aardvark baguette Posted November 3, 2014 Report Posted November 3, 2014 if jazz is boring, listening to elites criticize it is catatonic. 1
blessingx Posted November 9, 2014 Author Report Posted November 9, 2014 Speaking of boring... Middle East authorities are cracking down on audio that gets you “high” – Quartzhttp://qz.com/293069/middle-east-authorities-are-cracking-down-on-audio-that-gets-you-high/
blessingx Posted December 3, 2014 Author Report Posted December 3, 2014 What Happened to All the Music Blogs? http://www.bkmag.com/2014/12/01/what-happened-to-all-the-music-blogs/
blessingx Posted January 18, 2015 Author Report Posted January 18, 2015 Not directly about music, but I don't give a fuck. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck http://markmanson.net/not-giving-a-fuck 1
en480c4 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Posted January 18, 2015 A friend posted that on Facebook yesterday. I thought it was fantastic.
blessingx Posted January 19, 2015 Author Report Posted January 19, 2015 Russ Terrana: Chief Engineer of Motown
blessingx Posted January 28, 2015 Author Report Posted January 28, 2015 The True Life Confessions of Fleetwood Mac http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-true-life-confessions-of-fleetwood-mac-19770324
blessingx Posted February 2, 2015 Author Report Posted February 2, 2015 The Shaggs 'Philosophy of the World' http://www.susanorlean.com/articles/meet_shaggs.html
blessingx Posted February 12, 2015 Author Report Posted February 12, 2015 The mystery of soul legend Mingering Mike http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/feb/11/-sp-mystery-of-mingering-mike-the-soul-legend-who-never-existed-jon-ronson
ironbut Posted February 12, 2015 Report Posted February 12, 2015 Awesome article Ric! Only in America,..
blessingx Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) "... Reed's anger only proved that Christgau's grades did matter: He's not a part of the industry, he's not currying anybody's favor, and he's disdainful of hype. When it comes down to it, who do you trust to tell you the truth about a new album? The label? The artist? Or the cranky dude who has made it his mission to be purely, aggressively honest about everything he's ever listened to for almost half a century?"http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/almost-famous-the-b-adventures-of-robert-christgau-1687452336 Edited February 26, 2015 by blessingx
Grahame Posted February 27, 2015 Report Posted February 27, 2015 Why Do All Records Sound the Same?Desperate to get their music on the radio at all costs, record labels are employing powerful software to artificially sweeten it, polish it, make it louder— squeezing out the last drops of its individuality https://medium.com/cuepoint/why-do-all-records-sound-the-same-830ba863203
dreamwhisper Posted February 27, 2015 Report Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) Jazz was not meant for the dinner table. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ts-monk/jazz-was-not-meant-for-the-dinner-table_b_6751282.html'>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ts-monk/jazz-was-not-meant-for-the-dinner-table_b_6751282.html Edited February 27, 2015 by dreamwhisper 1
grawk Posted March 26, 2015 Report Posted March 26, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/24/science/the-waves-of-the-future-may-bend-around-metamaterials.html
ironbut Posted April 9, 2015 Report Posted April 9, 2015 Interesting early Janis Joplin recordings and a story of when she first made the scene in the Bay Area (I dig the songs with the jazz bands). http://jazzhotbigstep.com/428723.html 1
Grahame Posted April 21, 2015 Report Posted April 21, 2015 The dawn of online piracy. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/27/the-man-who-broke-the-music-business (The irony of the digital version being freely available before the paid for print version is fitting) 1
blessingx Posted May 22, 2015 Author Report Posted May 22, 2015 How Indie Rock Changed the World http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/06/how-indie-rock-changed-the-world/392057
blessingx Posted June 7, 2015 Author Report Posted June 7, 2015 Dudley Moore – from film scores to funk http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/apr/17/dudley-moore-from-film-scores-to-funk
blessingx Posted June 7, 2015 Author Report Posted June 7, 2015 What the hell am I (and who the hell cares)? by Neko Case http://nekocase.com/neko-marks-the-anniversary-of-dont-peggy-olsen-me-with-a-long-form-essay-on-women-in/
blessingx Posted July 9, 2015 Author Report Posted July 9, 2015 F'ed up The Runaways story - http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/the-lost-girls/ 1
ironbut Posted July 9, 2015 Report Posted July 9, 2015 A little Dead nostalgia; Tapers Section http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/06/arts/music/tapers-at-the-grateful-dead-concerts-spread-the-audio-sacrament.html?hpw&rref=arts&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0 Wall of Sound http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-wall-of-sound?utm_source=howtogeek&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter
blessingx Posted July 11, 2015 Author Report Posted July 11, 2015 The Subversive Science Fiction of Hip-Hop http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-subversive-science-fiction-of-hip-hop
TMoney Posted July 13, 2015 Report Posted July 13, 2015 (edited) Rolling Stone has a minute to minute breakdown on perhaps the most important 12 minutes of U2's career, their performance of "Bad" at Live Aid. Edited July 13, 2015 by TMoney
blessingx Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Posted July 25, 2015 (edited) Alex Steinweiss, The Man Who Invented Album Cover Art http://www.soundfountain.org/rem/remcovart.html Edited July 25, 2015 by blessingx
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