Ben Green
@bengreenfuz.bsky.social
Researching music & society | MIRC https://www.musicindustryresearch.com | RMIT https://www.rmit.edu.au/profiles/g/ben-green | TASA Sociology of Music https://www.tasa.org.au/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=671860&module_id=638147 | views my own
"The genocide in Gaza is a defining ethical test for the global public health community, social scientists, and academic associations."
- Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza, @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
- Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza, @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza
Substantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency
in Gaza (appendix pp 1–5), marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of
malnutrition-related deaths...
www.thelancet.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM
"The genocide in Gaza is a defining ethical test for the global public health community, social scientists, and academic associations."
- Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza, @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
- Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza, @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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When @bengreenfuz.bsky.social and I wrote our chapter for this great collection on Pub Rock, Amyl and The Sniffers were an up and coming band just about to release their second record... academic publishing eh!
Unlikely to see them play in a pub these days...
www.routledge.com/Pub-Rock-in-...
Unlikely to see them play in a pub these days...
www.routledge.com/Pub-Rock-in-...
July 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
When @bengreenfuz.bsky.social and I wrote our chapter for this great collection on Pub Rock, Amyl and The Sniffers were an up and coming band just about to release their second record... academic publishing eh!
Unlikely to see them play in a pub these days...
www.routledge.com/Pub-Rock-in-...
Unlikely to see them play in a pub these days...
www.routledge.com/Pub-Rock-in-...
Discussing changes to how the ARIA Charts are compiled, with @hellharpy.bsky.social
theconversation.com/the-aria-cha...
theconversation.com/the-aria-cha...
The ARIA charts are about to undergo a big change. It could be a boost for local artists
Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours album has been in the Top 50 albums chart for more than 400 weeks – but it won’t be there for much longer.
theconversation.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Discussing changes to how the ARIA Charts are compiled, with @hellharpy.bsky.social
theconversation.com/the-aria-cha...
theconversation.com/the-aria-cha...
Grateful for this important work. Such analyses are great resources for teaching in media and communication.
Further evidence the plummeting public trust in media and government, while tragic, is (1) rational and (2) cause for hope.
Further evidence the plummeting public trust in media and government, while tragic, is (1) rational and (2) cause for hope.
Exclusive: Analysis of ABC articles since October 2023 by
Deepcut and Newscord shows consistent bias toward Israeli perspectives over Palestinian ones.
The ABC cited Israeli sources 53% more often than Palestinian sources, and used humanising language for Israelis far more often.
Deepcut and Newscord shows consistent bias toward Israeli perspectives over Palestinian ones.
The ABC cited Israeli sources 53% more often than Palestinian sources, and used humanising language for Israelis far more often.
June 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Grateful for this important work. Such analyses are great resources for teaching in media and communication.
Further evidence the plummeting public trust in media and government, while tragic, is (1) rational and (2) cause for hope.
Further evidence the plummeting public trust in media and government, while tragic, is (1) rational and (2) cause for hope.
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The International Sociological Association (ISA) has been concerned for some time and condemned the acts of violence that have occurred in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
May 21, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The International Sociological Association (ISA) has been concerned for some time and condemned the acts of violence that have occurred in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The VMDO Music Data & Insights Summit is next week, with support from RMIT's Music Industry Research Collective.
I'll present an 'Australian live music research roundup' - sharing highlights from a wealth of recent studies and reports.
www.vmdo.com.au/events/music...
I'll present an 'Australian live music research roundup' - sharing highlights from a wealth of recent studies and reports.
www.vmdo.com.au/events/music...
Music Data & Insights Summit
The summit will bring together local and international industry representatives and researchers to unpack recent trends, studies and best practice.
www.vmdo.com.au
April 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The VMDO Music Data & Insights Summit is next week, with support from RMIT's Music Industry Research Collective.
I'll present an 'Australian live music research roundup' - sharing highlights from a wealth of recent studies and reports.
www.vmdo.com.au/events/music...
I'll present an 'Australian live music research roundup' - sharing highlights from a wealth of recent studies and reports.
www.vmdo.com.au/events/music...
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On this day 8 April 1972, workers constructing the Sydney Opera House ejected management from the site and began running it themselves. With no bosses in the way, workers' job satisfaction soared, and the workers won huge wage increases, reduced working hours, and improved conditions.
April 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
On this day 8 April 1972, workers constructing the Sydney Opera House ejected management from the site and began running it themselves. With no bosses in the way, workers' job satisfaction soared, and the workers won huge wage increases, reduced working hours, and improved conditions.
Revisited this review – still mad 😅 and see the title was adopted for SRB's anthology.
Are working-class characters allowed to be exceptional, or bound to exemplify grim statistics?
Are middle-class stories judged as sociology texts?
Love, an autodidact
sydneyreviewofbooks.com/reviews/crit...
Are working-class characters allowed to be exceptional, or bound to exemplify grim statistics?
Are middle-class stories judged as sociology texts?
Love, an autodidact
sydneyreviewofbooks.com/reviews/crit...
Critic Swallows Book | Sydney Review of Books
To call into question the literary value of Dalton’s fiction is not to disqualify the pleasure and imaginative release that hundreds of thousands of readers have found in his novels, especially Boy Sw...
sydneyreviewofbooks.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Revisited this review – still mad 😅 and see the title was adopted for SRB's anthology.
Are working-class characters allowed to be exceptional, or bound to exemplify grim statistics?
Are middle-class stories judged as sociology texts?
Love, an autodidact
sydneyreviewofbooks.com/reviews/crit...
Are working-class characters allowed to be exceptional, or bound to exemplify grim statistics?
Are middle-class stories judged as sociology texts?
Love, an autodidact
sydneyreviewofbooks.com/reviews/crit...
New article (open access) on the history of unionism among live musicians, in US, UK, Australia.
With live music in the spotlight, there's an underrepresentation of the specific, collective interests of musicians as workers.
Not always. How did it happen? (1/2)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
With live music in the spotlight, there's an underrepresentation of the specific, collective interests of musicians as workers.
Not always. How did it happen? (1/2)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Musicians’ Unions and Live Music: Historical and Contemporary Challenges in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States
This article explores factors in the historical decline of musicians’ unionism in live popular music in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and links these factors to contemporary...
www.tandfonline.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
New article (open access) on the history of unionism among live musicians, in US, UK, Australia.
With live music in the spotlight, there's an underrepresentation of the specific, collective interests of musicians as workers.
Not always. How did it happen? (1/2)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
With live music in the spotlight, there's an underrepresentation of the specific, collective interests of musicians as workers.
Not always. How did it happen? (1/2)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Art doesn't "bring us together" by reducing the scope of discourse to what's agreed by all. Art is where both difference and solidarity are expressed and explored, an endlessly prolonged debate that is crucial for democracy and humanity. That's how art brings us together.
Another Lebanese-Australian targeted.
Silencing artists, writers, & thinkers isn’t just censorship—it’s an assault on democracy. History shows that when creative voices are muzzled, terrible things follow & flourish.
What are these lobbyists so desperate to hide?
artreview.com/australia-dr...
Silencing artists, writers, & thinkers isn’t just censorship—it’s an assault on democracy. History shows that when creative voices are muzzled, terrible things follow & flourish.
What are these lobbyists so desperate to hide?
artreview.com/australia-dr...
Australia drops 2026 Venice Biennale artist over video of Hezbollah leader
Decision follows article describing Sabsabi’s work as ‘a ‘creative approach to racism’
artreview.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Art doesn't "bring us together" by reducing the scope of discourse to what's agreed by all. Art is where both difference and solidarity are expressed and explored, an endlessly prolonged debate that is crucial for democracy and humanity. That's how art brings us together.
I spoke with @spencerhowson.bsky.social on ABC Brisbane about the rise of "day clubbing" as people look to extend and expand music's place in their lives, and industry responds. (Last 10 mins)
We ended on earlier live gigs. I prefer late, post-parent duties - but this seems unpopular...?
We ended on earlier live gigs. I prefer late, post-parent duties - but this seems unpopular...?
Saturday Breakfast - ABC listen
Saturday Breakfast offers a mix of news, current affairs and weather.
www.abc.net.au
February 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I spoke with @spencerhowson.bsky.social on ABC Brisbane about the rise of "day clubbing" as people look to extend and expand music's place in their lives, and industry responds. (Last 10 mins)
We ended on earlier live gigs. I prefer late, post-parent duties - but this seems unpopular...?
We ended on earlier live gigs. I prefer late, post-parent duties - but this seems unpopular...?
I spoke with Courtney Kruk at @brisbanetimes.bsky.social about men assaulting and harassing women at an Amyl & the Sniffers show, of all places. Excellent investigation and important voices here.
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/que...
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/que...
Amyl and the Sniffers respond as fans complain of harassment at Brisbane show
Twenty-year-old fan Ameya was abused, despite the band warning the audience to keep their hands to themselves. Others saw women preyed upon. Music industry insiders lament that it happens all the time...
www.brisbanetimes.com.au
February 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I spoke with Courtney Kruk at @brisbanetimes.bsky.social about men assaulting and harassing women at an Amyl & the Sniffers show, of all places. Excellent investigation and important voices here.
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/que...
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/que...
New book review - Streaming Sounds: Musical Listening in the Digital Age by Michael James Walsh
👍👍
In the Journal of Sociology @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
👍👍
In the Journal of Sociology @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
February 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
New book review - Streaming Sounds: Musical Listening in the Digital Age by Michael James Walsh
👍👍
In the Journal of Sociology @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
👍👍
In the Journal of Sociology @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Who employs the most musicians?🧵
TIL the US Army is the world's largest employer of musicians- some 6,500.
For context, they're nearly largest employer full stop (after Indian MoD). But I expect other occupations (cleaning, catering) might be outsourced (?) while musicians are enlisted.
(1/3)
TIL the US Army is the world's largest employer of musicians- some 6,500.
For context, they're nearly largest employer full stop (after Indian MoD). But I expect other occupations (cleaning, catering) might be outsourced (?) while musicians are enlisted.
(1/3)
January 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Who employs the most musicians?🧵
TIL the US Army is the world's largest employer of musicians- some 6,500.
For context, they're nearly largest employer full stop (after Indian MoD). But I expect other occupations (cleaning, catering) might be outsourced (?) while musicians are enlisted.
(1/3)
TIL the US Army is the world's largest employer of musicians- some 6,500.
For context, they're nearly largest employer full stop (after Indian MoD). But I expect other occupations (cleaning, catering) might be outsourced (?) while musicians are enlisted.
(1/3)
Just picturing Žižek going gaga for this scene in the new Squid Game (and for good reason)
December 29, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Just picturing Žižek going gaga for this scene in the new Squid Game (and for good reason)
"we received, almost immediately, an apology from the organisers. The directive, they explained, had not originated from the staff, but had been circulated without their knowledge by someone in management. We should ignore the ban, they said."
December 8, 2024 at 10:41 PM
"we received, almost immediately, an apology from the organisers. The directive, they explained, had not originated from the staff, but had been circulated without their knowledge by someone in management. We should ignore the ban, they said."
A deeper dive into this test of live music planning laws, and the broader issues, with a range of voices. I'm happy to be included.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Brisbane live music venue the Triffid seeks its day in court as Powderfinger star takes on developer
Legal battle could shape future of live music as nightlife tsar John Collins fights for protection from noise complaints
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2024 at 10:44 PM
A deeper dive into this test of live music planning laws, and the broader issues, with a range of voices. I'm happy to be included.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Brisbane's Spotify Wrapped results are distinguished by a taste for country music. I spoke to @brisbanetimes.bsky.social about this, and the sadly low showing of Australian artists in our national results
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/que...
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/que...
River city streaming: Brisbane really is a big country (music) town
When it comes to Spotify, the music heard in Brisbane is notably different to that played in other Australian cities.
www.brisbanetimes.com.au
December 5, 2024 at 7:01 AM
Brisbane's Spotify Wrapped results are distinguished by a taste for country music. I spoke to @brisbanetimes.bsky.social about this, and the sadly low showing of Australian artists in our national results
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/que...
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/que...
The Australian PM shared his Spotify Wrapped, and News Corp headlines gloat that he's been 'slammed' (that bellicose cliché) on X for such frivolity.
I'm reminded of something former PM Paul Keating said, which I wrote about a few years ago. peakmusicexperiences.wordpress.com/2019/12/07/p...
I'm reminded of something former PM Paul Keating said, which I wrote about a few years ago. peakmusicexperiences.wordpress.com/2019/12/07/p...
Paul Keating: Politics and emotional events
The announcement that the Australian government will no longer have an explicitly-named department or ministry for “arts” or “culture” brought to mind this characteristic qu…
peakmusicexperiences.wordpress.com
December 5, 2024 at 6:47 AM
The Australian PM shared his Spotify Wrapped, and News Corp headlines gloat that he's been 'slammed' (that bellicose cliché) on X for such frivolity.
I'm reminded of something former PM Paul Keating said, which I wrote about a few years ago. peakmusicexperiences.wordpress.com/2019/12/07/p...
I'm reminded of something former PM Paul Keating said, which I wrote about a few years ago. peakmusicexperiences.wordpress.com/2019/12/07/p...
I spoke with @nedhammond.bsky.social at ABC about a music venue's appeal against a new development. The Triffid is protected by all Brisbane has - a Special Entertainment Precinct and an Amplified Music Venue Permit - so this is a case of putting them to the test.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Brisbane music venue co-owned by former Powderfinger bassist appeals tower development approval
The operators of a Brisbane music venue are appealing the approval of a residential development, citing concerns about an uptick in noise complaints.
www.abc.net.au
December 3, 2024 at 10:36 PM
I spoke with @nedhammond.bsky.social at ABC about a music venue's appeal against a new development. The Triffid is protected by all Brisbane has - a Special Entertainment Precinct and an Amplified Music Venue Permit - so this is a case of putting them to the test.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
New publication: 'Youth Broadcasting and Music Festivals in Australia', with Ian Rogers, in the Cambridge Companion to Music in Australia.
We explore what happened in the 1990s - the tandem rise of youth music media (esp Triple J) and all-ages festivals. 1/3
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
We explore what happened in the 1990s - the tandem rise of youth music media (esp Triple J) and all-ages festivals. 1/3
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
Youth Broadcasting and Music Festivals in Australia (Chapter 23) - The Cambridge Companion to Music in Australia
The Cambridge Companion to Music in Australia - November 2024
www.cambridge.org
December 2, 2024 at 6:59 AM
New publication: 'Youth Broadcasting and Music Festivals in Australia', with Ian Rogers, in the Cambridge Companion to Music in Australia.
We explore what happened in the 1990s - the tandem rise of youth music media (esp Triple J) and all-ages festivals. 1/3
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
We explore what happened in the 1990s - the tandem rise of youth music media (esp Triple J) and all-ages festivals. 1/3
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
"All the English groups
Act like peasants with free milk"
- The Fall, 'CnCs Mithering'
Recently I realised an angle to this much-cited lyric that I don't think I've seen mentioned. (The Annotated Fall website is down.)
Peasants, famously, produce milk through their labour.
Act like peasants with free milk"
- The Fall, 'CnCs Mithering'
Recently I realised an angle to this much-cited lyric that I don't think I've seen mentioned. (The Annotated Fall website is down.)
Peasants, famously, produce milk through their labour.
November 30, 2024 at 11:50 AM
"All the English groups
Act like peasants with free milk"
- The Fall, 'CnCs Mithering'
Recently I realised an angle to this much-cited lyric that I don't think I've seen mentioned. (The Annotated Fall website is down.)
Peasants, famously, produce milk through their labour.
Act like peasants with free milk"
- The Fall, 'CnCs Mithering'
Recently I realised an angle to this much-cited lyric that I don't think I've seen mentioned. (The Annotated Fall website is down.)
Peasants, famously, produce milk through their labour.
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Author's copies of the Boodle book arrived today. This brings me joy. I read it last night. Found a typo. But I'm proud of this and it means a lot to me to have this out in the world, a book about one of New Zealand's best and my favourite NZ band and their landmark Boodle EP.
November 26, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Author's copies of the Boodle book arrived today. This brings me joy. I read it last night. Found a typo. But I'm proud of this and it means a lot to me to have this out in the world, a book about one of New Zealand's best and my favourite NZ band and their landmark Boodle EP.
I have found starter packs very helpful in finding my way on Bluesky. I will share a few, including this first one I've joined. Like anyone, I've got a few intersecting interests - mine include sociology, music, culture, youth, policy...
I hadn't seen one of these yet, so here's a starter pack of all the 33 1/3 authors I could ID. Let me know if you're not here or if I added you by mistake! I'll add or delete as needed.
Series via @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social.
Series via @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social.
November 27, 2024 at 5:58 AM
I have found starter packs very helpful in finding my way on Bluesky. I will share a few, including this first one I've joined. Like anyone, I've got a few intersecting interests - mine include sociology, music, culture, youth, policy...
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Now live on Beat Connection: @tyburr.bsky.social's great Television/Tom Verlaine "Marquee Moon" guitar-solo supercut.
michaelangelo.substack.com/p/bc102-tele...
michaelangelo.substack.com/p/bc102-tele...
BC102 - Television and Tom Verlaine, mixed by Ty Burr: Marquee Moons 1974-2019 (YouTube, November 22)
Starkly lit black-and-white can be every bit as hallucinatory as projected color oil blobs
michaelangelo.substack.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Now live on Beat Connection: @tyburr.bsky.social's great Television/Tom Verlaine "Marquee Moon" guitar-solo supercut.
michaelangelo.substack.com/p/bc102-tele...
michaelangelo.substack.com/p/bc102-tele...