own.

We had a chance to shoot off an email to the site's creator, Jon Schwab, and ask him some questions about the site. Here's what he had to say:

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4:00 PM on Sat May 17 2008
By Mark Wilson
3,421 views, 10 comments

Latest by ethanlechcharles: @pevans34: There is something like that already around I think. I saw it on The Lab With Leo Laporte. But I don't remember what it is and their search engine for their show notes sucks. more »

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Charles Manson Cuts Killer Creative Commons Digital Album From Prison

Convicted murderer and future American Idol contestant Charles Manson has used the liberal Creative Commons license to release a new 16-track album from prison. The album, called, ironically, One Mind, is free to download at LimeWire. As an added bonus, the CC license allows listeners to copy the tracks as much as they want and distribute them, so long as they don't use them for commercial purposes-like starting a cult or something. Hear the man himself croon a killer tune after the jump at about the 1:15 mark. More »

8:59 PM on Sat Apr 5 2008
By Jack Loftus
11,186 views, 32 comments

Latest by n/a: If he wasn't a batshit crazy serial killer, he'd be a pretty fun dude to hang out with. You never know WHAT he's gonna do. more »