Strike Press Release, May 20th

Strike Press Release, May 20th - 2013

NEWS: Strike Magazine is ecstatic to announce that it will be returning this September, with some changes. Strike Magazine will be printing a monthly newspaper publication.
The quality and magic behind Strike will now be available on a monthly basis, on a schedule. Partnering with local businesses, Strike will be available at dozens of local hotspots, and of course, it will be free!

Needless to say, Strike has had to expand operations to manage a monthly publication. So, if you are a writer who is interested in submitting to be published in Strike, please refer to this application.

In 2012, Strike was praised for becoming a high quality publication entirely under students. In 2013, Strike will continue to offer the same content and quality, every month.

Over this summer, Strike will be announcing our business partners where Strike distribution will be available. As of this update, we will also be accepting new staff applications and content submissions.

We are thrilled to be returning on a more regular basis, and we hope our readers are as excited as we are.

Strike is back! 

Meet Tenzing, Our Official Red Panda

Hello!

As of this week, Strike Magazine is a proud supporter of the Red Panda Network to aid in the effort in conserving the rapidly fleeting territory of the majestic red panda in India.
Thus, we have chosen to adopt Tenzing, an adorable creature under the protection of the Red Panda Network. For more information regarding adopting your own red panda, visit www.redpandanetwork.com.

Together, we can help save the red panda!

A Goodbye To 'The Office'

A Farewell To The Office
by Brett Stewart

This evening, the series finale of the NBC show 'The Office' aired. After 9 years on the air, the show came to a close with a return of Michael Scott, the marriage of Dwight and Angela and the resolution of each character's story-line. This short post is designed to be a reflection of the show as a whole -

Whenever I wear my Dunder Mifflin Paper Company shirt, I always get the comments, "You still watch that show?" and, "It started to suck after Steve Carrell left." I whole heartily disagree with the latter.

The show has always been wonderful. For 9 years, it was more than entertaining, and it was certainly more than a TV comedy. It was a commentary on life. The love-longing Michael Scott, the socially awkward, but good hearted Dwight, the blissfully ignorant Andy, even the depressive Toby. Almost everyone can relate to someone on this show, because the characters always faced real problems. Marital and relationship troubles, troubles at work with an incompetent boss, conflicts between coworkers, and life getting in the way. Having kids, buying homes, moving on to new horizons, hell, even Oscar being sexually harassed by Michael Scott in the workplace after coming out gay was a social commentary on the average American workplace.

The finale tonight was wonderful, and it's only appropriate that the Office left on the note of resolving each character's issues. I sincerely hope that our generation comes to realize that 'The Office' was our Seinfeld. Twenty years from now, TBS and NBC will still be running re-runs of the show every week night, because it made a permanent mark on TV history.

'The Dylan Songbook' Project

The Dylan Songbook

Bob Dylan has written 458 officially released songs on record. The greatest American songwriter has a massive catalog, to say the least. When such a large catalog exists, it makes it difficult for fans and fellow musicians to find accurate chords and music for the songs. Most versions of the music that exist online aren't official, and vary from website to website as a result of fan interpretation of songs.
Yes, finding the correct version of "Blowing in the Wind" is probably pretty easy. But what about the correct version of "Most of the Time" from Bob's 1989 album "Oh Mercy"?

This is why I am creating the Dylan Songbook. In the near future I will be releasing a free e-book (PDF Download) of my Dylan songbook. The songbook will contain roughly 200 of (in my opinion) Dylan's most enjoyable, meaningful and most importantly, playable songs. Every song will have the (most) correct music interpretation  to date. And of course, the catalog will be organized neatly by year and/or album for ease of use.

My catalog is aimed primarily at guitarists, so many of the songs will just be the guitar chords. But, using sources and publications at my disposal, I will be doing my best to provide full sheet music for at least half of the songs. This way, pianists and other instrumentalists can enjoy the catalog as well.

The catalog is primarily for myself, as I will print it out and create a binder for myself. Nevertheless, I hope that digitalizing the project and making it available to you all may prove helpful in not only finding the correct Dylan sheet music to his songs, but also finding it easy. This is for all of you who are sick of sifting through 10 versions of the same song on different chord websites to find the version that sounds right.

Please let me know if there are any songs you'd like to request I include.


Best Regards,

Brett Stewart (Editor & Publisher of Strike)