AI Slop really is biting Youtube, IG, and Spotify. Even my wife, sis and dad who don’t care and just want a pleasant playlist are caught off guard they’ve heard fake artists and fake albums. But it’s (more…)
Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame Live 105 KITS Legendary Radio Station Induction & SF Sketchfest Alex Bennett and friends!
BAY AREA RADIO HALL OF FAME I worked on a morning show in 1995 that was bigger than Howard Stern here. Live 105.3 KITS from 1980s or 1990s, and it just got inducted into the bay area radio hall (more…)
AI Slop is ruining music like AI is ruining minds. Spotify publishing new songs from dead artists
Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission (no paywall here: https://futurism.com/spotify-ai-blaze-foley) https://www.404media.co/spotify-publishes-ai-generated-songs-from-dead-artists-without-permission/ According (more…)
Golden Era, Renaissance, Slack Key, and Traditional Hawaiian Music Thread!
GIANT Streaming music thread (big post) to curate for posterity! What records / lps do you have in your collection that you either inherited from your folks, or are non kitsch traditional Hawaiian or Polynesian? (more…)
Afro-genre rabbit hole…
“The greatest thing to know is that you don’t know” … so I know *some*, but this is a HUGE genre with subgenres, and there is just a lot of bad stuff out there, too… so it takes time to sort through (more…)
Why I don’t Record Store Day, but here’s some of my favorite music and album purchases of this year.
I’m so much of a damned snob, I buy what I want and no longer do RSD. Preface: I am just a dumb guy, one who overthinks and struggles with his stupid thoughts, and after talking to conflicted (more…)
The Bosnian Salvatore Ganacci is a gem of a treat of a out there joy.
SKITS Racist Carrot WOODEN SALVATORE F THE POLICE VIDEOS BOYCYCLE STEP-GRANDMOTHER FIGHT DIRTY SEXY NARKOMAN / YOUR MOTHER TAKE (more…)
Modern Classical Minimalism
Philip Glass & part of the score to “Mindwalk”, that film I am attempting to transfer from film stock to 4K. Anyone know Liv Ullmann or Sam Waterston? LONG STORY… anyhoo, when the brass comes in (more…)
Some modern musical collaborations… what are some of your favorites of recent memory (or all time)?
TL;DR- What are your favorite collaborations in music history? I am getting excited for J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar’s collab. I started thinking about some of the best, and without looking up listicles (more…)
M. T. Hadley may have just written a few brilliant songs, or he may be one of our next great songwriters and singers.
This was in the newsletter, but I had to switch over because he’s important enough to me for a full post with most of his music that he has, so far, released. I very seriously think this guy might be the (more…)