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liz pelly
@lizpelly.bsky.social
writer in nyc, author of Mood Machine
co-host of @criticallistening.bsky.social
lizpelly.info/book
been saying this a lot in interviews lately, but i really think convincing ppl to offload putting any thought into what they want to listen to via chatbot-style prompts is as corrosive to culture as the existence of the velvet sundown or whatever
(from spotify blog post)
August 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
from phil elverum's newsletter
August 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
july 29 the NYC local of AFM is hosting this virtual conversation on musicians & generative AI, and inviting all independent musicians; union membership not required local802afm.org/july29
www.instagram.com/p/DMN--N0OoG...
July 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
found in the archives ... was really on one in 2019
July 2, 2025 at 1:53 AM
thinking of every person i canvassed and said "eric adams won by 7000 votes and this race will be even CLOSER!" sorry we were wrong lol🫶
July 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
heading to australia for the first time at the end of august for a few book events! two of them were announced today. couple more tk.

aug 28 at the wheeler centre in melbourne:
www.wheelercentre.com/events-ticke...

aug 29 at soft centre festival in sydney:
www.softcentre.com.au/program
June 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
May 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
some more book events coming up next week in Missouri, Kansas, New Hampshire & Maine ! info/links @ lizpelly.info/events
May 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The next Mood Machine event is in Nashville with Ann Powers this Saturday 1pm at The Blue Room! Can't wait @annkpowers.bsky.social @thirdmanrecords.bsky.social @thirdmanbooks.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Bay Area people of Bluesky: the Mood Machine book tour stops in SF & Oakland this weekend! thank you to everyone who came to the LA events 🙏
March 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Bay Area people of Bluesky: next Saturday night I will be in Oakland for a book talk presented by Seeing Red, followed by performances from Suver and Newcomer Can't Swim, at Beauty Supply Arts, 6pm. Flyer by Daisy Jaberi.
March 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
LA people of Bluesky! I am really looking forward to being in conversation with my friend Katie Alice Greer next Friday at Stories Books & Cafe, 7pm. @katiealicegreer.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Bluesky posters of Nyack, NY: I'll be at the Nyack Library this evening talking about Mood Machine with library director Eric McCarthy
www.nyacklibrary.org/eventscalend...
March 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I will also be at First Light Books for a reading, Q&A and signing on Saturday March 1 at 7pm -- the event is free, or you can buy a copy of the book in advance to reserve a seat. thethirdplace.is/event/liz-pe...
February 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
January 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"i'm a philosopher / i wear a scrunchie" greatest lyric of all time
January 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
here we are. my favorite part is at the end where we talked about the role of music criticism
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEZ1...
January 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
today at 4pm est i will be talking to anthony fantano on twitch about mood machine
January 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
For years, the public has called them "fake artists." But internally at Spotify, the program has a name: Perfect Fit Content. My investigation, and the first look into my book Mood Machine, is the January cover at @harpers.bsky.social. Online now & on newsstands next week
harpers.org/archive/2025...
December 18, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Today's the day. This is the cover for my forthcoming book MOOD MACHINE: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, out January 7, 2025. Pre-orders are available via Greenlight Books in Brooklyn. More info here:
lizpelly.info/book
September 23, 2024 at 2:46 PM
insightful new phrase the majors use to describe "hobbyists" and "amateurs" just dropped ... "irrelevant long-tail volume"
(via bloomberg)
September 20, 2024 at 12:21 AM
this quote from larry fitzmaurice's charly bliss interview.. too real too real..
August 29, 2024 at 4:53 PM
proof spotify editors have never read a piece of music journalism
August 21, 2024 at 3:19 PM
this popped up and i had to do a search! did you see it got added to "the sound of boston rock" & "the sound of boston indie"? it would be pretty interesting if those everynoiseatonce-adjacent playlists were starting to get erroneously flagged as fraudulent streams
July 2, 2024 at 12:21 AM
me, the major labels are the root of literally every problem in music also me Get them!!
June 21, 2024 at 1:32 AM