POZ - January #131 : On the Download - by James Wortman
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Labors of Love

The Kids Aren't Alright

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A Little Something on the Side

Even Combos Get the Blues

The Load Not Taken

HIV Bytes

Don't Get Fresh With Me

Discounted Labels

Thai-ing the Knot

Don't Leave Work Without It

Teen Angel

While You Weren't Sleeping

High Definition




Isn't That Special?

Prison Break

Anywhere but Here

Death and the Maidens

Diplomatic Immunity

Very Adult Education

On the Download

Face for the Cure

Tales From the Crib

Big Med on Campus




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January 2007


On the Download

by James Wortman

It’s been 17 years since the Red Hot Organization first packed a recording studio with pop icons crooning AIDS prevention. Now, after benefit CDs like Red Hot+Blue and Red Hot+Country, it has reheated its 1997 classic, Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot+Latin.  In an iPod (red or otherwise) culture, can the brand still rock the playlist? Says producer Tomas Cookman, “Any way to bring HIV/AIDS back into focus is positive.” Replay that.


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