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Armed with graphs, long-lived hits you already know by heart, and some stubborn arithmetic, this second installment continues making the case: that the real scandal isn’t streaming payouts but how badly the conversation keeps missing the point. Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan suggests that Spotify didn’t destroy music — but the moral panic around it might be trying.
Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan steps away from his usual chart archaeology to take aim at the Internet’s favorite pastime: blaming Spotify for everything but the weather. It’s surgical dissection of the booming cottage industry of gloomy headlines, playlist paranoia, and contradictory claims about “passive listening”—all somehow proven by the same songs, including the ever-abused “Sound & Vision.”
Join DJPD as he checks in on “ghost artists,” the moral panic over background music, and the heroic labor of critics determined to turn algorithmic recommendations into a cultural crisis.
Contributing Author Chuck Small revisits a terrifying moment on an ordinary drive, and discovers how easily conviction can masquerade as righteousness. His reflection reminds us that grace often arrives not in sweeping revelations, but in the uncomfortable clarity of recognizing our own role in the chaos.
Concerned about the con-job that Big Freon has foisted on the public? So is Contributing Author Link Crawford! He’s here to singlehandedly start a veritable breakroom revolution.
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Thanks to Contributing Author Pauly Steyreen for giving me the night off, as he takes over The Friday Sidebar to chat about some past, present, and possible future commonalties
“That’s the problem with secretive practices. Unless people want to be found out, secrets can easily remain secret.”
Join our friend and Contributing Author Phylum Of Alexandria for the final chapter in the mini-series “Calling Cards”
OK, let’s lock up the flat, get in the lift, and open up the boot to see what Contributing Author and Wordsmith JJ Live At Leeds has been up to, as he guides us through the murky waters of our alleged common language.
It’s Your Attitude!
Bad football announcers? Bad Bunny? You’d better watch watch out – Contributing Author Edith G isn’t having any of it
“Ambiguity? Neo-Paganism? Ceremonial Magic & Transformation?”
It’s all starting to come together – in the penultimate chapter of “Calling Cards” from our friend and Contributing Author Phylum Of Alexandria
“Maybe you’re convinced that the card design I covered last time could be some hidden astrological reference.
But dark magic? In Renaissance Italy?”
Let’s find out!
It’s Part 4 of “Calling Cards” from our friend and Contributing Author Phylum Of Alexandria
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“This historical ‘wedding’ deck suddenly seems a whole lot more interesting, no?
No! Um, we mean, ‘Yes… Oh, semantics… let’s just check out Part 3 of “Calling Cards” from our friend and Contributing Author Phylum Of Alexandria
“Surely – there’s more than meets the eye with the Sola-Busca deck…
We can only imagine! Let’s see what’s up with Part 2 of “Calling Cards” from our friend and Contributing Author Phylum Of Alexandria