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Greg Tate's FLYBOY IN THE BUTTERMILK was (is) like sneaking into a party. AND it had (still has) the highest percentage of "Wait, WHAT? Holy shit, he's RIGHT!" ideas I've ever encountered from any music critic. My biggest inspiration; as Dizzy Gillespie said about Louis Armstrong, "No him, no me."
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Greg Tate's FLYBOY IN THE BUTTERMILK was (is) like sneaking into a party. AND it had (still has) the highest percentage of "Wait, WHAT? Holy shit, he's RIGHT!" ideas I've ever encountered from any music critic. My biggest inspiration; as Dizzy Gillespie said about Louis Armstrong, "No him, no me."
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This is how the Americans compile the Billboard charts these days..
How the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 Charts Work
The Billboard charts are hugely influential. Keith Caulfield explains how they work on the latest episode of Billboard’s new "On the Record" podcast.
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November 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This is how the Americans compile the Billboard charts these days..
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Et merde, Erik Marchand est mort. Je ne pourrai que danser en l'écoutant dans mon salon, et pas live en fest-noz. www.youtube.com/watch?v=et9y... - ici avec le Taraf de Caransebes, dans l'album Dor qui est excellent. Que la terre lui soit légère
Milin Turki (Version Longue)
YouTube video by Erik Marchand - Topic
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October 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Et merde, Erik Marchand est mort. Je ne pourrai que danser en l'écoutant dans mon salon, et pas live en fest-noz. www.youtube.com/watch?v=et9y... - ici avec le Taraf de Caransebes, dans l'album Dor qui est excellent. Que la terre lui soit légère
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we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out
October 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out
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Qu'en est-il de la "culture" dans les sciences sociales. ? Qu'y devient cet attribut qui architecturerait des communautés et sociétés distinctes les unes des autres et commanderait des manières d'agir reconnaissables chez leurs membres ? Un 🧵 en deux parties. Première partie.
August 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Qu'en est-il de la "culture" dans les sciences sociales. ? Qu'y devient cet attribut qui architecturerait des communautés et sociétés distinctes les unes des autres et commanderait des manières d'agir reconnaissables chez leurs membres ? Un 🧵 en deux parties. Première partie.
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this is such bunk. I read negative reviews every day. I write so many negative reviews I feel self-conscious about it lol
a labor or economic lens would be so much richer: 'how do music critics pay their bills?' ; 'where did all the music mags go?'
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
a labor or economic lens would be so much richer: 'how do music critics pay their bills?' ; 'where did all the music mags go?'
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How Music Criticism Lost Its Edge
Music writers were once known for being much crankier than the average listener. What happened?
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August 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
this is such bunk. I read negative reviews every day. I write so many negative reviews I feel self-conscious about it lol
a labor or economic lens would be so much richer: 'how do music critics pay their bills?' ; 'where did all the music mags go?'
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
a labor or economic lens would be so much richer: 'how do music critics pay their bills?' ; 'where did all the music mags go?'
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Triste nouvelle pour les lorrains, alsaciens (allemands ?) de Paris, Stube c’est fini 😢
August 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Triste nouvelle pour les lorrains, alsaciens (allemands ?) de Paris, Stube c’est fini 😢
Dans le Wire d'août, @derekwalmsley.bsky.social décrit parfaitement la sensation désagréable qu'a l'auditeur de scènes underground (et au-delà) quand il s'aventure sur Spotify : tout y est cheap, faux, bâclé. Et tout sens de l'Histoire a simplement disparu.
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...
Against The Grain: Derek Walmsley on how Spotify distorts genre histories - The Wire
Spotify’s partial catalogue of underground genres such as grime and jungle distorts listeners’ understanding of their history, argues Derek Walmsley
www.thewire.co.uk
August 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Dans le Wire d'août, @derekwalmsley.bsky.social décrit parfaitement la sensation désagréable qu'a l'auditeur de scènes underground (et au-delà) quand il s'aventure sur Spotify : tout y est cheap, faux, bâclé. Et tout sens de l'Histoire a simplement disparu.
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...
J’ai trouvé la recette du bonheur : la lecture de deux pages du Journal de Virginia Woolf le matin au réveil
July 24, 2025 at 6:09 AM
J’ai trouvé la recette du bonheur : la lecture de deux pages du Journal de Virginia Woolf le matin au réveil
July 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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I am sad beyond words about Peter Shapiro. Turn the Beat Around is the best-written book on disco, period. He was a writing hero.
July 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I am sad beyond words about Peter Shapiro. Turn the Beat Around is the best-written book on disco, period. He was a writing hero.
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Le catalogue de la bibliothèque de Michel Foucault et Daniel Defert du 285 rue de Vaugirard est désormais accessible en ligne.
👉 eman-archives.org/Foucault-fic...
👉 eman-archives.org/Foucault-fic...
July 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Le catalogue de la bibliothèque de Michel Foucault et Daniel Defert du 285 rue de Vaugirard est désormais accessible en ligne.
👉 eman-archives.org/Foucault-fic...
👉 eman-archives.org/Foucault-fic...
"So wird der Schrecken ohne Ende langsam normales Leben"
"Ainsi l'horreur sans fin peu à peu devient la vie ordinaire"
Nicolas Born, Entsorgt.
"Ainsi l'horreur sans fin peu à peu devient la vie ordinaire"
Nicolas Born, Entsorgt.
June 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
"So wird der Schrecken ohne Ende langsam normales Leben"
"Ainsi l'horreur sans fin peu à peu devient la vie ordinaire"
Nicolas Born, Entsorgt.
"Ainsi l'horreur sans fin peu à peu devient la vie ordinaire"
Nicolas Born, Entsorgt.
Il reste vraiment des personnes qui n’ont pas encore vu cette installation ? www.pinaultcollection.com/fr/boursedec...
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot | Bourse de Commerce
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June 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Il reste vraiment des personnes qui n’ont pas encore vu cette installation ? www.pinaultcollection.com/fr/boursedec...
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This speaks volumes:
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
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Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
Stanley from Yale to Toronto
Jason Stanley (philosophy of language, epistemology, political philosophy), Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, has accepted a senior offer from the University of Toronto, where he will be thr...
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March 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This speaks volumes:
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
J’ai retrouvé la cassette qui contient, l’espace de quelques secondes, la plus belle musique du monde
March 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
J’ai retrouvé la cassette qui contient, l’espace de quelques secondes, la plus belle musique du monde
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RIP Jonathan Sterne, grand penseur de l’audition en occident, père des sound studies, auteur d’une essentielle Histoire de la modernité sonore
March 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
RIP Jonathan Sterne, grand penseur de l’audition en occident, père des sound studies, auteur d’une essentielle Histoire de la modernité sonore
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Please enjoy this picture of Elizabeth Fraser in the Cocteau Twins' studio in 1989.
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via scavengedluxury on tumblr
March 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Please enjoy this picture of Elizabeth Fraser in the Cocteau Twins' studio in 1989.
via scavengedluxury on tumblr
via scavengedluxury on tumblr
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Earlier today, a group of students received word that Jonathan Sterne entered hospice care yesterday following his ongoing battle with cancer. I think there's a few of his colleagues and former students that follow me on here (he's also currently my phd advisor), more info will be coming soon
March 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Earlier today, a group of students received word that Jonathan Sterne entered hospice care yesterday following his ongoing battle with cancer. I think there's a few of his colleagues and former students that follow me on here (he's also currently my phd advisor), more info will be coming soon
C’est si triste, It’s a London thing est vraiment un des livres sur les cultures musicales noires britanniques les plus extraordinaires. Avec ce mélange d’archéologie et de méticulosité que j’estime tout particulièrement.
Rest in Peace to Caspar Melville, one of the loveliest and warmest souls I’ve ever encountered in this sorry thing we call life. A great scholar, curious mind, and mentor to many. Devastating news, and such a huge loss 🕊️
March 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
C’est si triste, It’s a London thing est vraiment un des livres sur les cultures musicales noires britanniques les plus extraordinaires. Avec ce mélange d’archéologie et de méticulosité que j’estime tout particulièrement.
February 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM