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Ok... who wants to try out my social media site for community-centered music discovery?
It's a fun place to hang out and talk about music, but it's also a pretty unique attempt to develop software *with* the actual communities who are going to be using it.
www.freq.social/welcome/invi...
It's a fun place to hang out and talk about music, but it's also a pretty unique attempt to develop software *with* the actual communities who are going to be using it.
www.freq.social/welcome/invi...
Invite request | Freq
A place to find music with friends.
www.freq.social
March 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ok... who wants to try out my social media site for community-centered music discovery?
It's a fun place to hang out and talk about music, but it's also a pretty unique attempt to develop software *with* the actual communities who are going to be using it.
www.freq.social/welcome/invi...
It's a fun place to hang out and talk about music, but it's also a pretty unique attempt to develop software *with* the actual communities who are going to be using it.
www.freq.social/welcome/invi...
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The official Prince estate account on FB posted this an hour back. This sadly clearly means that Ezra Edelman's nine-hour documentary, which would have provided a truly all around portrait of him rather than a gloss, will never surface. And that's a damn shame.
February 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The official Prince estate account on FB posted this an hour back. This sadly clearly means that Ezra Edelman's nine-hour documentary, which would have provided a truly all around portrait of him rather than a gloss, will never surface. And that's a damn shame.
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now that it’s over… not one word about climate change at the grammys.
despite it doubling as a benefit for los angeles fire victims.
nothing even from people who will usually take any opportunity to talk about climate change, like billie eilish.
a missed opportunity.
despite it doubling as a benefit for los angeles fire victims.
nothing even from people who will usually take any opportunity to talk about climate change, like billie eilish.
a missed opportunity.
February 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
now that it’s over… not one word about climate change at the grammys.
despite it doubling as a benefit for los angeles fire victims.
nothing even from people who will usually take any opportunity to talk about climate change, like billie eilish.
a missed opportunity.
despite it doubling as a benefit for los angeles fire victims.
nothing even from people who will usually take any opportunity to talk about climate change, like billie eilish.
a missed opportunity.
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Chappell Roan is completely correct! Musicians are workers, and we deserve fair payment & dignity in our workplace. UMAW introduced the Living Wage for Musicians Act with Rep. Rashida Tlaib to build a fairer music industry and increase wages for musicians. We need your help to make it happen!
"Record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and health insurance and protection. Labels, we got you, but do you got us?"
-Chappell Roan, accepting her first ever Grammy award
www.stereogum.com/2295357/gram...
-Chappell Roan, accepting her first ever Grammy award
www.stereogum.com/2295357/gram...
February 3, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Chappell Roan is completely correct! Musicians are workers, and we deserve fair payment & dignity in our workplace. UMAW introduced the Living Wage for Musicians Act with Rep. Rashida Tlaib to build a fairer music industry and increase wages for musicians. We need your help to make it happen!
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if anyone heard chappell call for a liveable wage for performing musical artists and songwriters at the grammys and thought
“what is the best organization i could support that’s fighting for that”
that organization is called @umaw.bsky.social
“what is the best organization i could support that’s fighting for that”
that organization is called @umaw.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
if anyone heard chappell call for a liveable wage for performing musical artists and songwriters at the grammys and thought
“what is the best organization i could support that’s fighting for that”
that organization is called @umaw.bsky.social
“what is the best organization i could support that’s fighting for that”
that organization is called @umaw.bsky.social
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Thank you Chappell Roan for speaking up for all musicians - music workers, join @umaw.bsky.social in demanding passage of the Living Wage for Musicians Act to make streaming pay musicians directly and fairly. We deserve it!!
"Record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and health insurance and protection. Labels, we got you, but do you got us?"
-Chappell Roan, accepting her first ever Grammy award
www.stereogum.com/2295357/gram...
-Chappell Roan, accepting her first ever Grammy award
www.stereogum.com/2295357/gram...
February 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Thank you Chappell Roan for speaking up for all musicians - music workers, join @umaw.bsky.social in demanding passage of the Living Wage for Musicians Act to make streaming pay musicians directly and fairly. We deserve it!!
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if you’re feeling a bit depressed right now (can’t blame you!) and you love live music, can i recommend going out to see a show? has mild-to-moderate restorative effects on one’s faith in humanity
January 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
if you’re feeling a bit depressed right now (can’t blame you!) and you love live music, can i recommend going out to see a show? has mild-to-moderate restorative effects on one’s faith in humanity
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If you work in the arts, letters, or education, your work is inherently political.
December 15, 2024 at 12:59 PM
If you work in the arts, letters, or education, your work is inherently political.
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Goddamn, this took forever but glad to see it: a proper full length album of work by the mighty and sadly departed Q Lazzarus.
Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (Music From The Motion Picture), by Q Lazzarus
21 track album
qlazzarus.bandcamp.com
December 12, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Goddamn, this took forever but glad to see it: a proper full length album of work by the mighty and sadly departed Q Lazzarus.
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Officially ending my nearly decade long blogging hiatus.
Low Frequency is where I'll be digging deep into the history of music community online, plus other stuff I've researched.
Like a teenage bride with a baby inside, let's get high on information.
low-frequency.beehiiv.com/p/introducin...
Low Frequency is where I'll be digging deep into the history of music community online, plus other stuff I've researched.
Like a teenage bride with a baby inside, let's get high on information.
low-frequency.beehiiv.com/p/introducin...
Introducing Low Frequency
Moments in the history of music community online
low-frequency.beehiiv.com
May 9, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Officially ending my nearly decade long blogging hiatus.
Low Frequency is where I'll be digging deep into the history of music community online, plus other stuff I've researched.
Like a teenage bride with a baby inside, let's get high on information.
low-frequency.beehiiv.com/p/introducin...
Low Frequency is where I'll be digging deep into the history of music community online, plus other stuff I've researched.
Like a teenage bride with a baby inside, let's get high on information.
low-frequency.beehiiv.com/p/introducin...
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Death by Audio closed ten years ago today. 🔥
November 24, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Death by Audio closed ten years ago today. 🔥
Post punk bands LOVE closeups of eyeballs
November 23, 2024 at 3:24 AM
Post punk bands LOVE closeups of eyeballs
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Our plan moving forward is to treat selftitledmag.substack.com like a living archive — a survey of our first 16 years — with new content split between free and paid subscribers. 🙏 in advance to all of our early supporters!
November 17, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Our plan moving forward is to treat selftitledmag.substack.com like a living archive — a survey of our first 16 years — with new content split between free and paid subscribers. 🙏 in advance to all of our early supporters!
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the DOGE agency will not have the authority to reallocate funds (nor would that be constitutional), it is a PR tool to create the impression that government spending is inherently wasteful and build political momentum for spending cuts
Hypothetical. I'm curious what people think. If the DOGE agency worked on the premise that half of all savings in a federal program were distributed as increased benefits to qualified recipients, would you consider the details ?
November 15, 2024 at 4:45 AM
the DOGE agency will not have the authority to reallocate funds (nor would that be constitutional), it is a PR tool to create the impression that government spending is inherently wasteful and build political momentum for spending cuts
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blue sky aka slowed and reverb twitter
November 15, 2024 at 2:59 AM
blue sky aka slowed and reverb twitter
michael kelly would be great as james carville
November 15, 2024 at 12:39 AM
michael kelly would be great as james carville
horsegiirl exceeding all equestations, really raising the barn, etc
November 14, 2024 at 9:36 PM
horsegiirl exceeding all equestations, really raising the barn, etc
Christmas In New York store is absolutely cursed
November 14, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Christmas In New York store is absolutely cursed
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These are polarized times, but we can't cede the idea of "government efficiency" to the cynical right. What would efficiency that really helps people look like?
Public healthcare and college, no means testing. No humiliating red tape for SNAP, FEMA, debt relief. Websites for UI that actually work.
Public healthcare and college, no means testing. No humiliating red tape for SNAP, FEMA, debt relief. Websites for UI that actually work.
November 14, 2024 at 12:45 PM
These are polarized times, but we can't cede the idea of "government efficiency" to the cynical right. What would efficiency that really helps people look like?
Public healthcare and college, no means testing. No humiliating red tape for SNAP, FEMA, debt relief. Websites for UI that actually work.
Public healthcare and college, no means testing. No humiliating red tape for SNAP, FEMA, debt relief. Websites for UI that actually work.
bump
is anyone on 90 day fiancé on here yet
November 14, 2024 at 2:45 AM
bump
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these circled items are all data the US govt admitted last month to purchasing in bulk to circumvent the need to go to a judge for a warrant.
July 6, 2023 at 10:50 AM
these circled items are all data the US govt admitted last month to purchasing in bulk to circumvent the need to go to a judge for a warrant.
is anyone on 90 day fiancé on here yet
July 6, 2023 at 3:32 PM
is anyone on 90 day fiancé on here yet
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who should i be seeing at montreal jazz?
July 4, 2023 at 12:02 AM
who should i be seeing at montreal jazz?
**leaves a broken app to join another one**
July 3, 2023 at 5:45 PM
**leaves a broken app to join another one**