Bonus points if you listen to LL Cool J while you read this post.

You may have noticed that email newsletters are getting a lot of attention. The New York Times recently published The New Social Network That Isn't New At All. And then there was Business News Daily's People Trust Newsletters More Than the Actual News, Craig Mod's Oh God, It's Raining Newsletters, and Impact's Why Email Marketing Newsletters Are Making a Comeback.

But as LL says, "don't call it a comeback."

Newsletters have been around since shoulder pads, asymmetrical spiral perms, and Vans. And unsurprisingly, during the decade of excess and years to follow, we blasted our neon gradient and comic sans-laden newsletters to anyone and everyone.

I still wear Vans...