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Many creative people think these are the only options—both for them and their audience. Either they give the audience what it wants (the entertainer’s job) or else they put demands on the public (that’s where art begins).

Ted Gioia • The State of the Culture, 2024

The hipster was an information-sorting algorithm: its job was to always have good taste . The hipster listened to bands you’d never heard of. The hipster drank beers brewed by Paraguayan Jesuits in the 1750s. The hipster thought Tarkovsky was for posers, and the only truly great late-Soviet filmmaker was Ali Khamraev. The hipster bought all his toi... See more

Sam Kriss • All the Nerds Are Dead - By Sam Kriss - Numb at the Lodge

Of the $40 billion in annual revenue earned by the music industry, only 12% is actually paid out to artists. The remainder goes to institutional middlemen like agents, platforms, and record labels, unfairly cheating creators out of the fruits of their labor. Moreover, fans, whose engagement almost entirely drives these revenue streams, are given no... See more

Paul Veradittakit • Tokenized Royalties

Kids will not believe me when I say this, but people didn’t always absorb their “content” by way of mysterious algorithmic black magic on endlessly-scrolling crack feeds. We used to type web addresses into our browsers, and actually visit our favorite sites. This, going to “www dot college shitpost dot com” or whatever, was itself considered a radi

Joy - The Red Hand Files

Nick Cave theredhandfiles.com

#401 - Rory Sutherland - The Psychology Of Transport, Google Maps & Bear Attacks

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“Everyone bifurcates the world into content and distribution,” Whaley told me. He has brown hair, is of average height, and was wearing a nondescript gray t-shirt and jeans when we talked. “From the beginning, we viewed those as the same thing. Each object gets better with more participation, and so does MSCHF. Scale is not the goal. Scale is a too... See more

Evan Armstrong • The Art of Scaling Taste

Something I keep seeing is 'if you're lucky enough to go viral, just use the exposure to generate income some other way'. Musicians should be able to generate income via their music. Do you want good music or do you want what you paid for?

If we want quality music somebody is gonna have to pay for it. Streaming services don't pay properly, labels wa

The Sound of Belonging

Josh Dalton somuchinbetween.substack.com