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It’s Ballads Week! over at Kathleen Loves Music!

I’ve been having such a ball since I moved my music blog over to tumblr (it’s so much easier) that I’ve actually started programming the thing. Whether it’s the Tribute to Isaac Hayes the week he passed away,  or the five versions I posted of James Brown’s funk innovation “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag,” I’m finding it a hoot to share the music I like with the tumblr community in addition to my friend Kathleen, whom I set the site up for in the beginning.

Coming up? So far I’m planning theme weeks about (of course) Cartoon Music, Modern Blues, the Nat “King” Cole Trio, One Hit Wonders of the 60s, and White Blues. Any thoughts, lemme know.

I’ve been blogging less lately, but tumblring more. Or, I guess more accurately, tumblogging more. You can check out my tumblog down on the lower right column (below the links) or here to see if you care or not.

Why tumblr? I’m not sure that I could tell you exactly (sorry, I know my title implied I’d know the answer). Yes, it was started by one of our great friends and former interns, and yes, I’m an invester and board member. But that’s not really it, because tumblr’s been around for over a year and I just started last week. Yes, it’s easier. Sure, it’s allows you to virtually hang out with your friends and their friends in a simple way. And, for certain, it lets you find a lot of cool stuff –art, songs, writing– you really didn’t think you needed anyway, but are happy to have.

(Here’s a much smarter analysis than mine, for those so inclined.)

Bottom line? All I can tell you is that I’m having lots of fun with my tumblr. And who doesn’t want to have more fun?

I’ve been neglecting our friend engineer/inventor/entrepeneur David Karp, the builder, designer, and inspiration of Channel Frederator. Over the last year he’s gone from a low profile developer-for-hire to very high geek profile for his innovative invention of the mainstream tumblelog, micro-blogging platform, Tumblr. The hot New York Post gossip rag Page 6 paid attention a few weeks ago with this article on NYC’s New Wunderkinds. Read their take on David here.

Tumblr shares space with Frederator/East and we’re always thrilled to have his fairy dust rubbing off on us all.

I’m incredibly proud to be associated with tumblr as a member of their newly formed board of directors. And today, two years after the launch of Channel Frederator, is the release of Tumblr 3.0, with over 400 new features big and small.

Why am I telling you, a cartoon fan, about this micro-blogging, tumblelogging, platform? Well, completely aside from the fact that if you’re thinking about starting a new blog, tumblr should be, by far, you choice for the easiest and fastest way to begin, tumblr was invented by the very same David Karp that “imagined” and co-created Channel Frederator and the Frederator Blogs. So tumblr aside, we all ought to be grateful. And to add insult to injury (wrong phrase exactly) tumblr is the inspiration and sponsor of Internet People.

David began his association with Frederator as a 14 year old intern as he was starting home schooling here in New York. Putting aside plans for MIT, he started Davidville as a web development business two years later and imagined and engineered the über-successful Urban Baby. He started thinking about tumblr a couple of years later when he moved his company into the Frederator/New York space. Last year he brought in chief scientist Marco Arment (another great friend and amazing help to Channel Frederator and the Frederator Blogs) and together they’re killing the tech world softly with their song.

Congratulations guys. You’re amazing.