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The "S Factor"— What Apple Lacks In Music
Do you remember the scene in Almost Famous when pre-teen William flips through his older sister’s vinyl album collection? I flashed on this great scene as I thought about this week’s events. Apple’s...
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Not Blogging Lately — Blame The Fonz, Timmy von Trimble, Thelonious & The NY...
I have been slacking off from blogging. Time flies by. Here are 11 things I have been doing instead: 11- Understanding & Pricing Out The Cloud: If you are like me, and flit around from site to...
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Humans Vs. Algorithms: The LA Times Weighs In
Hello blog. I’m emerging after a summer respite. The L.A. Times weighs in on Slacker Radio today: Slacker’s handcrafted approach sets it apart not just from broadcast radio, but also from some of its...
View ArticleR.E.M. Breaks Up: Glad & Sorry
After 31 years together as a band, R.E.M announced their breakup today. Michael Stipe: A wise man once said–’the skill in attending a party is knowing when it’s time to leave.’ We built something...
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Frank's Living Room and The Birth Of Hipster Divebar Jukebox
I thought I knew drinking, and I thought I knew about music, but truth be told — I knew next to nothing. My idea of drinking was a 17 year olds technique of dumping out a third of a quart of Tropicana...
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Sacred Songs and Places: Inspired by George Harrison…
Martin Scorcerse’s new documentary, George Harrison: Living In A Material World, is filled to the brim with sacred places. The Beatles rise is so well known, that most Rock fans over thirty probably...
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Billboard's On-Demand Songs Chart Debuts — Streaming, Indeed, Counts.
Today Billboard, Nielsen and digitalmusic.org, announced the first ever subscription services On-Demand Songs Chart. This new chart tracks all the on-demand streaming activity on Subscription Music...
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NPR Music Gets a Letter
“Congratulations, your generation is the first generation in history to rebel by unsticking it to the man and instead sticking it to the weirdo freak musicians!” — David Lowery Emily White, an NPR...
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Slacker. Bringing Music Curation Back.
When I was a kid, pre-Internet, I had a love/hate relationship with the radio. I grew up in New York, and in my teens WNEW-FM was my constant companion. WNEW positioned itself as the station “Where...
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“Without People; You’re Nothing”– Joe Strummer, Slacker & Reinventing Radio.
As some of you know, I work at Slacker Radio as their head of Content & Programming. That means I’m lucky enough to have a seat at the table about what we offer our audience, and why. About a...
View ArticleMove over Beck, according to Esquire, it’s Kanye vs. Me
The essential accounts for all music lovers, including @Digmusicinsider and @kanyewset: http://t.co/9gO8H2wb9q pic.twitter.com/oeNExoV8iX — Esquire Magazine (@EsquireUK) February 23, 2015 The post Move...
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Van Morrison: Treasure … No Longer Buried.
I am, or at least try to be, a Van Morrison fan. Van is a notoriously “difficult” character — known for an ornery persona with labels, promoters, the press and fans alike. I have no problem with any...
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Guilty Pleasures Are Dead…And Bigger Than Ever
Irving Berlin said, “Popular music is popular because a lot of people like it.” Recently the metrics meets storytelling site polygraph (poly-graph.co) published a piece by Matt Daniels on the most...
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What Was The Greatest Year In Music?
There’s a certain kind of music fan that seems to enjoy arguing about music, almost as much as listening to it. Categories can be broad an all-encompassing — Top 10 Songs Ever, Desert Island Discs,...
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The Critics Were Wrong.
The reason the critics all like Elvis Costello better than me is because they all look like Elvis Costello. – David Lee Roth We thought it would be fun to detail some of the most glaring examples of...
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