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nic's culture logs
nic's culture logsOct 1, 2026
'it's not for you'
+ some thoughts on being a woman in the Australian music industry
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music industryfeminism
The Marshall Project
The Marshall ProjectJun 21, 2026
Ear Hustle’s Antwan Banks Williams Goes Deep on ‘Like Father, Like Son’
Two years after the podcast’s co-creator’s dad died, he used hip-hop to celebrate their bond.
Hip-HopFilm
The Marshall Project
The Marshall ProjectJun 7, 2026
The San Quentin Prison Album That Should Have Been a Classic
Ike White’s “Changin’ Times” spans soul, rock, pop and jazz. On its 50th anniversary, it’s finally getting its due.
funk musicArts and Culture
The Marshall Project
The Marshall ProjectMay 31, 2026
How Rapper G. Dep Went From Incarcerated to ‘Influential’
The Harlem MC explains how prison gave him the freedom to rap about more than material things.
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funk musicmusic industry
The Marshall Project
The Marshall ProjectMay 24, 2026
Meet One of the Most Prolific Artists From Prison Music’s Golden Age
Singer, songwriter, drummer and pianist Morgan White appeared on five albums inside Texas prisons. Outside, he said no to the music industry.
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funk musicArts and Culture
hilke thinks
hilke thinksMar 27, 2026
Announcing indiemusi.ch alpha: the groundwork for music streaming on atproto
The AT Protocol has the potential to shift power dynamics in the realm of music streaming. To get indie artists and labels on board, we can avoid the mistakes of Web 2.0 streaming platform by using standard music industry data points in our lexicons.
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atproto music industry
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetAug 25, 2024
Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too
Pondering “You Get What You Give,” the one-hit wonder recorded by a guy smart enough to realize that it would be a one-hit wonder. It’s a survival story.
alternative rockradio
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJul 27, 2024
Cassingle Culture
Why the single version of the cassette didn’t feel as worthy of a purchase as, say, a 45. Or, perhaps, even a digital download.
cassette singlescassingles
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJun 14, 2023
Tuned Out
Why children’s radio—a format once important enough that Disney undermined a competitor to dominate the radio dial—has largely disappeared from the airwaves.
radioradio history
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetNov 16, 2022
Floppy Copy Classics
A few copy-protection schemes, of varying levels of success, you’ve possibly run into over the years. Don’t lose your code wheel.
copy protectioncopyright
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetSep 28, 2022
Sell Out With Me, Oh Yeah
Musicians selling out isn’t really that big a deal anymore—except when it’s done really poorly, as in the case of Beck’s odd NFL ad that made Neil Young mad.
becknfl
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetOct 6, 2021
Repetition, In Four Parts
Pondering the issue of repetition in four different ways, in an effort to not repeat myself. Ever feel like you’re repeating yourself? Read this.
repetitionrepeat
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetNov 17, 2020
Rock Of Age$
Why the superfan will become ever more important to the music industry over time, or why $1,200 box sets exist despite appealing to only a few people.
musicmusic industry
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetSep 11, 2020
Life After Death Metal
For people who have spent their youth touring the world in death metal bands, trying to transition to normalcy is where things get tough.
metaldeath metal
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetSep 19, 2019
Compact Disc Duality
The DualDisc format, which combined CDs with DVDs, led a fleeting and ephemeral existence, despite a heavy push from the music industry. What happened?
cdcompact discs
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetAug 8, 2019
Virtual Crate Digging
Being a collector of physical media (mostly vinyl) in the digital age changes the experience to some degree. Much of it comes down to the all-knowing algorithm.
vinylvinyl records
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJun 28, 2018
Members Only
Pondering the surprising number of musical acts that have official members that don’t actually play an instrument or sing. You know, like Coldplay.
music industrymusic
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMay 1, 2018
Unsettled
Ticketmaster pulled a fast one on the concert-going public by making it impossible to redeem free tickets in a class-action settlement. We should boycott.
concertslawsuits
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMar 14, 2018
Mystic Knights of the Movie Soundtrack
How Danny Elfman's Oingo Boingo permeated popular culture, especially in the early '80s, thanks in no small part to the rise of movie soundtracks.
danny elfmanmusic
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMar 12, 2018
Literal Dad Rock
How a famed guitarist best known for working with Frank Zappa and King Crimson scored a hit with his daughter, mocking his semi-successful music career.
1989adrian belew
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetFeb 6, 2018
Ban The Box
The defining debate of the early compact disc era centered around the longbox, a wasteful form of packaging pushed by retailers and paper manufacturers.
cdcompact discs
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJan 30, 2018
Primitive Streaming Gods
Lessons from the music industry’s initial consumer-hostile reaction to the Napster saga. Going from $16 CDs to unlimited streaming is really hard.
musicmusic history
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetNov 9, 2017
Hide And Seek
For a while, hidden tracks were everywhere, especially during the CD era. But thanks to streaming music, there’s nowhere to put them. Is that good or bad?
music industryvinyl records
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetNov 9, 2017
Behind By A Century
What it’s like to experience The Tragically Hip’s catalog for the first time, as a complete outsider, in 2017. Long story short: The U.S. really missed out.
canadagord downie