January 2012
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Jan 26th
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Jan 3rd
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December 2011
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Dec 26th
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Dec 21st
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“Dozens of young people were being held and punished by [Banda Aceh, Indonesia]...”
– Read the full story here, with updates here and here.
Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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“After the 2008 global financial crisis, rock bands and their managers are paying...”
– “Overweight in Metal, This Band Tries to Play Tunes in Forex” (WSJ, of course) Via marathonpacks.
Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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“[Fans] can do anything they want with my stuff. If they want to listen to my...”
– Exene Cervenka, in this Phoenix New Times interview.
Dec 12th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 5th
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“The 7” single set the length of the standard pop song, the double album...”
– The Medium is the Message: Joe Muggs on how it’s never just about the music: music, and how we respond to it, is shaped by the medium.
Dec 2nd
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Dec 1st
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November 2011
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Nov 30th
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“Music is dangerous. It holds memories and forgotten feelings like a sonic sponge...”
– Emma Manette, Notes on Stalking my Ex-Boyfriend’s Last.fm Account (via Matthew)
Nov 29th
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BlindSide: an audio-only videogame. Learn more and support the Kickstarter campaign here.
Nov 28th
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Nov 25th
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Nov 9th
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“Music aestheticizes our lives. We walk around with headphones on and the sound...”
– from “Disintegration Loops and Simplesongs” By Mark Richardson, Pitchfork
Nov 8th
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“Change no longer happens all at once for everyone, as it did with the rush of...”
– “The New Patterns of Culture: Slow, Fast, and Spiky” The whole essay is well worth the read.
Nov 8th
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“There are about 1.4 million artist names, including 29 individual musicians...”
– From ABBA to ZZ Top, All the Good Bands Names Are Taken - WSJ.com
Nov 7th
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“I’m not saying that the monoculture is a fantasy created by myopic critics who...”
– Steve Hyden (via marathonpacks)
Nov 6th
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Nov 3rd
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October 2011
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Oct 28th
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Oct 27th
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Oct 21st
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Oct 19th
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Oct 18th
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Oct 12th
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Oct 11th
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Oct 5th
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Oct 5th
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Oct 4th
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August 2011
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Aug 16th
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The Johnny Cash Project: an evolving video consisting of hand-drawn frames for the song “Ain’t No Grave.” Overview video above; see the whole project (and participate yourself!) here.
Aug 15th
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Aug 9th
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“He grooves his overpaid pickup band, he tells Jeff Beck what to do, he writes...”
– Excerpted from Brian Joseph Davis’s The Consumed Guide, aka The Ultimate Negative Christgau Review. It’s a 63-page long document assembled entirely from negative words and phrases used by Robert Christgau, drawn from more than thirteen thousand reviews.  Via WFMU, where you can read a...
Aug 8th
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Aug 5th
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Aug 4th
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The Playhaus Samplotron: an interactive musical playspace made from recycled materials.  Read more about the project here. (via Adam)
Aug 3rd
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Aug 2nd
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“Acknowledgement of lineage makes the new contribution stronger and more...”
– Douglas Rushkoff, from a conversation with Genesis Breyer P-Orridge in The Believer
Aug 1st
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July 2011
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Jul 29th
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Jul 28th
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Jul 27th
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Jul 26th
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Jul 25th
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