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::Duck & Cover Wants You! (or at least your pretty words.)::


Duck & Cover is officially soliciting YOU, our readers, to contribute to our content, and have something of a hand in shaping the future of D&C. (Well, perhaps not "shape the future" so much as have the privilege of knowing us "back when", either way, cred such as that is beoming harder and harder to come by these days.)

We would love to see record reviews, show reviews, vile gossip (we LOVE vile/salacious gossip, however, only on the grounds that it may be substantiated. No slander/libel please), book reviews, live music photography, and etc. (As a side note, we would very much appreciate at least ONE photo to accompany live music reviews -- worst case scenario, a shot of the venue, night of the show would suffice, OR, get creative. We love creativity, but remember, creativity stops being clever when it is not RELEVANT; we cannot stress focus enough, really.) We can't promise that we will print/publish everything that we receive, but we will definitely look at it and mull it over, perhaps while enjoying our morning coffee.

Additionally, submission to D&C includes implied consent that we may edit your submission for content or length, but, should significant rewrites be necessary, we will return it to you for such. So, assuming that you've not been turned off by such self important posturing, then you are probably ("possibly" would sound a bit cold, now, wouldn't it?) Duck & Cover material, and we would love to see what you have to say.

We are opening the editorial floodgates, so to speak, and encouraging all interested parties to send their submissions to duckandcovermusic@gmail.com.

Oh, and one last thing? We're terribly sorry, but we'll not be able to pay you. We thought that was inferred, but then decided that we should be a tidge more clear on that point. So no. No payment, just the glory of participating in the great populist movement of "New Media." Huzzah!



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