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Kate Tempest • Brand New Ancients
Auth is a state of mind where you cannot be influenced. U can only vibe and approach the world with an auth state of mind. No brands represent u. Music is not cultural currency.
aestheticizing authenticity would allow the popular, the generic, and the standardized to become authentic.
You already know what the language of authenticity sounds like: “a... See more
aestheticizing authenticity would allow the popular, the generic, and the standardized to become authentic.
You already know what the language of authenticity sounds like: “a... See more
subpixel space • After Authenticity
in 1985, the opening theme was an instrumental version of Easy Lover by Phil Collins, proof that this was as 1980s as 1980s could be.
Jim Smallman • I'm Sorry, I Love You: A History of Professional Wrestling: A must-read' - Mick Foley
And then there was Kanye West. After he released his first album, he grabbed Mos, Talib, and Common, and brought them into his orbit. Suddenly, they were satellites of Kanye’s planet rather than ours.
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson • Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
“Paula was the ex-wife of Irish rock star Sir Bob Geldof, late of the Boomtown Rats, and the ex-consort of Australian rock star Michael Hutchence, late in a more permanent sense, and was widely admired by many distinguished Americans, including Andy Warhol, who hailed her first book-a collection of photographs entitled Rock Stars In Their Underpant... See more
In a SoundCloud landscape teeming with off-the-wall musical experiments, it makes sense that artists are anointing themselves as genre-generators. It’s a way to compete in the attention economy, a tactic to distinguish your sound from what could otherwise be perceived as another set of weird noises in a sea of bizarre bleeps and bloops.
No Bells • Deep-internet bubbles: How microgenres are taking over SoundCloud
from a fraternity brother who had moved
Jesse Itzler • Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet
Experimentation
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being: The Sunday Times bestseller
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