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In McLuhanesque terms, the medium is the message. Some people might find that cool.”
Haruki Murakami • 1Q84: Books 1 and 2
In my debut for 'The Atlantic,’ I wrote about a subject near and dear to my heart: what the loss of cultural listings portends for artists, audiences, institutions, and journalists. The listings—from Time Out to the New Yorker to The NY Times—were, in many ways, my finishing school. I grew to understand the community I was a part of through those l... See more
Gabriel Kahanesubstack.comMr. Day is as much a fixture among local audiophiles as his store is. One half expects the owner to resemble Jack Black's character in "High Fidelity," kicking out customers for daring to buy records they aren't deemed worthy of. But Mr. Day is as affable as one could hope for in a place with such a collection, treating customers to anecdotes and h... See more
About : Cheapo Records, your home for vinyl in Central Square since 1954 - (617) 354-4455
The Internet lacks closure, not in some cloying therapeutic sense, but literally. At every moment a website can be surfed, linked, crawled, or refreshed by any one (or several million) of billions of browsers. The net isn't "read" like a book, "watched" like a movie, nor "attended" like the theater -- it is "browsed." The word itself suggests a res... See more
Matthew Stadler
Broken Record Podcast - Rick Rubin and Malcolm Gladwell Music Podcast
pushkin.fmAt a time when cultural homogenisation is on the rise, where generative AI is increasingly putting innovative creativity in competition with mass derivation, we risk a future where music diversity is also being actively commercially suppressed. The introduction of thresholds, especially where they de-monetise repertoire , but also where they apply ... See more
Dan Fowler • Combating the Emergence of a Two-Tier Music Streaming Market: Analysis and recommendations to support a future industry of innovation, inclusivity, and sustainable growth
