“Space ain’t man’s final frontier,

man’s final frontier is the soul.”

- Arrested Development,

Man’s Final Frontier (bio)

Rather die on our feet,

than keep living on our knees.

- James Brown

Say It Loud – I’m Black And I’m Proud (Part I) (bio)

“It’s better to burn out,

than to fade away.”

- Neil Young My My, Hey Hey (bio)

Today blog network b5media is officially launching TheRockDose.com as part of its new Music Channel of 30 diverse music blogs.

“Since b5media first launched in September of 2005, we’ve felt the music scene was being vastly underserved by professional blogs,” said Jeremy Wright, b5media’s CEO. The music channel portfolio, headed by channel editor Mike Laba, features blogs about the indie, metal, jazz, blues and crooner scenes as well as hotspots such as Austin, Nashville, the U.K., Australia and Toronto.

I’ll be editing to two of the Music Channel’s blogs.

• OurDigitalMusic.com is a consumer’s guide to digital music helping you to unravel the mysteries of downloads, DRM, digital players, subscription services, satellite radio and more.
• TheRockDose.com offers a daily inspirational quote from rock and rollers both current and long departed.

As part of the launch b5media is giving away three iPod Shuffles, three Memorex MP3 players pre-loaded with MusicIP’s kick-ass discovery software and three $25 iTunes certificates. To enter the contest, all you need to do is blog about the music channel’s launch, and send send an e-mail to musiccontest@b5media along with the URL for your post.

Read the full b5media press release after the jump. Read more

“There is a crack in everything,

that is how the light gets in.”

- Leonard Cohen, Anthem (bio)

All of us get lost in the darkness,

dreamers learn to steer by the stars.

- Rush “The Pass” (bio)

We want to hear from you.

Post your favorite rock and roll inspirational quotes in the comments section.vSorry there’s no cash if we use them.But you will get your own little tiny place in rock history!

And be sure to tell your friends about TheRockDose.com.

Take this mouth so quick to criticize,

take this mouth and give it a kiss.

- U2, “Yahweh“  (biography)

Every pleasures got an edge of pain,

pay for your ticket and don’t complain.

- Bob Dylan, “Silvio” (biography)