Too busy being seen: A very insightful A-list blogger whose name I won’t drop observed last night that individuals in the media-political-industrial-protestor complex (although he didn’t call them that) come to political conventions in order to renew and review the pecking order. It’s all determined by what kind of pass they have, what parties they are invited to (or can crash) and if they are included in such psuedo, insta-status happenings like CNN’s diner. He’s right. Unfortunately, I’m busy all day and night today attending pecking-order functions that I doubt I’ll be blogging much more until late night.

iTunes affiliate program: Expect in the future that song titles mentioned on the rexblog will link to the Apple iTunes store. (Okay, I’ll disclose it everytime.) This affiliate strategy should solidify Apple’s leadership in the music download marketplace.

Magazine news break: If you’re one of this blog’s seven regular readers, there will be nothing new in this Newsday story about 2004 magazine launches. It is a big year for Samir Husni quotes.

Power of the press: The front page of the New York Times today is, itself, the news of the morning. One of those moments when the power of photojournalism is displayed in repulsive, yet definitive fashion.