irresistibly shines forth as the thwarted destiny of matter.” Dialectic of Enlightenment

2)Adorno is often criticized for his heterodox thinking about praxis, but the way he squared off against the Rockefeller foundation tells a more complicated story than the one we usually tell. Jameson makes a similar point.

two preliminary thoughts from my first deep dive into the radio research project: 1) Adorno’s theory of the culture industry is clearly a response to seeing first hand how capital, the state, and academia ‬came together to develop administrative techniques for influencing the public musically.

Thanks Crane!