I just published Fufkin's 48th monthly issue, and I want to thank  everyone 
on this list for the support we have received from all of you.  We  average 
over 50,000 unique visitors a month from all over the world, and a core  from the 
Audities list is what we built the site on.  It has been very  gratifying for 
me to give a forum for a lot of great writers to write about  music and 
artists that otherwise might not receive the type of notice that they  deserve, 
even in the alternative media and new media outlets that are out  there.  It is 
hard to believe it has been 4 years since I approached Mike  Bennett at IPO in 
August of 2000 to ask him if he was interested.
 
My special thanks to my good friends Mike Bennett, Gary Glauber, Gary Pig  
Gold, Alan Haber, Kurt Hernon, Dawn Eden, John Borack,  Bill Klutho,  Michael 
Lynch, Kevin Mathews, Robert Pally, Kurt Sampsel, Eric  Sorensen, Eliot Wilder, 
Shona Winfrey and Nick A. Zaino, III who are the writers  who made Fufkin what 
it is and why we were recognized by SXSW as having some of  the finest music 
criticism on the internet.  I want to thank past  writers who have contributed 
excellent work over the past four  years, Jon Bard, James Baumann, Rick 
Bilous, Anna Borg, Ken  Burke, Lane Campbell, Katherine Kim, Kerry Chicoine, Ben 
Collins, Jason  Thompson, Michael Potter, Mark Sanders, Julia Scott, Richard 
Scroggs, Andrew  Tarsy, Jason Thompson and  Mike Stax.  I want to thank my great 
friend  Bruce Brodeen, Michael Roux and everyone at Parasol, Rainbow Quartz, 
Call Girl  PR, Mint Records and all of the other labels, publicists and artists 
who  send boxes and boxes of promos for us to listen to.  As we go into our  
4th year, we're looking for some new blood and we have some new features  that 
I hope we can implement by early next year, like  a blog and some other ideas 
that I have.  I hope we can continue  to publish forever.  I think that will 
depend on if we can find  some additional writers with some time, good taste 
and some writing  skills.  Please contact me at _fundaro@aol.com_ 
(mailto:fundaro@aol.com)  if you know anyone  with enthusiasm, good taste in any genre of 
music and some writing  talent.  Thanks again.      
 
Casey Fundaro