I don't know if it's indicative of the overall economy, but freelancing work, at least in music writing, is changing dramatically, moreso since the New Times/VV merger, which sent a good number of their talented freelancers looking elsewhere, or just changing their line of work.
<br><br>for folks looking to jump in to cultural crit of any kind, the stakes got much higher, and the pay even lower (if you can find somewhere that pays!).<br><br>waiting on a check,<br>J T.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 4/14/06, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:info@pulpculture.org">info@pulpculture.org</a></b> <<a href="mailto:info@pulpculture.org">info@pulpculture.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Doug and others: Is the economy looking like it's going to tank or<br>something? We're getting this huge influx of job inquiries to the Web site.<br>Very strange for people to be so desperate as to try to get work with a<br>
dinky freelancing biz.<br><br></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>J T. Ramsay<br>1626 S. 2nd St. #2<br>Philadelphia, PA 19148<br>cell: 267 252 0852<br><a href="http://blackmailismylife.com/blog">blackmailismylife.com/blog</a> [NEW!]