February 2013
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“Videos filmed by attendees at heavy metal concerts [7] highlight a collective...”
– Silverberg et al., “Collective Motion of Moshers at Heavy Metal Concerts,” 2013.
Feb 13th
January 2013
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Jan 5th
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December 2012
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Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
May 2012
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May 17th
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March 2012
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Mar 2nd
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Mar 1st
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February 2012
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Feb 29th
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Feb 8th
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“The results of a multiple regression analysis of 49 metropolitan areas show that...”
– From Stack and Gundlach, The Effect of Country Music in Suicide
Feb 7th
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 2nd
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Feb 1st
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January 2012
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ListenMonolake (Robert Henke) enters the Loudness Wars...
Jan 31st
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Jan 30th
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Jan 28th
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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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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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