Streaming was really revolutionary and wonderful for a lot of people, but it was really devastating for a lot of other people because everything had to have the same economic logic as pop music.

And a lot of experimental music doesn’t follow that per play valuation logic. A lot of experimental music is about the idea, and you just need access to tha... See more

Maybe the feeling that things are in decline is just a bias against new forms of media. Socrates thought writing destroyed the mind, and the novel as a literary form was originally considered vulgar. My suspicion is it’s just the age-old pattern of disliking new things.

Even in music, the days of long intros are over as songwriters try and get to the chorus as quickly as possible before impatient listeners flip to the next song (artist royalties only kick in after 30 seconds).

Do you still marvel to yourself, “ Wow! ”

Do you muse at the decades of advancements that made such an avatar possible?

Do you take the time to appreciate the delicate lines and expressive eyes?

Or do you breeze past, dismissing it as another person late to the trend , the whimsy and color now registering as background noise while your eyes dart arou... See more

Anime requires a childlike depth that you wouldn't understand, as is the case with many things under the category of cuteness. They hold a profound depth.

She overruled the anime imagery to view what was most popular today. Ugh. It was mostly Scooch-a-mouti nonsense. Salsipueds and baba llagas were everywhere. A year ago, no one had heard of the Scoochis, and now they were bigger than some of the corporate names. They had even dented the mega release of the latest Cretaceous Returns. There were hundr

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