Writing – Page 2

Links: The KLF at the Shard, the fake grunge lexicon, how to swear on radio.

10 November, 2017 Esoterica, Links, Punk, Radio, Writing 0

23 November.

Links: Sex Pistols, Peter Hook, Martin Hannett, Lee Ranaldo, how music feels, Taylor Swift.

8 November, 20178 November, 2017 Esoterica, Links, Pop, Post-Punk, Punk, Writing, Your rights 0

The scourge of music bloggers shall be dealt with.

Links: The Face, streaming liner notes, vinyl, cassettes.

6 November, 201713 November, 2017 Audio, mp3, Writing 0

That coulda been me up there! Possibly.

Links: “Content Creators Coalition” shoots self in foot, make a film for $10,000, vinyl.

3 November, 20173 November, 2017 Film, Industry, Writing, Your rights 2

The “Content Creators Coalition” is particularly stupid and hilarious.

Ujo Music’s second attempt at music on the blockchain: EGO by RAC.

1 November, 201712 November, 2017 Industry, Writing 0

Today’s post, over on the blockchain blog, is about Ujo Music’s second attempt at music on the blockchain. You’ll be unsurprised to hear that yet again they fall down the stairs, hitting their head on every step on the way down.

Links: Women’s pop canon, YouTube extortions, photographers win, Put Blood In The Music.

29 October, 201729 October, 2017 Links, Post-Punk, Punk, Writing, Your rights 0

t h e r e s a m a y p o r w a v e

Music blogger links: just do it, how to do it, how not to make a bad review go away.

20 October, 20177 November, 2017 Links, Writing, Your rights 0

Join the exciting and lucrative^{[citation needed]} world of music blogging!

Links: DAF, getting your US copyrights back, where the streaming money goes.

15 October, 201715 October, 2017 Industrial, Industry, Links, mp3, Writing, Your rights 0

You can guess who makes it big from streaming, and it’s not Spotify.

Links: Rap as poetry; labels as services; where are all the pirates?

11 October, 2017 Industry, Links, mp3, R'n'B, Writing 0

And Dave Graney on video, just because.

Links: Devo “Satisfaction”, failed electronic instruments, subgenres of electronic music.

26 September, 2017 Esoterica, Links, Musician, Post-Punk, Writing 0

It’s all about the bleep, even with guitar, bass and drums.

Links: Pat Mills/2000AD, fund The Quietus, shoegaze in Asia, MRI rockin’ beats.

14 September, 2017 Esoterica, Indie, Links, Writing 0

And me on BBC Newsnight! (Not about music.)

Links: Hollywood blames Rotten Tomatoes, EU members vs EU filtering, blockchain.

8 September, 20178 September, 2017 Film, Links, Writing, Your rights 0

And some stadium chiptune.

Links: Holger Czukay RIP, John Foxx, naked skydiving.

6 September, 2017 Classical, Pop, Prog, Writing 0

That’s three links, not two.

Links: Students are broke, old 78s, bad VR hype.

23 August, 2017 Dance, Drugs, Film, Links, Writing 0

And the Haçienda is still in popular culture. And Makoto Kino.

Punk rock links: Lester Bangs, Dennis and Lois, Montréal, Russia.

15 August, 201717 August, 2017 Links, Post-Punk, Punk, Theatre, Writing 0

This is your future if you live your life right.

Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain paperback is out!

7 August, 20179 May, 2018 Rocknerd, Writing 0

And to celebrate, a picture of Mr. Bitcoin.

When did music journalism stop wielding the axe? Particularly against the industry?

2 August, 201719 January, 2018 Industry, Media, Opinion, Writing 0

Music journalist upset at not being able to put the boot in any more? YOU ARE NOT SHORT OF TARGETS.

Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain is out!

24 July, 20179 May, 2018 Rocknerd, Writing 0

IT IS OUT! PEOPLE QUITE LIKE IT!

Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content and Deathmøle.

13 July, 2017 Dance, Metal, Record, Writing 0

Jeph Jacques, author of Questionable Content, has a fictional instrumental metal band. And they’re really good.

The Ithaca Psychogeographic Liberation Front succeeds, as well as seceding.

6 July, 201717 March, 2022 Esoterica, Writing 0

Rocknerd is not a reliable path to artistic effect, but when it works, it’s not bad.

Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: out July 24, pre-orders open!

27 June, 20179 May, 2018 Rocknerd, Writing 0

My book is scheduled! Sign up to give me your money!

Links: Closed Circuits compilation, Devo vs William S. Burroughs, Go-Betweens documentary.

22 June, 2017 Links, Post-Punk, Writing 0

More artistic pursuits today.

Links: Spotify payola, cheap Apple Music, bogus Disney takedowns, music journalism pt 2.

20 June, 2017 Links, mp3, Writing, Your rights 0

It’s a much more dot-com new economy payola. The Uber of payola.

Links: Music journalism still buggered, Alan Vega final album, Denuvo LOL.

14 June, 201714 June, 2017 Games, Links, Punk, Writing 0

More news during the tinnitus hiatus.

Links: AIR Studios Montserrat, Carl Bernstein the pop critic, net neutrality for musicians.

7 June, 2017 Links, Musician, Writing, Your rights 0

The net neutrality article is particularly important.

Ringo Starr is a dick.

1 June, 2017 Pop, Rock, Writing 30

“But thanks julian lennon for stopping me from becoming a supervillain hellbent on destroying the entire nation of britain for good.”

Links: a critic turned artist, the soothing power of noise, Kim Dotcom outdone, Herman’s Hermits.

15 May, 201715 May, 2017 Links, Metal, mp3, Rock, Writing 0

A pretty chill selection on the joy of art. And some schadenfreude for Kim Dotcom.

The music industry’s sense of entitlement. How to get the money rolling again.

4 May, 20175 May, 2017 Industry, Opinion, Writing 0

Eamonn Forde opines at The Quietus that the reports of the record industry’s rebirth are greatly exaggerated.

You’d almost think there’d been some sort of horrifying plummet in people’s financial circumstances.

On “data-driven” discovered genres, artistic conversations and faces in clouds.

3 May, 20179 May, 2018 Opinion, Writing 0

I am sceptical of the “data-driven approach” to cultural discovery. It reifies statistical artifacts, filter bubbles and faces seen in clouds.

Links: Audible now DRM-free, the Great Vinyl Scam, no pirate website blocks in Mexico.

29 April, 201711 November, 2018 Links, Writing, Your rights 0

It’s not like people want the (literal) tons of old editions of these records on vinyl.