A Eulogy for the Mix CD, the Best Way to Tell Someone 'I Like You'
When we are grieving record stores, mixtapes, old-school romance, and friends goofing around in ‘90s high schools, what are we actually grieving? Delayed gratification. Deeper connection. Play and fun. Risk and thrill. Life with less obsessive self-scrutiny. These are things we can reclaim—if we remember what they are worth and roll back the... See more
For tech-savvy millennials in the late ’90s and early ’00s, burning a CD was the perfect substitute for a hand-written love letter.
Adarsh • The Forgotten Joy of Burning CDs
In just under one generation, we moved from appreciating albums as cohesive works to consuming individual tracks, and then to music becoming reduced to muzak: background noise for gaming, viral videos, or endless scrolling. Disappearing is music as an art in its own right, which commands sustained attention and deep engagement. A song’s success is... See more
Default Friend • No, Culture is Not Stuck
this app ([untitled]) basically repackaged uploading/downloading mp3s (and the concept of actually owning your music) and made discoverability be based on sharing links
it’s been blowing up for weeks and weeks, which really tells me that 1. children yearn for the internet they never knew (where every piece of content... See more
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