Visiting Sites of Interest

 
So many Web sites, so little time. These are just a few of the essential Web pages. Tell us your favorite Internet sites. Depending on how your browser is set up, you can click on Mail-Off or send your e-mail to simcoblog at the domain gmail.com. Please specify "Simco" in your subject line.

Charities

- American Institute of Philanthropy (charitywatch.org)
- BBB Wise Giving Alliance (give.org)
- Philanthropic Research (guidestar.org)
- Charity Navigator (charitynavigator.org)
- MinistryWatch (ministrywatch.com)
- InterAction (interaction.org)
- USA Freedom Corps (usafreedomcorps.gov)

Audio samples

- Tower Records (towerrecords.com)

Lyrics

- Use a search engine and type “lyrics” followed by a song title or words (this works well for songs published in the U.S.)

U.S. radio airplay and record sales

- Billboard (billboard.com)
- The Americana Music Association (americanamusic.org)
- College Media Journal (cmj.com)

U.S. monitored playlists and Arbitron ratings

- Radio & Records (radioandrecords.com)

U.S. real-time playlists

- YES Networks (yes.com)

U.S. box office

- Variety (variety.com)
- Box Office Mojo (boxofficemojo.com)

Radio/video remixes

- Promo Only (promoonly.com)

Databases

- The Internet Movie Database (imdb.com)
- Database of Electronic Music (discogs.com)
- Eurodance Ltd. (eurokdj.com)

Awards

- Academy Awards (oscar.com, oscars.org) – February
- Independent Spirit Awards (ifp.org) – February
- The Stinkers - The Ultimate Bad Movie Awards (thestinkers.com) - February
- Razzie Awards (razzies.com) – February

- Grammy Awards (grammy.com) – February
- The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards (thesource.com) – October
- Country Music Association Awards (cmaawards.com) – November
- Academy of Country Music Awards (acmcountry.com) – May
- Dance Music Awards (dancestar.com) – March (U.S.)/November (world)
- Latin Grammy Awards (latingrammy.com) – September
- GMA Music Awards (doveawards.com) – April
- W.C. Handy Blues Awards (handyawards.com) – May
- Americana Music Awards (americanamusic.org) – September
- International Bluegrass Music Awards (ibma.org) – October

- MTV Video Music Awards (mtv.com) – August

- BRIT Awards (brits.co.uk) – February
- Mercury Prize (mercurymusicprize.com) – September
- Gramophone Awards (gramophone.co.uk) – October

- Juno Awards (juno-awards.ca) – April

- Cannes Lions (canneslions.com) – June
- Clio Awards (clioawards.com) – May

- Webby Awards (webbyawards) – June

Portals

- Alaska Jim's Music Charts (alaskajim.com)

U.K. record sales

- The Official UK Charts (theofficialcharts.com)

Freeware

- Web browser (mozilla.org)
- Virus scanner (grisoft.com)
- Personal firewall (zonelabs.com)
- Spyware scanner (lavasoft.de)
- Pop-up ad buster (panicware.com)
- Password hashing (pwdhash.com)
- Barcode scanner (scanbuy.com)

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