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Betting on print media to make a comeback. It won’t be glossy magazines, maybe it will be an evolution of zines at scale, or something else. Not niche like Monocle or trendy fashion magazine fare. Something halfway mass and meaningful.
Physical and tangible and analog matters again, partially (mostly?) as a pendulum... See more
Michael J. Miraflorx.comthis 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
ludwigx.comIn 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
Younger generations seem to have an affinity for “vintage” and “retro” things, and records fall right into that category.