Kyle Chayka on why he decided to stop using the music-streaming app Spotify after the platform’s latest updates made it harder to discover new music.

Ted Gioia - Or a glimpse into post-entertainment society (it's not pretty)

Lucian Grainge, the chairman of UMG, has helped record labels rake in billions of dollars from streaming. Can he do the same with generative artificial intelligence? John Seabrook reports.

Little Feat - Rock and Roll Doctor (Live In Holland 1976)

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Directed by Robert Gordon and filmed and edited by John Olivio, this video was produced in the lo-fi aughts of 2006 for Matador Records to support Cat Power's acclaimed album "The Greatest". The video also features 20th century art world legend William Eggleston.

Most people look for solutions. But few seek out problems.

https://craigmod.com/ridgeline/165/ - Binaural recording from various jazz kissa in Tōhoku and Hokkaido Japan. As part of the BASIE!BOP!JAMAICA! 16-day Tōhoku and Hokkaido jazz kissa tour: June 1...

Video - Phil Edwards

So, with all that in mind, I am looking forward to going the Coronation. I think I’ll wear a suit. You can ask me anything. There will be no moderator. This will be between you and me. Let's see what happens. Much love, Nick

Editor • Writer • Researcher • Teacher • Public Speaker | Fountain NC. ( sent the email about Dirty Dan ) | Won the 2021 NC Award for the Humanities. Owns R.A. Fountain ( https://rafountain.com )

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From the 1997 compilation album Now and In Time to Be, a musical celebration of the Irish poet William Butler Yeats.

Issue #91 - I've been listening to Bob Dylan's new song for most of the day. I can't shake it. Can't grasp it. It makes me wince and laugh and then, every time, it makes me cry. I think it might be a masterpiece. Do you like it?

Larry Charles talks about Dylan's idea for a TV show that turned into Masked and Anonymous.