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            Neumu 
            is where you will find the work of artists following their creative 
            vision. You'll find writers taking chances, experimenting with the 
            way they communicate. We hope the site will change and evolve  
            perhaps you have a suggestion that could make it more meaningful. 
            If so, please use the "contact" link on Neumu to share it with us. 
             
            I am inspired each day  sometimes to glory in the beauty of 
            the world, sometimes to rant at the idiocy. Neumu will certainly reflect 
            my views and ideas, which themselves change, sometimes from hour to 
            hour. It's a place where you'll find people who care about the impact 
            of what they do in the world, people who respect each other, who don't 
            shake your hand and then stab you in the back. You'll find artists 
            on a journey to, well, enlightenment. Understanding. Peace. 
             
            Lofty ideas perhaps, but based in the here and now. I know that a 
            song or a book or a painting can change a person's life. I hope that 
            a review of an amazing album will inspire you to check it out, and 
            that the music in turn will in some way change your world. Or that 
            a piece of art will make you smile or reconsider a long-held assumption, 
            or allow you to see the world in a different way. 
             
            As Editor in Chief, guardian of the words you'll find here, I look 
            to the contributing writers, and to myself, to bring to your attention 
            music, books, films, ideas and anything else we think is worth reflecting 
            on. Things that have deepened our understanding or helped one of us 
            get through the day, or made us step back in awe. 
             
            As a wise man once said, or, rather, sang: "Believe in the magic that 
            can set you free." I first heard those words on the radio as a young 
            boy in 1964. The song was "Do You Believe in Magic?" by the Lovin' 
            Spoonful. I believed then, and I believe now. And as Mark Eitzel sings 
            on a new song, "Proclaim Your Joy": "It is important throughout your 
            life to proclaim your joy."  
             
             Michael Goldberg 
            Editor in Chief / Co-Founder
  
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