Links: The Shakin’ Stevens game, Quincy Jones, death of the CD, Spotify songwriter credits, Snub TV.

 

• You are in the UK. It is the ’80s. By the way, you’re Shakin’ Stevens.
  > RELEASE GAME

• I can’t understand the words either, so all songs sound like this. (Hacker News discussion.)

• The recent Quincy Jones interviews (GQ, Vulture) are frankly amazing.

 

Quincy Jones: Now James Dean, oh man, that guy is a real stud.
Interviewer: You mean “was a real stud.”
Quincy Jones: No, he still is. You hear about him and Cleopatra last week?
Interviewer: What?
Quincy Jones: Let me tell you about The Island…

— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) February 8, 2018

 

• The impending death of the CD: Major retail outlets literally prefer vinyl.

• At last, Spotify is bringing us songwriter credits!

• A paean to Snub TV.

 

List of 6 common mistakes people make in their charts. My personal favourite commandment: thou shalt not zoom into the data to show only the time frame supporting your view. Beautifully illustrated here with sales of vinyl records. Source: https://t.co/C3UTdJw4Lq pic.twitter.com/GBj0f5HMRn

— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) February 2, 2018

 

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